The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-08
\ STRANGE COINCIDENCE.



During the last legislature d bun
was pushed through by The Rspuhii-
can machine being q bill TOR the r1ct-
.ication of g. \ lHrra2nlo, who ieft
he mcagre pickingS Of the Dcmoc-
rpcy 90 enter the Grand pld Party
when things looked promising. onl"
.tu rud a LarmcCidal feast awaiting
him
This measure sought Co hand over
100000 OF he public funds 90 MI.
llritzoiu being "a consolation prize
Of rare maguitudt lie was speciu
llll employed by the bin as q special
counsel bon charge Of boundary suit
prosecution. to receive $1,000 tor MS
service and $2.5uu Tor expenses
Governor Lindsey lat DO bee known
he would veto the hill and it was fin
ally recalled 90 mere boundary su.i
appropriation then being passed.
Yesterday. by u strange coincidence
two ]sttnd-pdt Republican members
Cf the state boundary commission re-
msiug th, official services offered
gratis by tine attorney general elected
/ for such uurpos"s employed -. \.
|Iarrnzoiu ua "a boundary Huit attorncl
remunortiiuI To- be $500. The gen
tlcmcu were MIR Frank W parker ana
Mr.. EutrI 1900 GIllogos.
This -c.Hu- very odd bul OF course
can be- explained Dog the Iws 81 'u-
incidence.
Tho happ. feature ot this lorluitous
combination ut unrelated cirCums'au'
eos d. that after an Mr.. L%trrdz"lo IS
, partly paclncd Tl.s $1,000 Is loss than
o q. tLIt .F tho. N.rF . HA.f OIL. N.Ha
ter than ua bread.
Mr. parker and Mr. Gallcgus are
tu be congratulated ON conserving tho
services of the attorney general VITO
Will thus have felt added energy 60 de-
vote to other matters. The people
who pay m. $500 so generously sp-
portioncd ny Mr. Parker and MI Cat
| legos will n course be much grHtltied
az their solicitude lest the attorney
general lo eos crworkcd even though
Mr Patton Insisted that he be not
relieved of this part oi his regular
work and uil,rcd To- do % for nothing.
The far Of Nessru. Parker and
Gallcgos that Mr Patton oNerslraiH
| himself amounts REAL, 90 anxiety,
Even after swing him the able assist
uuce OF a former attorney sehefhl
who had long experience in me
boundary suit litigation himself ms
vas NOT enough and the services o'
Mr. Itrrllo'u were added his "W-
ployeis doubtless feeling that sl''
Flitteriur |H,uudary suit gifls H~ those
PERTAINING Goo the Las Ncgau could NOT
be left 20 blush unseen without fn-
niltinE q hardship on the public you
aud might think that Mir Patton
and AIR clancy together could woli
along with , job that Mr. CLANCY
handled alone. without causing MI
Patton % breakdown. but even SO
probably IL would be wrong 10 deli'.
trJtelN refuse such q boundary tul.
expert a. l|arro2olo "a held fol nli
activities when there was q perfectly
good appropriation right there handy
Mcssre T. tud e.. might also a
Ca domou-irate that when 90 comes %
picking uu, conspicuous talent the -
-. \ majority has nothing on them
Of course the, don't estimate its value
quite as hlcn as did the maiorit2 ui
then prohtHI' they are more ,onserN
utivc and men there's the size Of th'
appropriation 60 consider
The surprising thing is the decei'
iuguess ~ Mr. Patton's looks tie up
pears in the hest Of health aad is iu-
looking Cor rome work Co cat But ~
commission 2 knows best Tho 90
totue, general may have one foot On
the grave ,pr an We know