El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-02-08
It's a Shame

publican organization, headed by
the uncrowned king of Socorro
county, who received such a mag
nifcent demonstration Of confidence
from the voters at the last election,
isn't satisfied with the way the Of
flee Of the governor is conducted.
The spectacle, in fact, is pathetic.
These gentlemen are not a bit
satisfied with the way things are
going in the Office of governor. They
do not care for the governors legal
adviser, it lis said. There is report
ed to be grievous dissatisfaction
with the kind of neckties the gov
ernor wears and the brand Of ink
that is used on the executive desk.
The governors children, it is un-
derstood, don't go to bed early
enough to suit the Republicans.
Even the kind Of blankets used on
the executive bed have come under
the disapproval of the G.. 0. P. They
are seething with Indignation be-
cause he doesn't wear a different
style of eyeglasses.
And the legal adviser - Ny!
What business had the governor to
choose his legal adviser without
consulting Mr.. Bursum and Cap
CLEARWATER? What right, by George,
also, had the governor to select a
physician who hadn't been given a
license by the Old Guard? By what
warrant does the governor take his
daily constitutional without getting
permission from Mr.. Bursum?
How insulting, for the governor to
refuse to become non compos mem
tbs, alias capias, habeas corpus,
venditioni exponas, hocus-pocus?
Has this governor not defied all
rules Of executive courtesy by re-
n
fusing to peacefully expire and re-
move himself hence?
A great mass of legislation, consisting of
one per diem and mileage bill, had accumu-
lated at the end of the first half of the leg
i%slature. and the governor merely signed it.
Hence he could not attend to his off
cial duties. Then in spite Of the fact that
the Republican majority had a big ak nice
ly sharpened all ready to take a crack at
his official appointments, the governor re-
fused to appoint, thus showing his inability
to attend to his official duties.
The eliminating crime of the governor, it
is alleged, is a plan to enable himself to
some appointees of his own choosing,
in case the dear majority should carry out
its reported plan of rejecting all his ap
pointees wholesale. The insolence of this
is astounding. Think of a Democratic gov
who imagines he should nave any real
appointive power! The thought is revolving
to every true old guardster. Picture the de-
of a governor who would receive
designations from all state officials In order
to be able to make a few recess appoint
ments of his own choosing in case the g.
o. P. hit them all over the head with a legis.
lative club! And only think of a governor
who would try to beat an unconstitutional
passed by a Republican legislature de-
citizens of the right to hold office
because they had been once turned down by
the senate!
All of which, say the Republicans, proves
the theorem that the governor is unable to
attend to his duties. He has framed up a
way, they declare, to beat the Republican
Legislative steam roller; hence his mind is
Do you get 1t? He's likely to skin
US, hence he is not able to be governor!
Poor, isn't 1t? What?
The whole situation Is enough to drive
any Republican ex-boss mad. ON top OF a
legal adviser whom 1t makes the boss and
his crowd purple to think about,-there's the
lieutenant governor. The boss has talked
himself hoarsc. He has been the lieutenant
governors shadow, He has worn out five
pairs of shoes following him. And after all
that the lieutenant governor hasn't consent,
Cd to let himself be made a tool OF, as any
Republican lieutenant governor should do
the boss speaks. And what a nervous
to have to gulp down ones feelings
and argue politely with the stubborn and
unreasonable cuss! Isn't It enough, we ask
you in all candor, to drive a boss to the bug.