El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-10

New MEXICO are DelnB given ~ ma
Acanss That comment has been going the rounds IN
New Mexico since Gov O. A. Larrazolo's administration
into being It gets fresh impetus every une span
imercan is appointed to office It has been heard sew
cal times In FL Paso recently coupled with reflections
upon the Republican party in New Mexico. A lew New
Mexico newspapers have commented upon It.
II the statement above true, all that has been
said Of Gov Larrazolo and the Republican party IN that
connection would deserved not true 1t ought to be
cnradcted because its circulation undoubtedly tends to
stir up feeling and destroy harmony without which Il
would be impossible fer the state to make very much
tabuation CT figures has been prepared at Santa Fe
which throws much light the subject An analysis
shows that the proportion Of offices filled by citizens OF
Spanish ancestry far less than is popularity supposed
OF the % counties of the state IS recognized by
beth parties predominanty Spansh-Amerlcan seven
4redo1nantlv Anglo-Amercan while the remaining seven
are fairly balanced The endeavor then is to divide
the nominations between the races although the eecon
does not always reflect the division very accurately
In the legislature Just adjourned, of "a state senator's
seven Spanish ancestry and SIX Of the seven were
Republicans the tabuation shows. Seventeen we're not
In the house, there were p Spanish
Americans, Of whom p Republicans, while p were
not SpauisAmereans However, Spanish American was
elected speaker and the legislative attaches were fairy
Of p state officials elected at the last election four
were Spanish Americans and eight AngloAereans For
county Offices 278 candidates elected Ninety
Spalsh-Amercans Il IS noteworthy that IN Chaves
Curry De Baca Eddy Lea Luna, Otero, Quay and Roose-
counties, SpauishAmeri elected to
office.
Of 81 county commissioners elected, only 80 we're
all county surveyors eecleu were
goes nine of the county school suPentendents were
Spanish-Aericans assessors 2 county clerks 2 pro
bate Judges and II only shes that the two races
vent $3.50 for "A Of the 2S Spauish-Americans.
The higher judicial machinery Of the state IS IN Anglo
American hands Not supreme court district Judge
and district attorney is OF Spansh-Aercan anees-
This disposes of the elective Officials but how about
the apponti7e ones? It is in relation to the appointments
Of Gov that most complaint has been made the
compliments bearing in mind that Gov LarrazOO is him
self SpanhAmercan. The tabuation above referred to
shows that state officials outside Of board appoint
euts named By Gov Iarrazolo ten Of Spanish-AIer
extraction and that Of the = board appointments he
has made date only 80 Spanish-Ameucan. OF 70
superintendent appointed about to be appointed
nine Standardization and Y not; Of nine gaso
line Inspectors six SpanshAmercan; Of eight mounted
police Scandinavian OF SIX district road
gineers, net one is Spanish-American.
OF appointments dictated by the governor, 60 ap
pointees arc SpanishAmereans and go Angles. Of
office holders elective and appointive who have taken
office since the first of the year, 3f4 Of AngloAmer
can and 1872 Of Spanish-Amercan ancestry.
worth while noting that the Angles hold most Of
The more lucrative offices such as the United States sena
torp the three supreme court judgeshps the nine dis
tc judgeshps the nine district attorneyshps also
the offices which have most patronage, such the state
land office the state engineers office, the state highway
commission and the state educational boards.
The penitentiaTy turned to Spsnish-Ameri-
appoHtee hut at the request Of the governor the
ssant superintendent and the chief clerk neither Spanish
Americans, were retained Many Of the guards "na-
tvcs As matter OF fact, the nature Of the and
he small pay do not form attractive combination for
AzgloAnercans The superintendent Of the capitol is
Spanish-Amercan and many Of the employees
Of them very highly paid however The adjutant general
Is Spaush-American and the superintendent Of in
surance but IN each the assistant IS not The legal
adviser and the executive clerk Of the governor Span
hAmsrczns but the governors private secretary is not
The commission has two Spans-Amercan members to
A1gl0SaZon member but the latter is the chairman
md his salary ach larger than that Of the other
members while the chief clerk the examiners and
employees Anglo-Amencans.