Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-22

II Ia OoO NSlL.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.
II. B. No. 46, An act creating COM
mission to codify the laws, and G. B.
No. IS, providing for the issue OF current
expense bonds by counties, were laid be-
fore the council and consigned to the
presidents desk to come up in regular
order.
A recess of fifteen minutes was taken
to permit the conference committee,
Messrs. Perea, Catron, Ancheta and Jara-
milo to confer with the house committee,
Messrs. Burns, sPaulDn, Easley and Mon
toya, on the subject of Fl. b. No. 64,
the house substitute for the council bill
providing for the pay of employees other
than those prescribed by the U. S. law.
When the council as again called to
order, Mr.. Perea announced that the
conference committees had agreed
to disagree and he intimated
in rather strong terms that they would
probably occupy that position until
dooms-day rather than concede to the
unprecedented demands of the house
conferees.
The council is perfectly willing to ap-
propriate funds for the payment of en-
ployes, providing such funds come
through the medium of the regular APP
preparation bill for the joint benefit OF
both branches Of the legislature, but the
house, contrary to all precedent, will not
consent to this simple and apparently
just solution Of the question, and, on the
other hand, demands that the council
agree to give the house special contln-
gent fund, to be placed to the credit OF
the house exclusively, to be used by that
body as it sees fit.
Mr.. Catron defended the stand taken
by the council committee. The coun-
Gil had agreed that the house could
designate the number and pay of the
employees, on that point there was per-
feet harmony, but the plan Of providing
for all expense in general appropriation
bill had worked so admirably during the
past two years saving over quarter of a
million dollars to the taxpayers OF New
Mexico, and putting a stop to the loose
way of handling public funds under the
special appropriation system commended
for by the house that the council felt in
duty bound to stand up for the principle
of providing general appropriation bill
to cover all necessary expenses.
Several other members spoke OF the
business-like, just, fair and equitable
plan of appropriatlng all funds
in a general bill; OF the
advantage it had been to the people, and
referred to the success of this plan as de-
monstrated in national legislation, even
the special appropriations, if there be any,
always going into the general appropris-
ton bill, and it was said that the position
taken by the house seemed inexpllcable,
no possible good from it coming to the
tax payers of the territory. The fact that
legislation had already been seriously in
terfered with and retarded by the un.
reasonable conduct of the house was re-
ferred to, and it was proclaimed that
should this contention be maintained anc
adhered to, to the detriment OF the bes
interests of the people, the house and the
party it represents would have to sutiel
the consequences which the people woulc
unquestlonaby lay at its door and hold il
responsible for.
The matter was then dropped for the
time being.
Mr.. Jaramillo introduced council bill
amending the mode and method of elect
ing county commissioners Read the
first and second time, ordered translated
and printed and referred to the commit
tee on counties and county lines.
Mr.. Slower thought that there should
be some further report and action in re-
gard to the committees of the two
houses on the bill in reference tc
the pay of employees OF the two houses
Mr.. Catron, OF the conference commit
tee made further report that
the committee of the house wanted tc
know what the council committee want
ed, and asked if they were willing to put
the pay for the clerks and employees OF
the house in a special act or to establish
regular contingent fund for each house
to draw from to pay clerks, envy loyes and
for incidental expenses as required. The
council committee was willing to concede
the extra humber of clerks and EN-.
ployes and to concede the increased
amount of pay demanded for those in
both houses but would not agree to q
special appropriation, but the council
committee insisted on making a general
appropriation to cover all. The
house committee insisted on q
special appropriation. All the state.
ments made by the council commit.
tee were declared to be false and some
other remarks made were not proper OF
necessary to report to the council. The
council committee gave way to their de-
mand for five extra officers and even con-
ceded that the pages and some of the
officers of the council might have more
pay but the house would not consent that il
should be made In general apprcpria
ton bill and the council committee woulo
consent to nothing else. Mr.. Perea soto
voce intimated that the words "falsehood'
and "liar" were used in the committee by
the house conferees.
Mr.. Slower hoped that the members o.
the conference did not so far forget theil
position as gentlemen and members o.
the council as to handy such words wher
transacting public business.
Mr.. Mills asked what had become o.
the resolution to send a committee tc
Washington to aid in the passage of the
land grant and other important bills con
corning New Mexico.
Mr.. Slower asked for information from
the judiciary committee to which it was
referred, and Mr.. Catron made satisfac
tory explanation, saying the resolution
would be forthcoming as soon as the much
worked judiciary committee could gel
around to it.
A message announced that the house
had passed substitute to O. B. No. 5
the high license bill. The house substi
tute was read in full. Mr.. Persa said thai
small towns under 100 Inhabitants paic
no license at all, according to this housl
measure, and he moved the bill DO re-
committed to the judiciary committee
translated and printed. Mr.. Slower hoped
it would not again be printed as there
were but few changes. On motion Of Mr.
Mills the bill was referred without print.
ing. Adjourned to 10 a. m.
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