Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-17
LEGISLATIVE CHAT.

The penitentiary committee met last
night and are now engaged in preparing
their report.
The agitation of Union county still
keeps the house restless and uneasy. This
ghost will not lay.
Judge Jno. Ryan is an applicant for the
position as receiver of public moneys in
the U. s. land Office at this place. Las
Cruces Independent.
H.B. Hamilton Esq, of Socorro, is
hobnobbing with the assemblymen. He
wants his bill relating to community
town grants passed.
| Hon. Matias Contreras and Sheriff Leo
| pold Contreras, of Socorro county, we're
| visitors to the legislative halls to-day.
Business: Sheriffs fees.
Chief Clerk Hunt, of the council, was
called to Albuquerque last night by the
sad news of his mothers death. He will
return tomorrow and resume his official
duties.
Capt. Henry Sturgess, of the Springer
Stockman, staunch friend of the capital
city, is a working member of the third
house whom the Clayton Enterprise would
like to see banished to Hawaii.
Gov. Prince received to-day resolu-
tion properly engrossed, signed and in
dorsed, conveying the thanks of the Silver
City municipal authorities for his prompt
action in signing the normal school bill.
City Clerk S. Grunsfeld came up from
Albuquerque last night to buzz the
lawmakers on bill which he regards as
long ielt want, and the object of which
is to provide a system for the registra-
ton of city voters.
The county of Eddy should get out a
candidate for register of the land Office at
Roswell, as Chaves county has receiver
now in the field. Eddy county ought
to be entitled to the registership. Let
some good man be named and then
make strong pull for him.--Daily Cur
rent.
City Clerk Grunsfeld will leave this
evening for Santa Fe. He carries with
him bill, entitled Gan act to provide
for registration of voters of municlpali-
ties and will endeavor to get such law
passed by the present Experimentation
querque Citizen
Four lengthy petitions, signed by bust
ness men and several attorneys, recon-
mending Hon. W. II. Whiteman for re
appointment as district attorney for Ber-
nalillo and Valencia counties, were filed
to-day in the governors Office.
Sheriff A. Abeytia, Hon. Marcos Gale.
Cos and large delegation of Mora coun-
ty people, came in last night. They will
watch the legislative wheels revolve and
camp on the trail of the Union county
measure.
An Albuquerque delegation, consisting
of Messrs. M. S. Otero, Geo. L. Brooks,
W. S. Stricken and N. G. Collier was
noticeable around the house and council
chambers this morning. They are deep
ly interested in certain, sundry and d.
verse matters before the assembly at
present.
One bill presented to the governor to-
day contains no less than forty-tiv mis-
takes in spelling. The question arises as
| to the character of the clerks who engross
such bills, and the care of the committees
that have charge of them. 1t is certainly
not the duty of the executive Office to cor
rect spelling, and yet without care in
some stage of their progress, the bills
would not make very creditable appear
ance on the statute book.
The report of the capitol committee will
be presented to-day. It will surely censure
the capitol commission and the janitor
and recommend that the final location be
left to vote of the people, and that nc
appropriation be made at this time for
the rebuilding of the capitol building
This recommendation is based on the
ground that the people will be called
upon to vote on the capital location when
the state constitution comes up to be
voted on.
II. B. No. 149, legalizing previous acts
by municipal bodies has stirred up a
hornets nest at Albuquerque, many
being under the impression that it
regrants and perpetuates all city fran,
chises heretofore granted, Hon. B. s.
Rodey called on the governor in relation
to the bill this morning and spoke quite
earnestly against the enactment of such a
law, saying in effect that the city council
at Albuquerque had granted many fran.
chises which were against the public in
terests and that should not be perpetual.
ed. 1t turns out, after all, however, that
the feature of the bill objected TO, was
stricken out in the council.
WANrED-A place to work, cook or do
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