Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-20
LEGISLATIVE CHAT.

Preparations for the trip to Denver are
going steadily forward.
Hon. Jose de la Luz Chaves is develop
ing as vigorous debater.
Ira M. Bond acted as reading clerk in
the house yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Read got back on the boys yester-
day for the defeat of his school law
amendment few days ago.
Eternal vigilance is the price of passing
bill. Had Mr.. Hinkle kept talley of the
vote his bill to define the Lincoln county
line would now be law.
Judge W. II. Whiteman is circulating
among the legislators in his own interest;
he is a candidate for re-appointment as
district attorney of the counties of Ber-
nalillo and Valencia.
Councilman Saint received very nice
remembrance from one of his admiriug
constituents yesterday and remembered
the New MEXICAN; come again, senator,
high license or not.
The prominent candidates for the po-
sition of district attorney for Socorro
county are Judge w. Z. Kelley and Hon.
w. s. Williams, the present incumbent.
The expected debate in the council
over the repeal of the libel law failed to
materialize; there was nothing said and
the bill for repeal passed without divis-
ion.
Representative Lady made speech at
the press banquet, Santa Fe, upon the
sub iect: "Who is Kennedy" This ques-
ton will no doubt become as popular in
the southwest as "Who struck Billy Pat
terson?" is in the entire country.-Albu-
querque Citizen.
J.F. Cook, of Socorro county, who was
chief deputy sheriff of his county for
seven years, is prominent candidate for
U. S. Marshal under Grover Cleveland
and managed to get together strong leg
islative support while ii the capital yes
terday.
Hon. j. H. Riley did some very good
work for the cattlemen in the council
yesterday; he helped largely in smoothing
over the differences in the house bill pro-
viding for the appropriation of $4,000
for a deficiency for the maintenance of
the cattle sanitary commission and then
the bill passed the council in hurry.
As the New MEXICAN predicted few
days ago Hon. Julian Montoya showed
himself yesterday good parliamentarian
and a hard fighter. With the odds all
against him he defeated the Hinkle Lincoln
county bill. He received hearty con-
gratulations from friends and opponents.
Mr.. Montoya will be further heard from.
The friends of the militia bill in the
b1,y id
over the council amendme to fppro-
pirate $500 for armory rents. They re-
member the hard fight over the adjutant
generals salary and fear the fate of the
bill with this additional load. They are
working hard, however.
Writes a Deming correspondent: "And
now the inhabitants of the western end
of the county are talking about the for
nation of Pyramid county, with Lords
burg as the county seat. One thing is
certain, Grant county can not be divided
into three counties, and it is for the best
interests Of all concerned that the divis-
ion be made in favor of the proposed
Florida county. And that is the division
the present legislature is going to make"
The volunteer firemen of the city, and
also the 6remen all over the terri
tory, are under obligations to President
Chaves and the whole territorial council
for UNANIMOUSLY passing their measure in
that branch of the legislature yesterday
morning. 1t only took little persuasion
from the Albuquerque representative that
the measure as amended by Senators
veeder and Saint, was good one. The
house will no doubt pass the bill with
Acknowledgements Citizen.