Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06

Thornton yesterday afternoon and
promptly became law by receiving his
official signature.
A petition is being generally signed by
the lawmakers asking for the appoint
ment of Col. 7. F. Moore, the sergeant-at-
arms of the house, as postmaster OF his
home town, Bernalillo.
The Optics editorial hare seems to be
some distance ahead of the legislative
hounds. Editorially the Optic yesterday
treated it as an accomplished fact that the
two-tbirds rule as applied to new county
projects had been re-considered by the
house. Nothing of the sort has hap
pend yet.
The movement for the transfer of the
Mogollon country to Grant county is not
dead nor can it be even considered as
sleeping. Its friends are keeping a
watchful eye on the situation and if the
two bills already introduced, embodying
the movement, fail of passage, bill hav-
ing this special ject in view will be in
PRODUCED at the appropriate time.
Capt. VIM. French, of Socorro county,
and Mr.. J. E. Cree, of Lincoln, who have
for some days been watching with inter-
est the fate of the cattle brand bill, were
naturally very much pleased over its pas
sage by the house yesterday. The bill
was framed by committee from the
cattlemen of which Messrs. French anu
Cree were members.
One of the most lamentable features of
mistake made in the news columns of the
New MEXICAN is the fix in which it
places those of our exchanges who are
daily copying the NEW MExIcAN's legisla-
tive report without suggestion of
credit. For cases in point, see the Albu-
querque Citizen and Democrat on the
sub iect of Mr.. Martins militia warrants
resolution.
Councilmen Bunker and Desmarais, the
two popular San Miguel councilmen, are
being very generally congratulated on
the successful result of the fight for a
$4,000 appropriation for the insane asy-
lum. Among the friends of the institu-
ton who were in the council at the time
of the passage of the bill were Judge E.
V. Long and Mr.. G. W Wildenstein.
1t is something of coincidence that G.
B. No. 81 provides for the enlargement OF
the insane asylum at Las Vegas while H.
B. No. 81 provides site for the normal
school at the same place. The Las Vegas
people struck happy combination, for
one bill IS now law and the other bids
fair to be in few days; and, by the way,
from the plans submitted to the commit
tee that insane asylum addition will be
quite an imposing one.
The employees of the two houses held a
session last evening for the purpose OF
considering the injunction situation
Speeches were made by Judge A. b. Fall;
Postmaster Gable and others. 1t was an
nounced that steps to dissolve the in
| junction would be taken Immediately
Judge Warren is in the city for the pur-
pose of instituting further proceedings in
court. He will be assisted by Judge Fall.
Very handsome photographs of the
Silver City normal school building we're
exhibited in the house this morning by
Representative Carr. A bill will be in
PRODUCED within the next few days pro-
viding for an issue of $4,000 in bonds
for completing and furnishing this build
ing; and "a similar effort will be made in
behalf of the Las Vegas normal school.
An interesting running discussion was
that in the house yesterday morning in
regard to the Larragoite memorial for
Rio Arriba county. A large number of
the representatives opposed the memorial
on the ground that it might bring about
the transfer of the Indians in question to
their localities, and Mr.. Hinkle said that
he had private information that the
Apaches, since their transfer from Lin
coin county year or two ago, had longed
to return to the picturesque scenery and
splendid cline of his home county. The
memorial was, however, adopted by a
good majority.
Quite controversy took place in the
house yesterday afternoon between the
date Grant, Dona Ana and Sierra coun-
ties into district having one district at
torney. Messrs. Christy and Carr, who
oppose the bill, wanted it considered i'm
mediately as they were confident they
could defeat it. Mr.. Pine, its author,
wanted the measure recommitted in
order that several of its absent friends
might be present when the matter was
considered. On this question there
was display of parliamentary tactics,
the result being in favor of Mr.. Pino's
proposition by vote of IL to 10. 1t
was perhaps more than coincidence
that Judge Fall occupied seat next to
Mr.. Pine during the fight over the matter
The versatile Santa Fe correspondent
of the Las Vegas Optic does the DR..
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde role with pro-
ficiency that is calculated to put to shame
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero. In one
issue "Ithuriel" vents his anonymous
spleen upon members of the assembly
and in the next issue "W. 8. B." comes
out profuse with explanations and per-
spring under the excess of his indigna.
tion at the antics of "Ithuriel." wv. 8
B." and "Ithuriel" should get together fol-
consultation; or better still. why doesn't
"W. 8. B." put quietus on "1thurier
before the latter gets his misrepresenta.
tions into cold type2