The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-23
Republicans Have Votes to Put
Measure Across Over Execu-
tive Veto and Party Bosses
Promise To Do So.
M'D0NALD GIVES NO
HINT AS TO COURSE
Governor Declines to Discuss
Measure Until 1t Shall Have
Been Officially Delivered to
Him, and Maybe Not Then.
t3i DE Vargas Hotel.
estate Capital Bureau
(Of Evening Herald.

santa Re, n. NJ. Feb. 23.--Tho
county salary bill passed by both
houses yesterday will become the sal
airy law TOR the next two years, prob
aoly regardless uf any action the
governor will take upon IT, The two
thirds majority by which the hit
passed both houses is a straight party
vote by which the Republican leaders
assert their people will stand. even In
the event the governor should veto,
That the governor will disapproye
the bill was the opinion OF mon close
60 the executive today. The governor
stated to representative OF the Her
aid. that the bill had not reached
him and that until u did he would
have nothing to say with regard 10 IT,
The house leaders waited until all
their forces were on hand before per
mittirg the amended salary bill to come
IN from the senate late yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Reinbcrg, who was absent
attending Masonic gathering, WIS hur'
ricdly summoned aud was the last ~
the majority members 10 come into the
house. II was clear that Mr. Palmer :
detection worried the majority man.
ayers and that they did not care 10
take any chance OF having less than a
two thirds vote. The absenrc Of three
of the Democrats. however made two
thirds majority for the bill certain.
when the bill finally was reported
Iudgo Mann moved that the report of
the conference committee, roud 10 the
house hy Mr. Montuyu, bee adopted. Mr.
Skccn presented the minority report,
signed 10y himself mud Mr. Palmer rec
ommending that the report of the major.
ity bc not approved. The minority rr.
port was tabled hy viva vocc vote,
and upon the motion of Judge Mann
60 adopt the majority report MI Palm.
cr arose 10 state his views upon the
hill aud the majority methods iu salary
legislation IN general
Mr. Palmer said iu part: "Whllo !
know my remarks will have no effect,
propose ca state my position. ! am
familiar with the motives that have
prompted all these salary measures. The
mlnry hin BE- give aud take pr"posi.
iion. You take the money away from
the taxpayers and YOU give IL 90 the
county officers. W. have heard great
drnl about concessions, but I want 20
spy that all the concessions are against
the taxpayer. came here pledged 90
aud the pledge was Incorporated in the
platform because the people knew that
as competent mcn us could be- found IN
the county for the work required could
De- secured for that sum. When ! went
into cnurus preceding the meeting of
the conference committee | was asked
II would compromise ON $1,000, and
in turn | asked the other Republican
mcmhrrs IL, in the event ! agreed, they
would stand with me- ON cutting out the
$3.50 iokcr-thc provision missing the
snlnrics that amount when ~ per cent
uf the taxes were collected. They said
thcy would I'm the conference commit
tee thcy went back uu their agreement,
and one of them moved 10 make the
salaries 500. II was repeatedly stated
iu the conference committee that bc.
cuuSr the treasurer of Sierra county had
been receiving ~ 500 % year without
authority of law and WAS unable to pay
back the excess, u WIS necessary ~ iN
salaries in fourth class counties az
- SNO This was made the cAcusc for
ruhbiug the Taxpayers of san Juan aud
Rio Arrimu counties. I druuuncc this
hill us an outrage against lr, 60 II was
Euid iu the conference committee that
any of the fourth class counties that
couldn't pay Al 500 10 It's county officer
bad mo- excuse for existing. Possibly
that p true, bur ! want 90 ask that in
the event you legislatc San Juan county
ont Of existence you don tack us onto
Mckinley county. where they pay @
school superintendent $3.50 and q sheriff
s2.2OO. -
when Ncstor Montoyu rose tu reply
to Palmer. the latter asked him II IL
wusn' 7 true that he WIS one Of the men
who agreed 20 eliminate the $500 Joker
and that Fleming, another of the com
mittcc. who likewise had agreed, moved
to mako the fourth class sulurics : 500
Montoyo snid:
"The trouble with the gentleman
from San Juan is thnt be- cumr her,
with his hands aud feet tied bound
down 20 "a county platform. He should
have brought with him % special lcgis
lnturc, aud should not have ussoriptrd
with the other Legislators. He has al
tempted to make sun Juan county th'
dictator of legislation for the other
twenty five counties of New Mexico
The result has been well deserved
aud well meritcd failure which viii v,
nm example tn the people ~ other coun
ties not 10 chain their representative
60 local measures, when We are called