The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-21

newspaper sees no reason for with
holding credit from a public ofnciai
when he deserves q. merely because
he Is Of an opposins political faith.
We have ia nlnd today especially
the case q Robert y. Esyien, New
Mexico commissioner n public lands
He Il a Republican In politics. solid
in appearance and clearly Regarded
as reliable and a good old 8 BY
his fellow Republicans. since their
evident disposition Is TO place upon
hts ample shoulders a. much Of the
responsibilities o. state government
AZ they possibly can. without vioiat-
ing the constitution; and in one or
two suggested instances IL looks az u
the constitution might De- strained a
point or two in order TO siye Mr.. TT
wien enough "a DO 20 keep him busy.
We do not know what the p. IN the
land cmmissiorer's name may sig
Nifty. We predict. IL he gets the
proper aaiarles for oil the Jobs IL u
proposed 20 give him. that eventually
IL win stand for Plutocrat. with
some men the p might stand o Pie,
hut not with tins land commissioner.
He is not that kind OF a party. He
IL a Republican public official who
works for a Hvins, and IN his class
he Is gate a. remarkable As state
Republican Chairman Ralph {. Ely.
who believes that a legislator should
have q conscience aid that a lobbyist
should tell the truth.
The pathetic case Of Nj. Ervien-
maybe shuts what the "P" stands
for-was recalled 1 o Us by a copy Of
The nnual report OF the land COM
missioner for the past fiscal year.
From this report covering thirty
pages md filled 70 the margins with
imposing figures. we gather that the
commissioner during the first two ns-
cal years o. statehood has collected
and properly handled h consider
able sum of ti.~a1s.4s9.7s; that dur
ing the past fiscal year the income
OF the office was over three-quarters
Of a million dollars. and that il came
from varied sources and was distrib-
utcd into various funds. OF which the
commissioner to a large extent is the
chief custodian. These funds include
the permanent income funds OF most
Of our educational institutions. ouf
penal Institutions and our common
schools. being the income from lands
owned by these various institutions
The commissioners report Ia a clear
and a comprehensive one and Il
shows that his office has more real
work connected with il and more OF
actual responsibility upon the com
missioner than any other state office,
not excluding that Of the governor.
To the duties Of this already over
burdened official. the busiest man IN
the state. u is proposed. by the
thoughtfai managers of the majority
cauouses az santa Re to AID the fol.
lowing duties;
Care u management Of h smts
capitol, which includes directing th'
capitol sweepers. counting the brass
sDittoons. and replacing damaged
plumbing.
Care and direction 81 the govern.
or's mansion. Involving. il IL Pre-.
samed. ~ intimate and constant
knoWledge Of the condition OF 81
linen, and the utility 9f It's erair
pipes.
Appointment and direction OF a.
immigration n publicity agent an,
TO develop and carry OFT the func
uons Of AN immigration ana coloniz
alton Office.
Appointment and direction Of M
state game warden. upon the theor.
that same sometimes IS found o.
state lands
Supervision Of ysate highways oI
the ground ma; the state engineer !
too busy 20 attend 70 them. and tina
state hishways sometimes cross owe
STAGE lands.
These and a few other somewha
less responsible prospective office
have developed for the state tam
commissioner thus fnr IA the Iegisia
tive session-which mas stil seve.
fuil weeks to run.
Few such expressions u conhdenc
ever have been rendered a public Of
nolal The atandpat machine seem
perfectly willing 10 trust AR ErsieI
with anything q hns or a tak
away from the executive department
Thus far Mr. Eryien hes managed 4
hear IN well under the LOAD, Re ha