Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-16
LEGISLATIVE CHAT.


The finance committee worked four
hours yesterday.
Only fourteen members of the house
answered roll call this morning.
The friends of the "pluck-me" store bill
say they had very hard time to get it
into the hands of the printer.
Antonio Lucero, recently Topped from
the Republican to the Peoples party, is
over from Santa Fe.-Las Vegas Optic.
Ex-Speaker Burns had the Hon. Julian
Montoya out for drive yesterday. Mr.
Montoya will make good parliament
tartan.
Mr.. Kuchenbecker is working away at
his special measures quietly but success
fully. He is one of the best liked mem
bers of the house.
Mr.. Lady says he is in favor of gem
eral county bill; that 1--WE want something
that will be fair to all the people and
properties interested
Hon. Celso Baca continues his active
interest in legislation just as if his seat
were not contested. He has little fear OF
the committees report.
Senator Hubbell, chairman of the fin
ance committee of the council, is hard al
work preparing the appropriation bill
for the coming two years.
Gov. Hadley, of Watrous, who is greatly
interested in the passage of compre'
hensive irrigation law, is in the capital
watching legislative proceedings.
And now the Las Vegas people are
protesting against that myth, "Mr. Hope
wells public school BILL First be sure
you're right, then go ahead; but be sure
you're right first.
1t is understood that every Democratic
member of the Legislative house has
signed petition praying of President
elect Cleveland the appointment of Hon
W. T. Thornton as governor.
Mr.. John G. Zimmerman, the journal
clerk of the house, is a candidate foi
special land inspector for New Mexico
If appointed he will make an efficient
officer. His petition is signed by all the
members of the legislature.
Several petitions are in circulation
asking for the appointment of Hon. San
tiago Baca, of Albuquerque, as U. S
marshal under the Cleveland regime. Mr.
Baca says he is in the race to win now
that Hon. Felix Martinez is out of the
field.
Hon. T. B. Mills has prepared draft
of an irrigation district bill modelled on
the Wright law. 1t is now being type.
written and will be shortly introd uced
The New MEXICAN desires to say that il
is in the line of good and desirable legis.
lation.
Hon. T. D. Burns, an able business man
and experienced legislator, is at the head
of the council committee to regulate and
fix the salaries of county offices. Under
his lead we may look for just and
equitable measure and one that will re-
| lieve the public from excessive official
charges.-San Marcial Reporter.
A school bill introduced by Hon. p. B.
Lady provides for the election in towns
of school directors, one of whom is to
serve for three years, one to serve two
years and the other for one year. This is
a good bill, Mr.. Lady, and should become
law provided it is made to apply to all
school districts. The less change there is
in the management of our schools, the
better.-Lordsburg Liberal.
Mr.. Hinkle says he proposes to stand
| by H. B. No. Is, Notwithstanding the
clamor raised by the large cities. He
says the country districts have some
| rights and their necessities ought to be
considered, and that he proposes to fight
for such disposition of the license fund
as will favor them. The country schools
are in many instances kept up by private
subscription, while the cities are wasting
large sums of money.
, The bloody chasm between Senators
Martinez and Veeder, of San Miguel coun-
ty, will likely never be bridged over in
this life. They will remain personal and
political enemies to the end. \
Miss Julianita Romero, of Las Vegas, the
pert, pretty and accommodating post
mistress in the house, can have the posi-
ton again whenever she applies for it,
whether New Mexico be state or terri
tory.--Las Vegas Optic.
The bill introduced in the council by
Senator Fall provides that the inter-
prefers and stenographers of the district
courts of the territory shall be appointed
for four years, making them salaried Of
fees, instead of appointing them from
term to term and paying them a per diem,
as has been done heretofore. This is as
it should be. They are positions requir-