Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-21

or corporation employing workmen in
the teri tory of New Mexico, in the alb
srnce OF contract to the contrary,to sell,
give" etc; which was adopted.
Mr.. Fail further moved to amend by
inserting after the words mot be payable
or rede enable otherwise than in the face
value in money" the following words:
"Or in goods, wares or merchandise, at
the option of the holder. Provided, that
this act shall not operate to invalidate
contracts now in existence or hereafter
to be made between employer and en-
ploye," which was adopted.
Mr.. Veeder then moved to amend by
striking out the whole proviso of line
fifteen of the bill, provided, that this
act shall not apply to any person, firm,
company or corporation employing less
than ten PERSONS" which was also
adopted.
The LIST section as amended was then
on motion of Mr.. Veeder adopted.
| Mr.. Veeoer then moved that the words
| ian absence of contract to the contrary
be inserted in section with the same in
tent as in section 1 which was adopted.
Mr.. Fall then moved to insert the word
cor" instead of "of" in line two, so that it
shall read 'whoever compels, or in any
manner seeks to compel or coerce an en-
ploye or any person, firm, company or
corporation" and on motion of Mr..
Veeder this was adopted.
| Sections 3 and we're adopted without
amendment.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the council as amended.
lengthy debate was had between
Messrs. Veeder and Fall in favor of the
amended bill and Messrs. Martinez and
Hubbell for the original bill.
It was claimed by Messrs. Fall and
Veeder that the bill as introduced was un-
constitutional because it restricted the
power of the parties to contract. Messrs
Martinez and HubbelI, while not express
ing All opinion as TO the constitutionality
of the bill, said that the amendments vir-
tually killed it.
Mr.. Fall explained that he was not
against the purpose or object of this
bill, but as it came from the house
it was unconstitutional an cited numer-
Gus authorities including the supreme
court to sustain him. The constitution
and the organic act provide that no law
interfering with the rights of contract
shall be passed. Therefore if the store
keeper and the employee are working in
their respective rights, sui juris, there is
no power to prevent these parties max
ing contract by which the employe is to
work for something else than money.
Mr.. Fall also said this bill not only pro-
h,hited employers. from paying off in
store orders, but it aimed to prohibit
men from contracting one with
the other how certain piece of
work shou be done. It also
aimed to prevent corporation or
employer from advancing provisions or
goods to man who is engaged to work
even if he has no money to keephis family.
In Grant county there are several mines
that run only in connection with store.
Close the store and the mine closes. This
would be hardship to that community,
and would turn these laborers out of
work to compete with every other camp
for work. They go to work there with
the knowledge and understanding of the
manner of their payment, and there is
The bill as amended would, he thought,
stand the test of the courts; as it came
from the house it was useless.
Mr.. Martinez finally moved that the bill
be referred back to the judiciary COM
mittee for careful examination, which
was ordered.
he president then appointed Messrs.
Martinez, Sanchez, Hubbell, Hall and
Patterson as the committe on arrange
ments for the Denver trip, and the coun-
Gil adjourned until 10 O'Clock q. nj Sc
THIS MoRN1Na's SESSION.
The council met at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Saint introduced council petition
No. IS, from the city council of Albu-
querque, stating that bill had been in
troduced providing for taxation of prop
erty of municipal corporations, and re-
questing that the bill pass. 1t was read
in full and referred to the committee
on municipal and private corpora
tions.
Mr.. Valverde was excused from the
morning session on account of sickness
in his family.
Mr.. Saint also introduced a petition
about twenty yards long praying for the
passage of c. B. No. %; providing for the
liability of railroads on account of ac-
cidents to its employees, and it was re.
ferred to the committee on railroads.
G. B. No. 72-By Mr.. Burns, to amend
chapter 50 Of Session Laws of 1891, pro-
viding for taxation of express companies,
was introduced and read.
On Motion of Mr.. Martinez, the bill
was read second time and without
printing referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
Under the head of bills on their third
reading:
C.B. No. 40, was taken up. It provides
in brief that neither the solicitor general
nor any district attorney may hold brief
against the territory during their term of
office; and the governor may summarily
remove any such offioer for violation of
this law.
Mr.. Fall after saying that he had no
political purpose in his amendment
moved to insert in the third section the
words "The governor shall have power to
remove any district attorney or solicitor
general at any time after full hearing and
through investigation, for good cause
shown, provided that the reasons for the
removal of such attorney or solicitor
general shall be filed in fun III the Office
of the secretary of the territory"
Messrs. Fall, Veeder and Martinez made
long speeches in favor of the amend
ments. Messrs. Sanchez and Hubbell
replied that they did not propose to give
another Democratic governor the chance
to repeat the high handed actions of Gov.
Ross. To adopt this amendment would
simply mean that every Republican officer
would be removed for cause, the cause be-
inp to let in Dem ocrat