Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-06
TALKING FOR TIME,
A Spirited Debate Over Il Proposition
to Hold Night Sessions
Laws to Date.
Proceedings in the Council To-day--A
Plea for Unfortunates -The
San Juan Station.
COUNCIL
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.

lngs.
Bv unanimous consent Mr.. Fall intro
duced resolution providing that the
hours of session should be from 10 q. m.
to - M, and from 2 to 4 p. M, and from
1870 to $50 p. M, and that it should re-
quire two-thirds vote to carry any ad-
iournment outside of these hours.
Mr.. Patterson moved to amend by
making the morning hour of meeting 10
o'clock.
Mr.. Fall said he could not accept this
amendment as the short time in the
morning was barely sufficient for COM
mittee work.
Mr.. Martinez said he never knew re-
form of SO radical character to be bene-
fetal.
Mr.. Hubbell moved as an amendment
that no member should speak longer than
ten minutes nor more than once on any
sub ject.
Mr.. Fall raised the point of order
against this amendment that it was not
germane to the subject of the resolution;
which the chair did not decide.
The question required on MIR. Pat
terson's amendment to meet at 9 o'clock
a. M, which was adopted.
Mr.. Hubbell called the question on his
amendment limiting the time of debate to
10 minutes.
Mr.. Fall renewed his point of order.
The president ruled that Mr.. Fall hav
ing obtained unanimous consent to intro
duce the resolution, it was the right of
Mr.. Hubbell to take advantage of the
unanimous consent granted the original
motion and introduce his amendment for
present consideration.
A good deal of debate followed during
which Mr.. Fall said he would be willing
to acceptan amendment of fifteen minutes
and that each member should have right
to speak as often as he pleased SO that his
whole time should not exceed fifteen
minutes.
Mr.. Hubbell then accepted this.
Mr.. Saint moved that the time allowed
member be increased to twenty-five min
utes. He did not see the need of clipping
the wings of our budding geniuses, as he
expected to be able to make at least a
twenty-five minute speech.
The latter amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Fall then moved to strike out that
part of the resolution providing for night
sessions, which was carried.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to striking out the
clause requiring two-third vote to carry
an adjournment, which was also carried
Mr.. Fall moved to lay the whole reso-
luton as amended on the table indefinite
| ly, which was lost.
| Mr.. Fall moved to refer the resolution
to the committee on rules, which was
lost.
| Mr.. Fall then moved to adjourn, which
was lost
Mr.. Patterson moved the adoption OF
the resolution.
Mr.. Fall moved to defer consideration
| for one week, which was lost.
Mr.. Hubbell moved the previous ques-
ton on the resolution, and it accordingly
| passed.
Mr.. Fall was the only gentleman who
voted for the various filibustering motions
or against the adoption of the resolution
He explained himself that he did so De.
cause the only change the resolution
made was that the council should meet at
8 O'Clock and the gag rule about the time
of speaking. He had found out that all
the talk of Friday about willingness to
work was merely wind. The orig inal
motion had been SO cut up that it was
now useless and was therefore against its
adoption.
On motion of Mr.. Fall the council re.
solved into committee of the whole tC
consider the special order, c. B. No. 20
to establish the New Mexico normal
school at Silver City.
Mr.. Veeder moved an amendment to the
first section providing that two normal
schools should be established, one al
Silver City and one at Las Vegas.
All the members expressed surprise al
this amendment
! Mr.. Martinez said that there had been
general agreement that Las Vegas
should also have a normal school, and
that an enabling act should be introduced
to that effect. 1t was not thought ad
visabe just now to wait for a separate
act, therefore this amendment was intro
dnced.
Mr.. Veeder also explained to Mr.. Fall
that it was true that some talk had been
had between then on the subject Of q
bill providing that in the event of New
Mexico becoming state, and that Ger.
tain lands we're given that normal
school should be established at Las
Vegas, but that he (Mr. Veeder) had
never agreed to that proposition, as il
was plain and apparent that northeastern
New Mexico should have this school, and
save the people the great expense OF
sending to Silver City in the far southern
part of New Mexico.
Mr.. Fall in reply said the southern part
of New Mexico was the progressive por.
ton and Grant county paid up its taxes
better than any other county in the terri
tory, and it was only justice that the city
that built through its own enterprise the
first school worthy of name, and that was
| foremost in the struggle for school law
should have this school. He repeated
that he thought Mr.. veeder had agreed to
the general proposition for separate
measures.
Mr.. Saint said he should support both
of these measures because it would put
them in line to GO to congress for an en-.
dowment of public land.
| Mr.. Martinez said the gentleman from
Bernalillo voiced his sentiment exactly
Las Vegas 80 far as educational advant.
ages were concerned had the best school
building in the the territory and had -four
private institutions of learning and was
the best equipped city in the territory.
Mr.. Veeder said he was surprised at the
line of argument adopted. There was nc
intention to kill the bill, it was simply
done to keep the normal school question
together. He proposed to further amend
if this amendment carried, to double the
appropriation and the tax levy 80 thai
the people of Silver City should lose moth
ing. All he said was that il
one school was to be established in the
extreme southern part, one should also BIZ
given to the northern part This was nc
reflection on Silver City nor on her peo
pie. The amendment simply provided