Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-31
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LEGISLATIVE CHAT.
The council took another long turn at
work yesterday afternoon and was in
session over three hours.
Mr.. R. l.. Young, the nominee for dis
trict attorney in the Dona Ana district,
came up from Las Cruces last night.
Ex-Chief Justice e. V. Long, of Las
Vegas, was generally welcomed visitor
on the floor of the council yesterday af
ternoon.
Hon. Pinto Pine, Dona Ana's popular
representative in the house, is confined
to his room by threatened case of
pneumonia.
The council capitol committee to which
was to-day referred the capitol rebuilding
bill is composed of Senators Garcia,
Perea and Victory.
Hon. H. B. Hamilton, who has just sue
ceeded Judge Freeman on the bench,
came up from Socorro last night and is
being warmly greeted in official circles.
A number of copies of that excellent
weekly, the Silver City Eagle, were dis
tributed this morning in the house, and
we're read with interest by the statesmen.
Territorial Auditor Demetrio Perez
yesterday transmitted to each house in
formation as to the action of Judge
Laughlin in the employees compensation
matter.
Mr.. B. F. McGarvey, one of the leading
citizens of Colfax county and county
commissioner during the last term, was
one of Representative Severino Martinez
visitors in the house to-day.
Mr.. Byron A. Knowles, prominent
citizen of Deming, and an old Iowa vet
eran who first located in New Mexico in
the summer of 1865, is in the city, in the
interests of Florida county. He is a
rustler for work and "war Democrat"
Although handicapped by serious
bronchial trouble, Col. j. Frank Chaves
made the council chamber resound with
his eloquence this morning in speaking
of the noble deeds of the sons of CASTLE
upon Santa Fe soil. large audience
was present and his words certainly
touched responsive chord in the hearts
of his listeners.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Hadley yes
terday, at the request of several Albu-
querque ladies, prohibiting the sale of
tobacco, cigars, cheroots and cigarettes to
minors struck the fancy of the council,
for within an hour after its introduction,
it had been read three times, placed on
its passage and made law, so far as the
council is concerned, by practically
unanimous vote.
Representative Martin, of SOcorro,
made rafting speech against the di7is-
ion ST "Noble Old Valencia county," as
provided for in H. B. No. 3. Mr.. Martin
was, by unanimous consent, permitted to
interpret for himself, thus presenting to
the house the Same subject in two
languages, and he is the one of the few
members of the house capable of sus-
tanning himself in this manner.
Councilman Pedro Perea's vote is con-
stantly surprising his colleagues. For
instance, after strongly favoring the
Hinkle education bill in committee room,
he voted against it on its final passage;
and Yesterday he voted in favor of the
statehood resolution although HIS ex-
pressions on the subj ect had all been the
other way. Mr.. Perea's vote, in each in
stance, was emphatically right.
The bill passed by the council yester-
day afternoon regulating the practice of
medicine in this territory and establish
ing board of health is most complete
measure, modelled after the Illinois law on
the same sub ject. As passed, it was ma
terially the same as the original bill, an
outline of which appeared in this paper
about the date of its introduction. Coun-
Gilman Desmarais, who introduced the
bill and managed its interests on the
floor of the council, thinks it is an ad-
mirable law and one calculated to do
much good in the territory.
Mr.. g. q. Laidlow has, through Council
man GALES, filed communication ad-
dressed to the legislative assembly asking
for $3.50 appropriation to cover COM
pensation for his services as custodian of
the Sierra county Worlds Columbian ex-
position exhibit and as superintendent of
the board of Worlds fair managers of New
Mexico. Attached to the petition is a
copy of the correspondence upon which
Mr.. Laidlow bases his claim for compen-
sation and also certificate from several
prominent residents of Sierra county to
the effect that they consider the account
just one. The matter has been referred
to the committee on territorial affairs for
consideration.