Show Salary Grab Scheme Hatched by bythe bythe the Legislature I all an over the state are much in inter Inh Interested ter h f d in if th the salary Ia grab rb now 1 being bRg at attempted attempted tete tempted b b by present pe t state ste officers through the ti legislature It I is I generally gly conceded ct that the te pr salaries aUri art are art too t t tw w bt many people are i to t a k proposition to n fy fly in the fate face f e of 0 the t con constitution n and make the increase io ble for the present p nt official A shrewd method metho of o m the con constitution has bern been n discovered by the hou house e Th Thy ha have e had bad separate Mils bills Introduced introduce on n th the salary question three in all alt One provide l for raisin raising the tile pay of the supreme court Olin justices another er Sr increases increase the sal salaries tries of ot other oth r state stale r and th I the third d boosts boost the wages of the district 18 Judges The fh n t ht two bills i nave already alread passed the hou house w and m art arB ru sow new before on senate nate for action The third baa haa been heton favorably reported and andre ande e BUM rare pure re to get nt through the hou house e The nie following schedule gives an idea hIre of oC the grab I Present re l Pro od Salary Salary Supreme judges M sp Governor Secretary of state Itte 2 Auditor use I 2 z iise 80 Treasurer ie 1 i 2 iwi Attorney general 1501 Supt Public instruction 15 2 t 2550 District judges S sno 38 4 It U only takes tak II a little mathematics t to show chow that the net amount of the increase i t rease is Ia per year A difference of ta taper I Iper per year IK Is I made in the supreme bench beRm oct and nd WIIt annually for the district III Judges judge The Idea in 11 I having the salary lacy raised In III Indifferent indifferent different n fbi bills was W made clear by an ad advocate curate of the r ye yesterday t an He said that the reason no tt time was fixed for far the increase to take effect was as be I cau cause aue e he hoped to ha have hae them theta enforced within the t next few month mont The nae test teat testS S would w be made on the state s officials S One D or theta them t provided the ebl hula bills become me law Jaw will 1111 ask a k the state tate auditor for a war warrant warrant warrant rant for tur the Ute enlarged salary alary The auditor will wilt turn tern the he request and then the official cial dat will win mandamus him The matte matts mattex goes mu late the h supreme court That body is expOrted expected x to decide that th the warrant r t 1 should 8 be issued Sed Then the qu tIen on the payment of or increases to the judges will come up and the I auditor will likel likely ask uk th the attorney general for an opinion The legal authority will wilt cite the decision of the supreme court in the test teet ease case and that will stand as 8 the law Had the sa cries ariel of judges and state officials been covered in one ene ne bill Mil there would have been no competent court to decide whether the th increase goo goso Into effect at once as the salary of every pery judge in the state would have been involved Fader Inder the plan pan pre prepared prepared prepared pared the tile judges judge pass p upon the question que before their own cases e are reached The plan piau Is a very Tel pretty one but bot some come of the best heat lawyers lawyer of th the state are say cay Ing leg they dont dent wee see how bow any lawyer could have nerve enough to argue that under the constitution ut uI is It possible to increase C th the salary of any official o during the term for tor which he was elected Two Tw petitions Petition were presented in the tM sea sen senate ate yesterday by bv Mr t Johnson John on remonstrating ing leg against proposed legislation lect ladon Incises Increasing ing I the salaries Ian of judges jod and other state C m The petitioners petitioner prot that the officer in question were perfectly f sat cat satIsfied with t their salaries and it i would d da be bea bea a expenditure to increase Inee them One of the petitions 8 was WIUS signed by b John Westwood and aad thirtyfour other residents of PI Piuta county and the other bears the names name of other Flute Plute rest resi residents dents headed by R it A Allen |