Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-12

Mr.. Perea's bill for securing purity In
milk sold in this territory called forth
few smiles upon it's reading in the
council yesterday afternoon.
The house attained the century mark
yesterday, H. B. No. 100, a local measure
affecting the town of Socorro, having
been introduced by Mr.. Martin.
Quite flood of new bills went to the
clerks desk in the council yesterday af-
ternoon. At the rate then inaugurated
the council will also soon reach the 100
bill mark.
The bill repeating the assignment law
and allowing parties in bankruptcy to
prefer creditors was killed by the council
yesterday afternoon-and a great many
persons think rightly 30.
The board of equalization has quite
number of friends in the council, as was
shown upon test of strength yesterday
afternoon on the motion affecting the bill
to abolish that board.
That post between the seats of Coun-
cilmen Desmarais and Victory in the
council chamber causes many ludicrous
Misunderstanding between those gentle
men.
The friends of the Mogollon transfer
from Socorro to Grant county came to
the front yesterday afternoon with their
long expected bill. 1t Was introduced by
Mr.. Curry and will in all probability be-
come law.
Mr.. Demetrio Chaves, one of the re-
gents of the Las Cruces college, is up
from below. He is impressing upon leg
islators the Importance of giving the
college that $4,000 asked for.
Representative Carr agrees in the
opinion that the house atmosphere is cal
culated to floor Grant county steer. He
believes that it would prove fatal also to
a meridian lion and Santa Fe county
lobo wolf.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Larragoite
by request of the Colorado society for
tho prevention of cruelty to animals, was
killed yesterday by the council. The
provision that burros must be fed every
the council aages.
The council sitting of yesterday after
noon was the most lengthy of the session,
an adjournment not being taken until
about O'Clock. It's discussion was also
the most bitterly partisan of the present
legislative session.
Mr.. Carr's bill repeating the law
requiring husband and wife to live to-
gether irrespective of his treatment of
her has received the Endorsement of the
council. Its becoming a law will blot off
of our statute books relic of barbarism.
Mr.. Henry Grant was called home to
Abiquiu to-day on an important business
mission. He will return to the capital in
few days and put IN his best efforts
toward having the Rio Arriba county seat
changed from TERRA Amarillo to Abiquiu,
central location which it is claimed
most of the people of the county favor.
Representative Christy this morning
presented to Speaker Dame very hand-
some inlaid gavel with the compliments
of the Las Cruces college of agriculture
and mechanic arts. The gift was &C.
knowledged by the speaker with few
appropriate remarks. A similar Gift was
made on behalf Of the college by Council
man Ancheta to President Curry.
Three interesting parliamentary ques-
tions popped up IN the council yesterday:
First, is seven two-thirdT majority Of
eleveni Second, does tie vote sustain
the chair on an appeal taken from his
decisionf Third, can members present
and not voting be counted in deciding as
to the presence of quorumf President
pro tenn. Larragoite decided all three Of
these queries in the affirmative. On the
last proposition he had no less prece-
dent than that established by Gear
Thomas Bracket Reed.
Judge E. V. Long, now Of Las Vegas,
formerly of Indiana, says that he was in
| timatelY acquainted there with Major
George T. B. Carr, Of Marion, in that
state, an elder brother OF the representa-
tive from Grant county, and that he was
| for years regarded ~. one of the ablest
lawyers and most brilliant men in In
diana. He was prominent In politics and
az stauuch Democrat AZ his brother is
Republican. He now resides in Kansas.
MI. Carr's father, Alexander, and his
uncles, John F. and George W., we're for
many years prominent in the politics Of
Indiana, the latter having served in both
branches Of the state Legislature and was
president Of the Indiana constitutional
convention Of 1851. Mr.. Carr belongs to
family o. able men and astuts politic-
ians and takes to politics and leGisla-
tive career a. naturally as "duck docs to
water"
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