Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-14
LEGISLATIVE GRIST.
Clans Reassembling After a Sunday
Recess-Many Applicants for
Executive FavOrs.


prospects are that the week will be
most busy one. Numerous bills now in
the pockets of the members will find
their way to the light; the committees
will begin to report and on the whole
the wheels of the legislative grist mill
will begin to revolve with rapidity that
shall gradually increase until they come
to full stop about the LIST of March. A
number of the members of the Legislature
and its employees spent Sunday at home
and returned to the city this morning, so
that when the senate met at O'Clock this
afternoon there was a full attendance.
The house adjourned to meet tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock, and when Speaker
Dame seizes the gavel in the morning he
will find the desk of the house clerk laden
with matters awaiting consideration.
AMONG THE OFFICE SEEKERS.
Gov. Thornton is still wrestling with
the Office seekers and during the last week
or two the number of applicants for the
offices at his disposal has materially in
creased. The governor has yet to ap-
point three general territorial officers:
Auditor, treasurer and superintendent of
public instruction, and two district attor-
news, ono for the counties of San Miguel
and Mora and the other for the counties
of Colfax and Taos.
For auditor the revised list of those
whose names have been mentioned rams
as follows: Leopold Contreras and W..
W. Jones, of Socorro; Santiago Baca, of
Albuquerque; M. M. Sale2ar, of Springer,
and Marceiino Garcia, of Santa Fe.
For treasurer, Mr.. Sam Eldodt, of Rio
Arrlba county; Mr.. NJ. W. Flournoy, of
Albuquerque; Mr.. L. r. E. Paulin, of San
Juan county, and DR.. G. W. Harrison, of
Albuquerque, are each being urged.
For superintendent OF public instruc-
ton, the list of possibilities grows with
each day. At present the names sug-
gested are as follows: Messrs. W. w.
Hite, of Albuquerque; John J. Craven, of
Lordsburg; &. W. Miles, of Silver City;
Alex Gusdorf, of Taos; L. R. E. Paulin, of
San Juan county; Councilman M. r. Des-
marais, of San Miguel; Councilman NJ.
Larragolte, of Rio Arriba, with innumer-
able dark horses tied out in the brush.
Prof. Craven formerly lived in Santa Fe
and was assistant to the present superin-
tendent of public instruction, Mr.. Amado
Chaves.
For the counties of San Miguel and
Mora, the district attorneyship seems to
lie between four Las Vegas attorneys,
Messrs. A. A. Jones, Manuel G. de Baca,
E. V. Long and Columbus Noise.
As at present constituted the attorney
ship for the judicial district composed of
Colfax and Taos counties lies between
Messrs. A. j. Mitchell and Mccormack, OF
Ration. A movement is on foot to add
Union county to this district, in which
event Mr.. Olin E. Smith, prominent
| Clayton attorney, would like to have the
district attorneyship.
1t is stated on what seems to be good
authority that Gov. Thornton will send
no more nominations to the Legislature
until next month.
| THE LAS CRUCES COLLEGE.
Among the visitors to Santa Fe to-day
is Prof. 8. P. Mclaae, president of thu
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
at Las Cruces. Prof. McRae states tina,
the college opened after the Christmat
holidays with an attendance of 1856, which
is not only the largest in the history Of
the school, but is such as to test the
ca pacity of its buildings to the fullest
extent. Among those in attendance art
pupils from Arkansas and Indiana. SAINTS
Fe is about the only county in the terri
tory that has no representative among
the students. The school as original,
built was for the purpose of acconmo
dating seventy-fve students, but the at
tendance, as above stated, is over twice
that number. The crying need at tn
prrsert moment therefore is more room
Gov. Thornton in his message recon
mended aliheral appropriation for thi
institution and Prof. McRas is to-ea
circulating aWong the legislators with tn
view to enlissng their interest in tn
matter.
THE CATTLE BRAND BILL.
: Capt. William French, a prominent cat
tie man of Socorro county who is Target
. Interested in the W. =. cattle ranch dow
\ there, is in the city to-day Capt. Frenc
is very much in favor of legislation a
this session on the subject IF cattl
branding, and thinks the proposal Ia,
providing for a territorial board Mhic
shall pass upon the various brands &s
keep a list of them would be very wis
one. Under the present state of thing
there is nothing to prevent confictin
brands by the different cattle men, an
there is also difficulty in identifying tt
ownership of lost or stolen cattle. Til
law suggested, in Capt. French's jude
ment, would enable the finders of straye
or stolen cattle to trace their OWNERSHIP
without difficulty by communicating wit
the board; and at the same time it wouI
be''of invaluable assistance in fixing til
individual brands 80 that there will be n
confusion among the territorial dealer
In view of the great Importance of tn
cattle business in New Mexico, it woul
seem that some legislation on the lin
. suggested should be enacted.
SAD LOSS.
Representative w. E. Martin, of Sc
zorro county, yesterday received a tole
gram with the sad intelligence of tn
death of his little daughter at Hunting
ton, Ind, where Mrs. Martin is visiting
The little one was 10 months old and wa
Mr.. Martins only child. This is tn
second loss Mr.. Martin has sustained an
the circumstances of the death we're pecu
Iliarly sad. His many friends here an
elsewhere sincerely sym pathize with hin
and his good lady in this severe blow.
LEaIeLATlvE CHAT.
Speaker W. E. Dame spent Sunday q
Albuquerque.
Senator Bunker spent Sunday amid hi
constituency at Las Vegas.
The third house will hold meeting a
the council chamber tonight at z o'clocl
for the transaction of important bust
nees.
Senator Walter e. Hadley, of Berpalillt