The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1921-02-05
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO CARE
FOR THE FAITHFUL
Mitchell Seeks to Fire % Useless
Officials ard Hire $50; Game Com
mission Apple Without Core

ledl lODS Tor one IS lle lnOucSl pro- /
posal of the Mitchell road bill, in
troduced-by the senator from Union |
county. The bill would abolish tile
twenty mine road superiutendents |
condemned 10y both parties and by |
Governor Mechem, and substitute !
six hundred fifty precinct road su-
perlnlendents, each permitted to !
draw county road money.
Ihe measure conflicts sharply
with the highway bill introduced at
the request of the state highway
commission and supported by the
state engineer, and the commission
bin reducing the road payroll from
twcnly-nine county superintendent
TO six district supervisors.
The republicans, fOreseeing the
abolition of the mounted police and
other political plums, decided to
make one bold stroke which would
care for party workers in every
county of the state. As IN the 1919
legislature, they decided to exploit
the road funds and the proposal 10
create the position of precinct road
superintendent Is the result of their
efforts to care for the needy.
Want Core of Game Measure
The republican platform last fall
promised the creation of game
commission for the protection and
conservation of game. The state
protective association expected Il
nice juicy apple when the lcgisla-
ture met But it quickly found that
the republicans were going to de-
Your most of the apple by the ap-
pointment of u politician as game
warden.
Political eXpediency induced the
association to agree to suggestion
that the governor might so on the
commission and thereby virtually
name a political favorite for game
warden
The game association decided to
give up the meat of the apple this
year and accept the core-the plac-
ing OF the warden under the COM
mission.
But Game Warden Tom Gable, re-
publican caunty chairman for Col
fax county, thought otherwise. He
has had introduced a bill which
follows the q. p. A. measure except
that the warden is appointed di-
rectly by the governor and the conf
mission has no control over him
The sportmen are beginning to
see that the nice apple they thought
they had when the republicans
adopted their plank will be deVOur-
ed by others, and that the apple isn't
going TO have any core.
Sellers Forces Taxation Bill
Faced by democratic threat to
act promptly in the introduction Of
revenue measures if the majority
continued their tactics of delay,
the republicans have finally pre-
sented to the legislature the taxa
tion code prepared by The revenue
commission.
A week ago, Colonel ID. H. b. Sell
lers, senate minority floor leader,
announced for the democratic party
that the democrats would introduce
revenue code the first of this week
if the republicans had failed TO do
so at that time. He insisted that
the public should have a chance to
know the contents of pending leg
isatiOn in time TO prevent the pas
sage OF Objectionable bills.
The threat worked and the re-
publicans abandoned their plan of
delay. The democrats now expect
to push the consideration Of the
matters involved in order that they
may be thoroughly aired before the
people of the state.
Corporation Body To Die Quick il
Democrat Plan Prevails
Quick application of the axe TO
the corporation commission instead
of the lingering death asked by the
republicans is suggested in a senate
resolution by A. J.. Zinn, democrat
of Quay county The republican
resolution proposed to amcad 'he
state constitution by reducing the
corporation commission as rapidly
as the terms OF present members
expire
This would have first retired Bo-
nifdciO Montoya deIancrat, then j.
Nj. Luna. republicaa, leaving HuTE
il. Williams, r'puo'ican, the iull
six years OF his neW lrrm
The democratic susgs!ioI Is 90
abolish the commission heN aud
cancel the trrme Of lis commissions
ers at once establishing IN ITS place
q single puJ'ic utilities conm,ssIun-