Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-17
Gov. Thornton Sends in the First Veto
of the Session, Refusing to Sign a
Bill Relative to licenses
Finance Bill Considered
by issa1soancM.
THE HOUSE HOLDS NIGHT SESSIONS
Hon. Jose Pablo Sandoval Denounces
the Circulator of Slanderous Re-
port AS Vile Coward.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

A paper recommending Mr.. E. A. Fiske
for any Office in the gift of the president,
was signed by members of the assembly.
House bill No. 166 will have to be
passed as conference committee report.
No getting together any other way on
that bill.
The house this afternoon passed coun-
Gil bill No. AZ, An act fixing license tax
for doing business within the territory of
New Mexico, and then ad jourued until Z
O'Clock tonight.
The council in committee of the whole
considered the annual appropriation
bills last night and this forenoon. There
was good deal of good natured sparring,
but upon the whole everything moved
rather smoothly.
The house this morning passed council
bill No. 1877, an act to amend an act en-
titled An aot authorizing the rebuilding
of the territorial capitol at Santa Fe;
house bill No. "a, An act referring to the
construction of foundries; council bill
No. 66, An act to amend section 1887 of
the Compiled Laws Of 1884.
H.3. No. "a providing for the exemp-
tion from taxation passed the house this
morning. Representative Reynolds intro
duced an amendment Of great Importance
to mining industry, which was adopted.
It exempts sampling works, works for
the chemical separation of ores, ditohes,
fumes or appliances for hydraulic or
placer mining or any appliances what
ever used in the working of mines. 1t is
liable to give great impetus to mining
industry.
Governor Thornton today sent his first
veto message to the legislature, refusing
to approve and sign council substitute
for council bill No. SO, An act to amend
ohapter nine, of the laws of the Twenty.
ninth Legislative assembly of the territory
of New Mexico, approved February q
1891, entitled An act licensing the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, and to amend
chapter 81 of the laws of the Thirtieth
legislative assembly of the territory oi
New Mexico, approved February II, 1898
ve to gaming. The message reads
as follows: "The effect of this act should
il become law, would be to change that
provision of the law now in force which
req uires license for the sale OF intoxi
oating liquors or for gaming tables to be
taken out for one year, and the money
paid in advance, 30 as to permit the pro
curing Of licenses for such purposes fol
the period of 8, 6, 9 or IL months. II
my opinion this change, would be injuri
kous to the community at large; it would
tend to greatly increase the number O
saloons and gambling houses in th'
territory, and would be especially injur
ious throughout the country precincts, al
under its provisions saloon might, ant
in many instances would be opened in th
various precincts from go to 80 day
prior to the general election, and intoxi
cants sold in large quantities at tim
when the communities are frequently Ia
boring under great excitement, and whe'
the use Of Intoxicating beverages woul
have the tendency to further exotic tn
people, lead to local disturbances, de
moralization and the commission Q
crime."
BILLS APPROVED AND srt'NED.
| Governor Thornton today approve
and signed the following bills: Hous
bill-No. l49, An act TO amend an act or
titled An act fixing The thine Of holdin
tho District court In the ssverA\ count