Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-01

IL. b. NO. Oo was introduced Oy MT.
Leaden, being San act to regulate rail.
road fares in the territory of New Mex
leo and providing penalties for the in
fraction thereof" This is the enlarge
ment of Mr.. Leaden's bill formerly intro
duced on the same subject, limiting pas
senger charges to 8 cents mile.
The finance committee introduced H.
B. No. 50, an act providing funds and
making appropriations for the next two
fiscal years and supplying deficiencies
in former appropriations.
full outline OF this important bill
will appear in to-morrow's paper.
Mr.. Christy introduced H. R. No. II,
providing that no more new county
schemes shall be taken up or considered
by the house except by a two thirds vote.
The resolution was referred TO the COM
mite on finance.
h. B. No. 66, Mr.. Thompson's bill pro-
viding for county courts, was referred to
the committee on judiciary.
H. B. No. 67, relating to the duties of
the board of pharmacy, was referred to
the committee on finance.
H. j. M. No. 3, Mr.. Carr's free silver
memorial, was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
H. B. No. 4s, prohibiting trading for
sheep with sheep herders, mayor domos,
caporales or any other employees of the
owners of sheep, was placed on its pas
sage on motion of Mr.. Sanchez and was
carried by vote Of 16 to 5.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Clancy, H. B. No.
46, providing for the Office of sheep in
spector, was passed by vote of l6 to O..
H. B. No. 33, Mr.. Hinkle's, abolishing
the Office of school superintendent in
counties where the taxable property is
lees than 100000 and placing the
duties on the probate judge, was read in
full for the third time.
The bill was made the special order
for next Wednesday.
H. B. No. so, an act regulating the
building of reservoirs in this territory so
that the consent of property owners
near the place of construction must be
obtained, was read the third time.
Mr.. Lacome wanted the consideration
of the bill postponed indefinitely.
Mr.. Locke said that he thought the bill
was good one, as there are many cases
where damage is done by the injudicious
construction of reservoirs.
Mr.. Armijo thought the bill to be one
of the very best introduced at this SEES
sion and said that Justice demanded its
passage.
The previous question was called.
Mr.. Christy explained his vote in favor
of indefinite postponement by saying
that the measure put it in the power of
one man to prevent the construction of q
reservoir that might benefit whole COM
munity.
Mr.. Hinkle explained his vote on SINH
lar grounds, saying that the word ''near,' y
as used in the bill, might under the New
Mexico idea of distances, mean 100 miles.
The motion was lost by a tie vote OF
II to II.
The bill was then recommitted.
The house then adjourned.
NEW COUNTY PROJECTS.
The fate of the Summit county meas
ure has in no degree discouraged the
Deming people, Messrs. B. A. Knowles
s. Lindauer, A. j. Clark and j. A. Ma.
honey, who are in the city pushing the
Florida county bill. A member of this
delegation stated to the NEW MEXICAN
last night that they were confident of a
favorable outcome. The council commit.
tee on county and county lines will meet
tonight or tomorrow night to consider
the matter, when the friends of the bill
will ask for favorable report, not on the
original measure, but upon a substitute
in which the boundaries of the new county
are to be considerably changed.
The county, as proposed under the new
lines, will include Rincon and several
other precincts of Dona Ana county.
A number of other county schemes
have been talked about on the quiet fol
the past few days. One of these Is fol
the formation of new county with the
town of Bernalillo as it's county seat
Columbia county talk, with Ration as the
county seat, has also been recently re
vived and several Ration people have
been on hand for the past few days, siz
ing up the situation. just what effect
the chilling blast which resulted in the
sudden death of the Summit enterprise
will have upon other aspirants remains
to be seen.
BIOGRAPHICAL-ePEAKER DAME.
Hon. William 4. Dame, one of the Santt
Fe county representatives in the love-
house and the presiding officer of tina
body, is native of Portsmouth, N. H.
where he was born in 1858. He attended
the public schools OF that city, and, aftel
this elementary training, he embarked OF
the more interesting course of study
found in an extended voyage as thirt
mate on one of the numerous merchant
men to be seen in the harbor of his nativ,
town. For five years, Mr.. Dame was a.
sea, visiting during that time every por
tion of the world and among other expe
riences spending a year on the coast O.
South America. In 1879 he came to New
Mexico, when he settled at Cerrillos
During the fifteen years since that time
Mr.. Dame has continuously resided il
the Little Pittsburg, although his mining
business has caused him at intervals tC
visit almost every portion of the terri
tory. Mr.. Dame was in 1885 married tt
Miss Perry, of Santa Fe. The same yea
another honor came to him in his election
to the lower house of the New Mexico
assembly. Last fall he received the sec
ond distinction of this kind and when tn,
organization Of the present house wal
begun, he was unanimously chosen b!
his party colleagues as their speaker. Hi
record since that time has mos. admira
bly, proved the wisdom of the choice
: His conduct of the affairs Of the hous'
has been exceptionally successful and i
is saying nothing beyond the truth to re
mark that his Armness, promptness and
efficiency, in all departments of the try
ing duties which the Office entails, hav,
surpassed the high expectations of hi
most partial friends. Mr.. Dame is a maj
of marked popularity as we'll as of I'M
usual ability. The high esteem in which
he is held by his assembly associates II
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