Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-04
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Official Proceedings of the Capital Re-
Moyal Fight-COuncil Caught
TIP with Business.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP OF INTEREST
House Bill Taxing Nickle-in-the-Slot
Machines Passes Counci'-List
of Commissions.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

Solicitor General Fall sounds very well
indeed.
Some men want the earth and that
fenced in.
Councilman Placido Sandoval looks
good natured and feels good
King caucus, it will be found may not
be as powerful as is expected.
Cotnciman Curry keeps his word as
true man should and does. He is making
splendid record.
County schemes and capital removal
schemes are dead for this session; ouly
- more working days and now for bust
ness.
Secretary Miller made the members of
the Legislature happy today by handing
them their checks in payment for services
to March.
The substitute for the fee and salary
bill is still sleeping; how long it will re-
main in that comatose condition remains
to be seen.
The secret history of the Albuquerque
removal scheme will make exceedingly
interesting reading some bright spring
day this coming spring.
Council bill No. rs, An act amending
section 1858 of the Compiled Laws, was
approved and signed by Acting Governor
Miller this morning.
Since the victory achieved by Senator
Fall at Santa Fe, the Optic feels certain
that the law firm of Oatron & Fall is only
matter of a very short time.-Las Vegas
Optic.
William Cristman, representative from
this county, is standing like stone wal
for what he believes to be right in tn
legislature and is representing his constit
uents faithfully.-Silver City Eagle.
The voters of Grant county have lonl
memories and they will not forget ALDER
B. Fall and George Curry should either o
both of these gentlemen ask for tn
suffrages of our people in the future
Party lines will be smashed to smither
Gems when it comes to voting for them il
. this county Silver City Eagle.
While Senators Hughes and Spies
were bluffing each other over trading
with the Democrats to get votes for thei
respective sides of the capital remova
j,
agreeing to confirm the appointments
the acting governor. Albuquerque Clt1
zen.
House bill No. 10, An act to provld
for the payment of license by person
owning or controlling nlokle -slo
machines was passed by the council thi
morning.
Representative Max. Luna, of Valencia
county, should be the lion of the hour a
Santa Fe, if he isn't. 1t was his brea
from the combine that defeated the Mul
holland house bill for the removal of tn
, territorial capital to Albuquerque. Tn
always-in. order motion to adjourn di
it.-Las Vegas Optic. -
House bill No. III, introduced by M
Felix Garcia, is An act in reference to tn
disqualification of certain county officer
and provides that no sheriff, assesso
probate judge, probate clerk or exoffici
recorder, county treasurer, county CON
missioner, tax collector or county supel
intendent of schools shall be qualified c
authorized to be elected, appointed to c
hold the office as his own successor, c
the successor of any of the above name
OFFICES uubll alueE UAo oApl'duiou VI VI
full term from the time of the expirI
ton of the Office to which he was electe
or appointed. The provisions of tn
section also apply to all the above name
offices that are now filled or may her
after be filled before the next election.
Acting Governor Miller today issue
commissions to the following newly al
. pointed territorial officials: A. B. Fa
solicitor general; Samuel Eldodt, trea
urer; Marcelino Garcia, auditor; Placid
Sandoval, superintendent of public il
struction; Jose Segura, librarian; W.
Martin, coal oil inspector; also to the Y
rious district attorneys: Ollin E. Smit
Colfax and Union counties; Thomas
Hehin, Grant and Sierra counties; E.
Long, San Miguel, Mora and Guadalul
counties; s. F. Matthews, Lincoln count
John Franklin, Eddy and Chaves cou
ties; R. L. Young, Dona Ana county;
H. Crist, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Taos ar
San Juan counties; T. A. Finical, Be
nalillo and Valencia counties; H.
Dougherty, Socorro county.