Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-25

TO ENLARGE SANTA FEE COUNTY.
Mr.. Leaden has introduced bill in the
house making the west boundary lines of
Santa Fe county as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner
of Santa Fe county as at present estab-
lished, namely, at the southwest corner of
township No. 8 north of range No. east;
thence continuing north along the divid-
ing lines between ranges Nos. and z
east to the south boundary line of the
lands confirmed to the pueblo of Santa
Domingo; thence westerly along said
south boundary of said pueblo lands to
the middle line of the Rio Grande del
Norte; thence following northerly said
middle line to the point of its intersec-
ton with line extended due south from
the west boundary line of the lands con-
firmed to the pueblo of Cochiti; then
from said point of intersection due north
along said extended line to and following
the west boundary of the said lands of
the pueblo of Cochiti to the intersection
of line drawn due east and west through
the old church at the present inhabited
town known as the pueblo of Cochiti;
thence from the point of intersection last
aforesaid due east along said east and
west line to its intersection with the
aforesaid dividing liue between ranges 6
and 7; thence north along the dividing
line last aforesaid to the northwest cor
ner of Santa Fe county as at present es-
tablished, namely, at the northwest cor
ner of township No. 20 north of range
No. east.
Taxes now due on said lands added to
Santa Fe county shall be paid to Santa
Fe county.
BIOGRAPHICAL--REPRE THOMPSON.
Hon. W. A. Thompson, the genial rep
resentative of Union county, in the lower
house, is the last of the assembly mem.
bers, of whom the New MEXICAN will
treat in biographical form, his name be-
ing at the foot of the alphabetical list of
Speaker Danes twenty-four statesmen;
but it is not, therefore, to be supposed
sense typified by his place at the foot of
the roll call. On the contrary, his stand
ing among his colleagues is most en-
viable one, as will appear little later in
this sketch. Mr.. Thompson was born in
1858 in Howard county, Mo. He was
educated at Central college, Missouri, the
alma mater of such men as j. F. Hinkle
and George W. Miles, the latter having
been IN college with Mr.. Thompson. For
several years after leaving college Mr..
Thompson engaged in the cattle ship
ping business with headquarters in his
home town. In 1886 he came to New
Mexico and settled in what is now Union
county, where he now resides Mr..
Thompson has been in the hotel business
for some time past and at the same time
is deputy sheriff Of the county of Union
He has been prominent in local politics
and is one of the war horses of the county
Democracy. In the present house Mr.
Thompson came Immediately to the front
He is chairman Of the railroad commit
tee, one of the most important in the as
sembly, and is a member of a number OF
other very important committees. Mr.
Thompson is man who is true to his
friends, watchful of the interests of his
people and careful and able in the dis
charge of the duties which their suffrages
| placed upon his shoulders last fall. He
will close his present term of Office with
the increased regard of his old friends
and the respect and esteem of many new
ones as well.
LEGISLATIVE CHAT.
That bill TO repeal the change of venue
law is still hung up in committee.
Additional legislative news will be
found on the second page of this issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nestor P. Eaton we're in
| terested visitors in the council this
afternoon.
Speaker Dame returned to the city this
morning after trip to Albuquerque and
Cerrillos.
Mr.. Pine, who has just returned from
home, says that that new girl of his is
"simply out of sight"
That pportionment bill introduced
in the council Saturday afternoon nearly
took away the breath of the Republican
minority.
Mr.. B. A. Knowles is one Of the recent
additions to the Deming contingent
which is looking after the interests Of
Florida county.
Committee Clerk A. B. Reading is back
at his post in the house. He has beer
spending the last week at Judge Golfers
court in Valencia county.
Engrossing Clerk Modesto g. Ortiz has
returned from visit to Albuquerque
where he was called by the illness of hi
wife. He left her very much better.
Messrs. w. F. Kuchenbeoker, Gus Mul
holland and JohnJ. Keegan, prominent
Gallupites, came in last night. They ye
have hopes that Summit county will
receive fair play at the hands of thu
assembly.
A group of Las Cruces citizens con.
sisting of Nun,a Raymond, Martin Lob
man, W. H. H. Llewellyn and James
Baird are among the visiting delegation
Judge John R. McFie.
The employees pay question will prob
ably be settled this week. The bill cub
hitting the matter to the supreme cour
will almost certainly become law within
the next twenty four hours, and meet
ing of the court will, it is stated, be hell
on Wednesday to consider the matter.
The house committees appointed t.
visit the various territorial institution
have all returned to the city. Messra
Pine, Locke and Severino Martinez, Wit
went to Las Cruces, report most enjoy
able time US an incident to the perform
ance of their official duty. Messrs. Ar
milo and Roman Baca came back with ,
thorough report rs to the Socorro schoo
Of mines,
The reason for this mornings suddei
adjournment of the council in spite o
the fact that the chief clerks desk wa
weighed down with bills for considera
ton, is shown in the statement that TIN
nomination of Councilman Desmarais 70
superintendent of public instruction wa
expected.
Mr.. Chaves' bill allowing the solicito
general, as fees in civil cases, the SAM