The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-22


out AN aggressive program % con
structtye legislation
The carrying oui Of tho first
pledge. that Of the speaker and his
associates. ~ Illustrated In the action
81 the house IN the case OF Francisco.
n. hoiorquar 81 sirrTa county; twice
legally elected % the seat. and twlcc
Illegally deprived Of his rights. Gov.
ernor Mcdonald has stated the facts
IN that double harrelled wrong In HIS
Iquotation from the house record
made IN the Herald saturday. AZ this
time there. seems little need FOR ex-
Tended reference 10 A. The facts are
known. The house created q vncan-
ley. The aotcrner filled Il ne required
BY the state constitution. The house
majority denied u had created . va
cnacy when "a own records show
that Il lad done 10.
Veteran Republican leaders have
been shocked at the want OF judy
ment shown IN the BojOrouez matter
by the house leaders throughout.
The creating Of the vacancy, they as
scrt. was needless and a bad break.
The denial that a vacancy had been
created they brand as ldiotic. They.
say. in fact. that the house majority
manaaerr made fools OF themselves
when they considered the B~oJorumex
second election nj ali. The old
timers Hny that having adopted n.
policy Of force they should have stood
by tina, policy and Ignored the second
election.
The reason that second election
was not ignored appears To be found
In the existence OF nm uneasy con
science ana a fear that In q pinch the
Illegally seated sierra county vote
may break down important lcglsla-
ton. The %unseating Of J. c. Smith.
serapio Miera and Rafael Garcia are
further instances OF how the speak.
er's pledge for his party has net been
fulfilled.
Aggressive Constructive LEGISLATION.
As "a the second pledge. that OF the
Republican national committeeman,
the tables quoted AT the beginning Of
this article contain an absolutely
complete record q all OF the Iegiala-
ton achieved up 10 this morning. n
may be aggressive in the matter OF
the amount OF money Il has cost. II
could hardly be termed constructive
By any imaginate %contortiOn.
Nor does the work done during the
past forty days point to anything In
the nature Of constructive legislation
ahead and In prospect for the next
fifteen days.
The salary l~eglsiaiion, should any
come cut OF tho majority hopper. can
not be termed constructive. The best
that h hoped for il a $4,000 maxi-
mum salary. which L. reactionary be-
yond all manne OF doubt.
4 sad situation.
Tho plight OF the Republicans in
the salary matter has become pitiful
and here In santa re II cxcltes ex-
pressions OF cOmmiseration rather
than OF violent ccnsure. The situa-
tioP Saturday when the conference
cosnmittee hammered through a re-
port on House BIN No. 2is as
arnsnded by the senate. was the re-
suit OF numerous other situations In
which the Republican managers be-
loved they had the thing fixed. only
10 encounter an explosion when the
hd wns taken on. Repeatedly the
itepqbiieans dad been told in caucus
int - they failed 10 agree upon a
salary bill the people would hold
them n their party responsible.
and repeatedly readers have threat
cned TO throw M the Job and petition
the Democrats iu write this measure.
As nearly AZ can be learned speak
er Secundino Romero smashed the
conference committees weii-laid plan
saturday when he marched into the
conference and demanded more
money for the clerks Of first class
counties and a removal OF the re-
strietlon requiring them To devote all
their time 10 the duties Of the office.
This. at least, Is the most reliable re-
port available.
Senator James r. Hlnkle. Demo
cratic member Of the conference
committee, had voted for the house
bill as amended by the senate because
he thought II the best bill o~btninabIe
and because he wanted the SALARY bill
disposed OF. but when the speaker
forced his vleVs upon the conference
and secured their adoption by "A ma
jority thereof, Mr.. Hinklo. Represent
alive Palmer. Republican. refused ta
sign the conference report and
marched ou', each Democrat armed
with a minority report. Ar. Hinkle.
according 10 all reports, was aroused |
"Hh NN'N AANANfl nN y NAANf "a IfklHH !
lative manager. Before the confer
ence committee could get from the
committee room to the senate with its
report Mr.. Hinkle had the seven
Democratic votes and five Republi-
can votes organized 10 vote 10 table
report The Adjournment 10 to-
day Resulted.
Mr. Palmer quit tho conference be-
CAUSE Instead Of the $500 maximum
which had been promised him Tor his
he was confronted with a
$3.50 average snlary for hig main
county offices. He had agreed to go
up 500 but he baked at an add
uonal $50.
Thus zach salary agreement
reached has been broken by some
Republican action, compromise or
or by the demands OF some
Republican county office clique. six
weeks Of tho session have neen de-
voted 10 this Kind OF legislative dick
eripg u II not what Is generally
constructive.
The Herald has referred frequently
10 the growing tendency among Re-
20 return to the old terri
torlal board II equalization instead OF
providing an efficient revenue system.
a return Ia reactionarv iu the