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

question, which was ordered and the bill
passed.
During the vote on H. B. No. 116 an
hour and thirty minutes were consumed
in explaining VOTES.
Mr.. Hinkle therefore moved to suspend
the rules to introduce a resolution that
no member be allowed more than five
minutes to speak nor more than three
minutes to explain his vote. The rules
were suspended and the resolution In
troduced and sent to the committee on
rules with instructions to report in the
morning.
On motion of Mr.. Kuchenbecker the
motion to reconsider H. B. No. 116 was
laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Stovall the house
took a recess until 1880 o'clock.
LAST NIGHT SESSION.
The house met at 1880 and Mr.. Hope
we'll requested that the penitentiary COM
mittee be excused which was refused and
the same gentleman then moved to ad-
journ which was carried.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
The house met and approved the
journal of the two last days sessions.
Mr.. Lady handed in favorable report on
the resolution introduced yesterday pro-
viding that no member should speak
longer than five minutes on any one
question nor more than three minutes in
explaining his vote.
Mr.. Read spoke very strongly against
the resolution as means of gagging
members. The previous question was
however ordered and the resolution be-
came a rule of the house.
H.B. No. II, providing that railroad
corporations shall not employ any con-
ductor on passenger train who has not
two years experience, was then taken up.
Mr.. Meyers, from the committee on
railroads, presented favorable majority
report, and Mr.. Read and Salazar y Ortiz
presented a minority report against the
bill. The whole matter was laid on the
speakers table.
Mr.. Labadie, from the committee on
public property, reported favorably ON
H. B. No. 1877.
Mr.. Stovall, from the committee on
municipal corporations, reported favor
ABLY on G. B. No. 43 and unfavorably on
H. b. No. 81.
The speaker then had the clerk read a
telegram from Hon. Antonio Joseph an
nouncing the passage of resolution of
the national house of representatives ex-
tending the time of the New Mexico leg
islature ten days beyond the statutory
term.
G. B. No. 10, providing for pay of
sweepers, was then passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
Mr.. Barela then arose and after pro
perly characterizing the theft of G. B. No,
%, creating Union county, moved the
suspension of the rules for the considera-
ton of the certified copy of the bill sent
up by the council.
Mr.. Read showed the.ridiculousness OF
considering certified copy of a bill or
document which for all practical pur-
copy was made.
Mr.. Hinkle moved the previous ques-
tion and it was ordered. On the question
to suspend the rules, the vote stood.
Ayes: Messrs, Barela, Chaves, Fran
cisco Gonzales, Hinkle, Kuchenbecker,
Labadie, Martinez. Meyers, Romero, Sala-
Ear Ortiz and Mr.. Stovall.
Noes: Messrs. Bland, Bowman, Tramp
ton, Gonzales, Tomas, Lady, Maestas
Mirabal, Montoya, Read and the speaker
The following gentlemen did not vote
Mr.. Clancy and Mr.. Hopewell on account OF
absence, and Messrs. Meyers and McMul-
len who were in the lobby.
The motion was therefore lost.
H. B. No. 104, relating to Judgements
and DEGREES, was then laid on the table,
Mr., Barela then moved that copy OF
G. B. No. 20, creating Union county, be
made a special order for 2 p. m. to-day.
The speaker announced that the special
order was bills on the speakers table
and that any special order now made
must be subsequent to that The pre-
vious question was then ordered, and the
motion to make the bill special was car
ried by vote of IS to 8. Messrs. Lady
and McMullen, who are supposed to be
against the BILL voting for it. The
speaker announced that the motion had
prevailed.
The house then adjourned until 2
ID. m.