Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-18
HOUSE.
YESTERDAYS AFTERNOON SESSION.

~, creating Union county, was taken up.
Mr.. Frampton Immediately arose and
made the point or order that bills on the
the speakers table vera made a contin-
uous special order, and that subsequent
special order was subordinate to that, and
therefore G. B. No. % went to the foot of
the docket. The speaker over-ruled
this.
Mr.. Frampton then raised the point of
order that the matter presented to the
house was simply certified copy of a
bill that at the time the copy was pur-
ported to have been made did not exist;
end therefore that no legal bill was before
the house for its action. The speaker
ruled this out of order also.
/. Mr.. Read then offered formal protest
based on the fact that every proceeding
of this measure was against law and the
regular practice, and that he desired this
protest to appear on the journal.
There was considerable objection to
this and on motion of Mr.. Barela the
protest was laid on the table in promi-
nent place.
The bill was then read and consumed
more than an hour.
Mr.. Hinkle then moved that the con
stitutional lawyer from Santa Fe (Mr
Ready be excused for one hour, but the
Mr.. Montoya moved to lay the bill on
the table.
The speaker ruled that the bill had only
been read for information and the motion
was out of order.
Mr.. Martinez then moved that the bill
be read the first time by title; which was
ordered.
The motion was removed for the sec.
ond reading. On this Mr.. Read raised
the point of order that the bill not hav-
ing been referred to committee for con.
sideratlon the special order was exhaust
ed after the first reading, as that was as
far as the legitimate consideration of the
bill could go under the rules.
The speaker sustained this point.
Mr.. Barela appealed and the chair
after stating the appeal, put the motion
whether or not it should be sustained
The decision was not sustained. The
house then on motion of Mr.. Barela re-
solved itself into committee of the whole
to consider the bill. After great deal
of irregular discussion, Mr.. Hinkle moved
that the first fourteen sections BIZ adopt.
ed, which was carried.
After the usual routine the bill was re-
ported to the house for passage.
On this motion Mr.. Read scored the
friends of the bill for the high handed
methods used to pass the bill; and said
that the most outrageous threats were
used to influence votes.
Mr.. Kuchenbecker demanded names
and Mr.. Read promptly named the gentle
man from Dona Ana, Mr.. Barela.
The latter on question of personal
privilege took the floor and explained
that when he approached Mr.. Montoya
he stated that he regretted that he was
bound by promise to the speaker and
Mr.. Read to vote against Union county;
but if sufficient votes we're pledged him to
defeat any division of Socorro county he
would try and find loophole out of his
previous promise.
The bill was put to a vote and the op.
ponents of Union county refused to vote
until the name of Mr.. McMulien was
reached who voted no. The vote stood
II to l. but this vote made quorum
Messrs. Lady and Hopewell, who were
outside the chamber, were brought in an i
all the members then voted. The tally
then stood - to IL and the bill was lost
but Mr.. McMullen changed his vote from
no to yes, making it stand IS to II and SC
the bill ass.d.
The vote stood as follows: Nays
Messrs. Bland, Clancy, Frampton, Coma
les Tomas, Hopewell, Lady, Maestas, Mi.
rabal, Montoya, Read, Mr.. Speaker, II.
Ayes: Labadie, Barela, Bowman, Cha
YES, Gonzales Francisco, Hinkle, Kuchen-
becker, Martinez, Meyers, McMullen, Ro.
nero, Salazar y Ortiz and Stovall, 10.
Mr.. Kuchenbecker moved to reconsider
the vote and lay that motion on the table,
which was carried, and the house ad-
journed.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
The house met at 1880 p. m. Mr.. Hope
well from the committee ON finance made
several reports on bills pending before
his committee.
/, On motion of Mr.. Read, II. B. No. 17s,
was taken up for consideration. The bill
provides for the taxing of sleeping car
companies.
The bill passed on motion of Mr..
Barela.
A message of the governor vetoing q.
R. No. 4, providing for the purchase Of
copies of the Compiled Laws Of 1884, was
received.
Mr.. Barela moved to lay the message
on the table indefinitely.
Mr.. Barela subsequently withdrew this
motion, and moved that H. r. No. 4, pass
the governors veto Notwithstanding.
Considerable debate ensued on this
question. Messrs. Read and Hopewell
spoke against the motion of Mr.. Barela,
who alluded to them as two members with
hairy countenance and bald heads who
wished to pose as dictators of the house.
Mr.. Hopewell resented the imputation
that he had ever attempted to dictate to
the house.
Mr.. Read suggested that If the gentle
man wished to play the baby act he was
welcome to ii.
Mr.. Barela sought to raise question
Of peraonal privilege ON the charge that
he was pleading the baby act.
The speaker ordered him to take his
seat.
Mr.. Read said that the governor had
vetoed this bill because only Ave days
now remained in which the com piled
laws could be Of use to the assembly; it
would be useless to advocate the resolu-
ton unless few gentlemen wanted
copies for privateus.
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