Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-07

simply an act of justice to the militia.
Under Governor Sheldon's call certifi-
Gates to the amount of $25,371.39 were
issued, and during Governor Ross ad-
ministration additional certificates were
issued for $27,26S.22.
Adjutant General Knaebel and ex-Ad-
jutant Generals Bartlett and Fletcher
will duly present this matter to the coun-
Gil committee on militia affairs.
MR.. BURKE RISES TO EXPLAIN.
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
Santa Fe, Feb. TT rise to question
of privilege. Your paragraph of yester-
day charging me with the authorship of
the "Ithuriel'. letters in the Optic, does
me Injustice. DO not write the letters
in question and do not know who does
write them, but do know that certain
letters over the same signature, which
appeared in the same paper few years
ago, we're written by one of the most dis
tinguished citizens of your own town,
and the "Ithuriel" letters of the last few
weeks seem to bear the same "image
and superscription." WIS B.
LEGISLATIVE CHAT.
It is said lively meeting of the third
house is on the tapis.
Chief Justice Thomas Smith occupied
a seat along side of Speaker Dame in the
house yesterday afternoon.
Printed copies of the governors mes
sage we're distributed among the mem
bers of the two houses yesterday.
The motion to dissolve the injunction
in the matter of legislative employees
compensation will be heard before Judge
Laughlin at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Representative Lacome has telegraphed
to one of his house colleagues the sad
announcement of the death of his wife,
by whose illness he wass called home
several days ago.
Council Page Pablo Delgado, the bright
young son of Deputy Sheriff Juan Del
gado, has been detailed for duty as mes
senger at the governors Office under a
resolution adopted by the two houses.
That is good bill passed by the coun-
Gil this morning providing for weather
archaeological and crop bureau under
the control of the United States weather
bureau. The bill has already passed the
house.
The very complete election law, an out
line of which appears elsewhere, was in
troduced and pushed to its passage by
Councilman Desmarais. 1t is modelled
after the Colorado law on the same sub
ject.
The vital question in the council this
morning seemed to be whether or not
Councilman Perea is the watchdog of
the treasury. He disclaims the honor but
his colleagues very generally agree that
he has earned it.
Col. T. F. Moore has forwarded to
Washington his petition for his appoint
ment as postmaster at Bernalillo. It
bears the Endorsement of all the members
of the legislature and all the territorial
and federal officials. ut,
Mr.. Hadley's bill prohibiting the sale
of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and cheroots
to persons under IS years of age passed
the house yesterday, SO that now the gov
errors signature is the sole prereq uisite
to its becoming law.
The house needs Councilman Hadley
as q member of their body. The alb
sence of ventilation in the house chamber
is something terrific and microbes galore
float in the heavy air. Some open win
dows would remedy the whole situation.
The bill introduced by Representative
Clancy on the subject of habeas corpus
and which has passed the house takes
away from justices of the peace the right
to issue and hear writs of habeas corpus.
II carries into effect one Of the recon-
mendations embodied in Gov, Thornton's
message to the legislature.
The council bill passed by the house
yesterday afternoon relating to diseased
cattle makes one or two greatly needed
additions to the present law. Its prompt
passage by both houses was largely due
to the energy of the cattle sanitary board
representatives now in the city.
The council this morning passed the
bill providing for the publication OF vol
umes 3, 4 and 5, of the New Mexico re-
ports. Three hundred volumes Of each
are to be printed at cost OF $3 per vol
ume. The Bancroft Whitney company, Of
San Francisco, is to get the contract, the
bill to give it to the Vice Publishing
company, of st. Paul, having been tabled
indefinitely. The books are. to bear the
name of Charles Il. Gildersleeve az re-
porter. :.
Representative Carr has introduced an
important bill relating to taxation on
real estate. It provides that the real e.
tate subject to taxation shall include ag-