The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-08

cotsfnof McDonaid~ In connection
with the much discussed possibility OF
m extra session Of the legislature
The nisiinatum wal served By way Of
aivinE notice, 80 Il was sid. that the
present legislature, IL called In extra
session. could not ne respected TO I'm.
prove on the nursum tax law.
one wonders Just who the Rcpun-
henn leaders are who served such an
ultimatum. Most OF us are acauaint-
ed with a number OF such leaders; yet
knowing them as well as Wa do. We
would be 10th / o charge even them.
without tpli authority. with the as-
sertlcn That the Bursum TAX law cam
not be Improved. Nor would one cars
to accuse them Of Inability 10 handle
the present legislature and make IL
do what said leaders wish II to do.
The only other conclusion from such
an uitimatum Is that the Bursum tax
law. defective AZ Il is. is The Law these
leaders want; In other words. that
they want a defective tax law. and
that having secured one they propose
10 see Il let alone. One of these three
conclusions must be the right one TO
draw from the alleged ultimatum.
Asain. observation would lead n
20 h conclusion that serving "ulti-
matums' on Governor Mcdonald
would get results Just like those OBJ
tained by the once favorite method Of
making the burro pull BY beating him
across the eyes,; or making him back
By prodding him In the rear. serv-
Ing ultimatums on the governor Is
about the poorest way imaginable to
argue him out OF calling a special scs-
sion.
As a matter Of fact the calling OF a
special session OF the present state
legislature could be justified only by
to a crisis 20 grave as to warrant the
ultimate In extreme measures. So far
as can be hs~certalned the only crisis
that exists is In the possibility Of a
deficit in the revenues TO meet state
appropriations for the next fiscal
year. Some alarming statements have
been made as 10 the extent OF that
possible deficit; none OF them by any
official authority. There Is no reason
to believe that there will be any de-
felt large enough TO interfere seri-
ously with the business OF the state.
or any OF It's divisions or institutions.
The cost Of a special session OF the
legislature would b. $4,000 at a min
imum. should the governor Of New
Mexico call a special session Of the
at a cost OF $4,000 to
make provision for a $4,000 or even
a 100000 deficit. he would be sub
jected 60 the sevcrest censure from
all sides. II does not require advice
from Republican leaders, much less
TO enlighten the governor
on that point.
The fact Of the matter h hat II the
Republican collecting officials In this
state, particularly In the countics n
which the most influential Republi-
can leaders reside, will enforce the
collection Of the taxes now about 20
be levied there is no danger OF any
deficit It all.
The people Of New Mexico do not
want an extra session OF the legisla-
ture. They would look on such a SEES
sion. IN view Of the well Known con-
troll OF these Republican leaders. with
gravest alarm. They would feer Il
much more than any deficit In state
revenues that is likely TO ccu A
Legislative session In this state is not
safe until there is a complete new
deal In the alignment OF its member
ship and control. The people need
no more than the present confusion,
unrest and alarm growing out of the
operation OF the Bursum law TO con-
vince them OF that. II II 10 be as
sumed that the governor of New Mex
leo knows these facts ms well as the
next man. The surprising thing
about II Is that the Republican lead
ers do not appear 20 realize just how
the control they boast and which per-
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