Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-04
THE ASSEMBLY.
A Free Silver petiti0n-LabOr's De-
mands-Aid for the Auditor
and Treasurer.
MIR. Sanchez Scores a Point-Special
Committees-A Busy Day in
Both Branches.
COUNCIL.
THE ASSEMBLY.
COUNCIL.
yEsTERDAY's AFTERNOON SESSION.

YESTERDAYS AFTERNOON SESSION.
TIE council re-assembled at 2 o'clock
The president announced that the joint
resolution fixing the number and salaries
of employees of the legislature had not
been returned by the house, as the house
desired the return of its own resolution
on the same sub ject, and message from
the house was received to that effect while
the explanation was being made.
On motion by Mr.. Fall the house res
olution was read in English first and
second time.
Mr.. Hubbell stated that the under
standing was that the salaries of reading
clerks to the house and council were to
be the same, and that he thought the dis
agreement in the resolutions arose from
error, and offered an amendment to the
house resolution making the salary of
the house reading clerk So instead of SIS,
which was carried.
Mr.. Fall then moved to strike out the
provisions for extra pay for the chief
clerk and sergeant-at-arms. Adopted.
And on motion of Mr.. Fall the house
resolution was read third time, ordered
engrossed and enrolled; and the resolu-
ton as amended passed on motion of Mr..
Hubbell.
C. B. No. 23-By Mr.. Hall, to establish
the compensation of sheriffs, and to make
the county treasurers the collectors of
taxes, was then taken up from the presi-
dents table and read n first time in full.
Mr.. Hubbell moved the second reading
and Mr.. Hall moved that it be translated
and printed and referred to conference
committee of the members of each house,
Mr. Hubbell objected to the printing
and translation as several bills ON the
same subject were pending in the house,
which was declared out of order.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to table Mr.. Halls
motion but subsequently withdrew it on
condition that the whole matter go to
the conference committee, to which
Messrs. Burhs, Hubbell and Martinez
were appointed.
The council was informed that the
council resolution relative to pay of en-
ployes had passed the house with amend
ments similar to those added to house
resolution in the council.
Mr. Martinez called attention to the
fact that the resolutions did not yet agree
as the house provided for no assistant
journal clerk and the council did. As the
result of considerable discussion the
whole matter was referred back to the
conference committee, with instructions
to report joint resolution concurrent in
all its parts.
The sheriffs' compensation bill again
came up on motion of Mr.. Sanchez to
enlarge the conference committee to five
members; and thereupon battle royal
was precipitated. Mr.. Sanchez spoke
eloquently in favor of reducing the COM
pensation of sheriffs to some sort of rea-
son. He was interrupted by adroit points
of order question and motions, by Messrs.
Fall, Martinez, Valverde and Hubbell, all
of which were ably met and discussed
by MIR. Sanchez. Each of the three gen
tlemen enlarged on the fact that the gen.
tleman from Taos had voted against the
same measure in the last Legislature, but
the wary statesman turned their guns
on them by review of the conditions
that obtained at that time, when the seat
to which he was legally elected was
threatened by a contest supported by an
adverse majority; and that his action
was coerced as he desired to accomplish
some other things of great value to his
constituency.
Mr.. Fall finally moved that Mr.. San
chez motion be referred to the committee
on penitentiary, and Mr.. Sanchez moved
to refer the last motion to the committee
on vice and immortality. This was de-
clared out of order, and the question
REQUIRED on Mr.. Falls motion to commit,
which was lost by a vote of six to five.
A motion to adjourn was lost by the
same vote; and the original motion final
| ly carried. Mr.. Hall, the author of the
present bill, and Mr.. Patterson were ap-
! pointed as additional members on the
conference committee, and the council
then at SOB o'clock adjourned.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
After the journal was read and ap-
proved a messenger from the house an
nounced that house joint resolution No.
2, urging the passage by congress of the
amendatory land court act, recalled from
the council yesterday, had passed with an
amendment; that house joint resolution
No. 3, providing for committees to visit
the territorial institutions, had passed.