Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-12
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out of order. committee was named to
arrange for Monday nights meeting,
when the executive message will be read,
aud vote inviting Santa Fe ladies to be
present was unanimously adopted. On
the report of the com mittee, Col. j. u. AL
bright, contestant for the seat of Col.
Sandoval from Valencia, was sworn In.
Col. Albright spoke eloquently a. to
the Justice which had character.
lied the house in seating him and also
took occasion to give some interesting
details as to the election methods which
had characterized his opponent for the
representation of the county of Valencia,
The action of the second house In re-
fusing to reduce the wages of the en-
ployes of the present assembly was heart
lily Endorsed.
Mr.. Antonio Lucero offered resolution
declaring the third house to be in favor
of woman suffrage and extending to the
ladies the privilege Of membership, sui.
frage and speech in the deliberations OF
the third house.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Zimmerman and was unanimously
ado opted:
"Resolved, That the thanks of this
honorable third house be extended to the
New MEXICAN for courtesies extended in
publishing the proceedings of this hon
orable body"
The house then adjourned until next
Monday evening.
GUARDING aUADAnUPE's INTERESTS.
Representative J. g. Clancy, of Quad
alupe county, is one of the most watch
full members of the house and carefully
guards the interests of his constituents.
Among the bills he has recently intro
duced is one providing for re-examina-
ton into the settlement made between
the counties of Guadalupe and San
Miguel at the time of the formation of
the former. This bill provides for a
county and third disinterested party.
This commission is to look into the
schedule of debts and assets of the coun-
ties with the view to deciding what obi
cations shall be borne and what property
retained by each county. Mr.. Clancy is
confident that his bill will pass and that
the existing unsettled state of things will
be very soon terminated thereby.
IMPORTANT BILLS.
A number of very important bills have
been introduced in the house during the
last few days. One of these is on the sub
ject of licenses to gambling houses and
liquor dealers. 1t provides that each
gambling house shall pay license fee of
$lOO per annum; that retail liquor dealers
in towns of less than 1000 inhabitants
shall pay 800 per annum and in towns
of more than 1000 the license shall be
5000 per annum. These licenses are to
be issued for the terms of three months,
six months or one year at the option of
the applicant and shall be paid for in ad-
vance. This bill was introduced by Mr..
Martin, of Sooorro.
Mr.. Carr's public school bill is also one
of very far reaching influence. Itprovides
that there shall BIZ levied and collected
for the public schools each year tax of
mills upon every dollars worth of tax
able property in the territory; that the
money thus collected shall be used solely
for public school purposes, excepting an
allowance for the cost of collecting,
which latter shall not exceed IA per cent
naming after the expenses of collection
are paid shall be apportioned among the
several counties for use as provided in
the uct.
Another important bill introduced by
Mr.. Carr is one relating to general cleo
tions. This bill covers. twenty-five
pages of closely typewriter matter and
changes the present law on the subject
of elections very radically. 1t provides
that the elections In this territory shall
be under system very similar to the
Australian ballot law. In all general
elections held hereafter, the tickets or
ballots to be voted shall be printed at
the ex pense of the several counties under
the order and direction of the county
commissioners. BY the county commits
sioners sufficient number Of tickets or
ballots of each political party shall be
printed, not however, to exceed 1000
more than double the total vote polled
for all the candidates for delegate to con-
gress at the last preceding general cleo
ton. The same number of tickets shall
be printed for each political party. After
these tickets are printed they shall be
turned over to the probate clerk. These
tickets are on election day to be in the
hands only of the judges of election and
no ballots other than these will be re-
ceived 10 voting. Any person who shall
carry off such tickets from the polling
place shall be liable to fine and imprison.
ment. The bill further provides for one
booth for each 100 voters wherein the
voter may be. concealed while preparing
his ballot. On entering this booth the
voter shall receive such tickets as he de-
sires from the Judges of election. The
tickets not used in voting must be re-
turned to the Judges of election to be put
in box provided for the purpose. The
voter is unaccom panied into the booth
unless, by reason of llliteracY or other
condition, he il incapable of preparing
his ballot, when he may designate some
one TO assist him. No voter ia allowed
to remain in booth longer than min
utes. The bill Is designed to go into
effect ninety days before the next general
election. II 10 most complete in it's pro-
visions, and the care with which the de
tails of election management are set
forth shows it to have been framed with
no little study.
LEGIsLATlyE CHAT.
| Journal Clerk Zimmerman spends to-
metrow at his homo in Las Vegas.
Hon. M. w. Mills, district attorney, ar
rived from Springer last night, and will
remain at the capital for several days.
Mr.. G.. Wormser and Colonel P. r.
Smith, wellknown citizens Of Deming,
are here to-day interviewing the officials.
The legislative chambers are dull,
dreary and deserted. Nearly all of the
solons have Aed to the palpitating bos-
oms of their respective homes.
The woman's suffrage bill introduced
! in the house yesterday by Mr.. Martinez,
of Nora, by request, is sure to create NO
little comment when it comes up for final
action.