Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
ATTN .
The public Is waiting.

Long ago the state treasurer was found to have
sS500OO of the states money in defunct bank
while he had surety bonds making $4,000 the legal
limit he could place there. The treasurer violated
the law. Under the hammering OF criticism the
treasurer resigned months ago. The resignation
was accepted. No successor appointed. No
receiver has been appointed UP to this good hour
and this still handles three million dollars OF
state money. The public is waiting.
In order to reopen this bank it Is understood
that certificates of time deposit were accepted by
the treasurer with the approval of the governor
for this $4,000. Nobody knows how long these
certificates to The public has not been in
formed about its business This administration
never does inform the public about anything.
Mum" is the word. Under the law, we under
stand 1t, time deposits Of state funds cannot be
made. Did the treasurer and the governor consent
to a violation of law in order to make possible the
reopening of a private institution? The public is
waiting.
If a new treasurer is appointed he must CHECK
OUT the present treasurer and take over the cash.
These time deposit certificates not cash. Yet
they must be taken over as cash or the present
treasurer cannot be checked out. Is the governor
unable to find willing, under the bond which
he must make to take these certificates as
cash? The public is waiting.
If such a treasurer is found and he does TAX,
over these certificates of deposit cash, what is
he to do next January when treasurer elected by
the people and asks for the public's money and
refuses to accept these pieces Of paper as cash
The public is waiting.
When state official goes wrong and a whole
administration attempts to come TO his defense and
in doing does further illegal acts what is to be
the outcome? The public is waiting
A state auditor admits that he received for his
private account, interest public money Illegally
withheld by him from the treasury. Nothing has
been done about it. The public is waiting
hundred and twenty-five miltiamen are kept
away from their employments week after week. TO
act as guards for the pet mining interests at Cal
lup. This Is costing the state some five hundred
dollars day. How long is this TO continue? The
public is waiting.
a man who evaded the law by technicality in
order to sell goods to the asylum board at Las
Vegas and who sold the institution a tractor for
s1400 which cost, when new $1,000, is still presi-
dent of the asylum board Is there still whiskey
which he needs to measure and put into jugs for
the state? The public is waiting.
A commissioner of the land office, under the
pressure of publicity turned s10O0,OO0 to the
state treasurer which he had held for long period
without interest being paid to the state. How long
had he held it? Who received interest on it while
he held it? These questions remain unanswered
The public Is waiting.
governor with paralysis of the will sits weakly
in his executive chair while these and dozens Of
other irregularities go The governor is mark
ing time until his term expires. He is waiting
The public is waiting,
The public is waiting 1t is waiting to hold tc
accountability the party which brought such sit
uation upon great state. This party seem:
to have lost all capacity to a state government
in New Mexico. The public it. The public Is
waiting
November is not far away and the public is wait
ing.