Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-15

the committee on county and count,
; lines,
An adjournment was then taken unit
2 o'clock
COUNCIL CAUCUS.
The Democrats of the council held {
caucus at the Palace hotel last night and
repledged themselves to prevent the con
sideration of any further contests at this
session. This action was taken in view
of the many silly rumors which have beer
put ahoat as to the meditated unseatinp
of certain council Democrats; and il
makes certain the statement that the coun.
Gil of 80 willgo down to history as having
been composed of seven Democrats and
five Republicans.
The House.
THIS FoRENooN's SESSION.
When the house reconvened this morn
ing, pursuant to its adjournment last Fri
day after noon, all the members except
Mr.. Leaden, of Santa Fe, answered to their
names on the call of the roll. After the read
ing of Fridays volumlnous journal, Mr..
Armiio, of Socorro, the colleague of Hon.
W. Z. Martin, introduced a resolution ex-
pressive of the sympathy of the house for
that popular gentleman in the death of
his little daughter.
Mr.. Christy, chairman of the special
committee to secure house committee
rooms, reported that through the kind
ness of the Santa Fe Beard of Trade the
second floor of the building now ocou-
pied had been partitioned so as to pro-
vide ample facilities for the purpose de-
sired. The report of the committee was
received and the committee discharged.
Under the head of introduction of bills,
| there was sent to the clerks desk by Mr..
j. G. Clancy and read to the house by
title: H. B. No. 29, being an act to repeal
chapter SO of the laws of 'S9 on the sub
ject of habeas corpus.
Mr.. Carr offered resolution to amend
the present rules of the house SO that all
| bills or joint resolutions shall, on the
second reading, be read in full for the in
formation of the house. The bill went to
the committee on rules. Mr.. Hinkle sug-
gested the Importance to legislative en-
ployes of an early settlement of the
| question of their compensation. Mr..
Martin desired to know what was the
proper direction for the matter to take
in view of the adoption of the minor
ity report by the house last Friday. Mr..
Hinkle said that if the action of last Fri
day was an expression of the sentiment
of the house joint resolution appro-
priating money for the payment of the
employees should be introduced and passed
imm ediately. Mr.. Carr thought the com
mittee should report at this afternoons
session.
Mr.. Locke, of the committee, stated that
it would be impossible to make report
until Wednesdays session.
Mr.. Pine thought that new committee
should be appointed and that resolution
in accordance with the minority report
adopted Friday should be prepared and
introduced for action by the house.
Mr.. Christy agreed with Mr.. Pine and
moved that the finance committee be in
structed to prepare joint resolution ap-
propriating the funds necessary to pay
the employees on the basis of compensa-
ton in force two years ago.
There was no second to this motion nor
to motion by Mr.. Hinkle providing that
Mr.. Gallegos, the author of the minority
finance committee, be requested to in
tro1uce the resolution proposed by Mr..
Christy.
Mr.. Carr renewed Mr.. Christy's motion,
which was seconded and adopted.
The house then adjourned to 2 p. N.
THE THIRD HoU sE so1oNs.
The third house met last night pursu-
ant to adjournment with Speaker Mon
toya in the chair, and the chaplain, Hon.
Canuto Torres, mysteriously absent. The
governor of the third house, Judge W. B.
Sloan, was announced to be in waiting.
A committee consisting of Messrs. AS
carate of Dona Ana, de Lama of Bernalillo
and Costilla of Santa Fe, escorted him to
the house chamber where he delivered a
message that in completeness, eloquence
and learning has never been equalled in
the history of the third house. Mr.. de Lama
of Bernalillo was elected tenn porary chap
lain, but being found to be under age he
was promptly fired. The election con-
test of Vigil va. hester Montoya was de-
cided in favor Of the latter. A committee
consisting of Messrs. Hatton, Scars and
Mares was appointed to investigate the
charges Of fraud against Hon. Mr.. SIS
neros for impersonating Hon. Mariana
Sena, the chief clerk of the house. The
third house theA adjourned to Wednesday
night at o'clock, when all lovers of ora
tory and students of classic lore, indie
pendent of politics or previous condition
of servitude are invited to be present.
AS TO TIE SCHOOL FUND.
Quite number of efforts are being
made to change the present provision as
to the distribution of taxes for school
purposes. Under the present law taxes
from saloons and gambling houses go
| two-thirds to the precinct whore they are
located and one-third to the general ceun-
ty school fund. Representative Hinkle
has introduced house bill providing for
the distribution of the fund throughout
the county without regard to precinct,
while Councilman Bunker's bill, intro
duced yesterday, provides that each pre-
cinct shall get the proceeds from taxa
ton of this kind within it's own limits
without evening up with the other pre-
cincts of the county. 1t will thus be no.
ticed that Mr.. Hinkle and Mr.. Bunker
have very diverse views upon this sub
ject, and it is an interesting question
which idea will prevail. Perhaps the leg
islators will decide to adopt the middle
ground and let the law remain as it is,
which ia practically dog.fall between
the two extremes, one championsd by the
gentleman from Lincoln and the other by
the gentleman from San Miguel.
MRS. MORLEY SPEAKS.
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
Santa Fe, Jan. ia few nights ago
my name unexpectedly appeared as
'woman suffragist," and as, again unex-