Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-18
HOUSE..
YHsrERpAY's AFTERNOON SESSION.

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After the house came to order at 2
O'Clock, Mr.. Read, from the special COM
mittee to consider council substitute for
house resolution on the congressional
amendments to the land court act, re-
ported favorably; and the resolution was
laid on the table for further considera-
ton.
q. B. No. %, providing for the election
of school directors in towns not incor-
porated, was taken up on it's third read
ing.
Mr.. Read urged that there was no neces-
sity for this bill; and further that it was
in conflict with H. B. No. 10, lately pas
sed; and the adoption of this bill would
kill the one already passed the house.
Mr.. McMullen said when the bill was
considered in committee it was seen that
certain amendments were necessary, and
therefore the amendment was embodied
in the report.
| Mr.. Read interposed that substitute bill
should have been reported as the commit
tee had no power to amend the bill.
Mr.. Hopewell, author of H. B. No. 10,
objected because it would nullify the
previous action of the house.
Mr.. Barela moved that the bill be in
definitely tabled; and Mr.. Lady requested
that he be permitted to bring substitute.
Mr.. Barela's motion prevailed.
| Hr. Hinkle rose to q question of per-
sonal privilege and called attention to
the fact that the Albuquerque Citizen had
a long article censuring him for his ad-
vocacy of H. B. No. Is, providing for a
distribution of the license fund. The
article stated that Messrs. Meyers and Saint
were present at meeting of the Albu-
querque Commercial club and he could
not quite understand whether the club
meant to censure him personally or not.
He did not care for the newspa-
per article, but did care
if the Commercial club whose guest he
had been should censure him SO severely
for the sake of measure which he was
advocating in the interests of his own
constituents and the country districts
generally.
Mr.. Meyers explained that there was
nothing personal intended by the club
| nkhAA AAIs Aluh1os udG Vuo ldulU war
all found with the bill and not with him.
The speaker announced the signing of
joint resolution No. 6, accepting the in
vitation of the Colorado legislature for a
mutual visit.
H. B. No. 81, defining the western and
northern lines of Lincoln county next
came up.
Mr.. Hopewell said as he was interested
in matters relating to Socorro county and
had not had time to examine this bill; he
would move its postponement until
Thursday at 2 o'clock p. m. Immediately
after the signing of the journal.
Mr.. Hinkle explained that the bill
simply provided that the lines should be
run between the counties so that the
school districts could be properly defined.
It did not change the property of single
individual.
| Mr.. Hopewell insisted on his motion
and the bill went over as ordered.
H.B. No. 50, allowing convicts to tes-
tify in felony cases and providing that
superintendent of the penitentiary, was
considered, and on motion of Mr.. Clancy
passed.
H. B. No. IS, defining who is an access
sorry to crime, and that accessories, both
before and after the fact should be deem
ed principals and SO punished, next came
up; and long debate ensued.
Mr.. Read explained how criminals Of
ten escaped under the common law rules,
and how justice was defrauded; and urged
the passage of the Till in order to mako
II easier to do Justice to cunning crimi-
mails.
Mr.. Barela also supported the bill.
| Mr.. McMullen was called to the chair
and the speaker made speech in which
he asked if it was the purpose of this bill
to allow criminal prosecutions for poll
teal purposes. A man might commit
crime IN San Miguel and the law officers
might drag him into court from Mora
and put him in the same jeopardy as the
criminal, by simply alleging that he was
accessory after the fact.
Mr.. Barela in a very courteous way
ridiculed this idea and quoted to Mr..
Branch, by way of question, the Span
ish proverb that the man who held the
rope was as guilty as he who stole the
COW.
Mr.. Clancy made short but clever pre-
sentiment of the legal aspects of the case,
and Mr.. Chaves bitterly attacked the bill,
as it would places father who attempted
to shield his son from justice in the same
light as if he had connived at or commit
ted the crime; and made quite play on
the words comfort, nourish, or protect a
fugitive"
Mr.. Branch again spoke and said he
thought the bill was intended to increase
the law business.
Mr.. Hopewell also urged the absurdity
of holding the man who merely assisted
in the escape of criminal in the same
degree of guilt as the principal.
Mr.. Barela replied to all three of these
speeches in an able and mastery manner,
He logically took the question squarely
and held that man, who by his free act
cheated the galIows or the prison, should
be held to pay the debt of justice. He
ridiculed the idea, this being bill to op.
press the people, and discussing the
Camilo Padilla case said it was perfectly
possible that man might be in Wash
ington and yet guilty of connivance at q
crime committed in Santa Fe.
Mr.. Barela was often interrupted but
held his own like veteran debster.
Mr.. Branch then moved to lay the bill
on the table indefinitely, which was or.
dsred, and the house then adjourned until
10 q. M.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
The house met at 10 O'Clock a. M, and
the journals Of the two preceding days