Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-04
HOUSE..
Yesterdays AFTERNOON SESSION.

The house met at 2 p. m. Mr.. Meyer
called up joint resolution No. l, provid-
ing for compensation and number of
house employees, as it had been found
that the provision for extra pay to the
United States officials was in controven-
ton of the organic act, and also moved
to recall said resolution from the council.
The motions were agreed to and the
chief clerk was instructed to send for the
resolution.
Under the head of business on the
speakers table, the contest petition of
Lorenzo Labadie, contestant for the seat
of Hon. Celso Baca in the house, was
taken up. 1t alleges that while the said
Baca received majority on the face OF
the returns of 76 votes, yet in precinct 8
there were 36 votes cast for Mr.. Baca for
which no poll tax was paid, and that 81
persons DESTROYS of voting for Mr.. Laba-
die were refused poll tax receipts and
thus disfranchised. In precinct No. Is.
- similar voters were refused poll tax
receipts and Al persons voted for Baca
who had not paid this tax. In precinct
No. 81, 16 persons voted for Baca, in
Guiding himself, who mad not paid poll
tax, and receipts were refused to 40 per-
sons who wished to vote for Mr.. Labadie.
In precinct No. 10, 43 persons voted for
Baca without paying poll tax. In pre-
cinct No. 48, 81 persons were refused re-
ceipts, and in precinct So, 10 votes were
cast for Baca contrary to law for various
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not pay poll tax; and also alleges that
petitioner lost 200 votes by other illegal
practices.
Mr.. Baca made general and explicit
denial of all the allegations, and in sup
port of his claims cited instances in
which illegal votes were cast for Mr..
Labadie. The whole matter was, on
motion of Mr.. Montoya, of Socorro, re-
ferred to the committee on privileges and
elections.
Mr.. Lucero then brought back
from the council the salary resolution,
which was amended on motion by Mr..
Meyers SO as to strike out the extra COM
pensation of United States employees, and
to make the journal clerks salary So in
stead of S.. After various technical
motions the amended resolution was sent
back to the council.
Under the special order made at the
morning session Mr.. Hopewell then in
PRODUCED substitute for house joint reso-
luton No. 8, which provides for two COM
mittees of three each, to consist of one
member of the council and two of the
house; one committee to visit and inves-
tigate tho needs of the university at Al
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Las Cruces, and the school of mines, at
Socorro. and the other two visit the in
. sane asylum, at Las Vegas. For this pur-
pose $500 is appropriated. On motions
of Mr.. Hinkle, the resolution passed
through its various stages and was
adopted.
Mr.. Lady then introduced house resolu-
ton No. 4, memorializing congress to
pass free coinage of silver bill. It re-
cites that $25,O0O,O 900 are annually lost to
the miners, and that agriculture loses
| $1,25O,OO0 900 per year on account of the
depreciation of silver, and 100000 men
are thrown out of work. It also recites
that the parity between the metals was
only disturbed by legislation, and the
status of gold and silver should be
restored to it's natural position. A copy
is to be sent to the delegate in congress
for introduction in the house and to Hon.
] VIM. M. Stewart, of Nevada, for introduce
| ton in the senate.
On motion of Mr.. Read the resolution
passed under suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Read then moved to take up house
Joint resolution No. 2, relative to the
amendatory bill concerning the land
court pending in congress, and then
moved to amend 1t by adding clause
instructing the clerks of each house to
forward copy to the United States house