Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-21
THE SOLONS ARE AT WORK
Both Houses of the 32d Legislative
Assembly of New Mexico Hard
at Work.
SOME GOOD LAWS MAY Be EXPECTED
Resolution of Sympathy with Cuban
Patriots Adopted-Eloquent Re-
marks of Col. Chaves -Prepar-
ing to Elect Public Printer.
The Council.

SESSION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Promptly at 3 O'Clock yesterday after.
noon the council resumed business with a
full attendance of members. The fol-
lowing bills were introduced:
BY Mr.. Fell: An act t's-e-oyide for the
printing 90 bills and other documents in
Spanish. Read first and second time,
ordered printed and translated and re.
ferred to the committee on printing.
BY Mr.. Fall: An act to provide for the
compensation of clerks of the district
courts of the territory, for the compensa-
tion of county officers and other pur-
poses. Read first and second time, or
dered translated and printed and referred
to the committee on judiciary.
BY Mr.. Sandoval: An act to provide
better schools for New Mexico, to secure
better teachers therefor and to protect
public school buildings, the chief feature
Of the bill being q clause forbidding the
employment Of teachers addicted to
gambling and the use of Intoxicating
liquors or whose moral character is not
good. Read first and second time, Or
dered translated and printed and referred
to the committee on education.
The council then adjourned until 1O a..
NJ.
SESSION OF COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
The council met this morning at 10
O'Clock with President Joseph in the
chair. All members answered to roll call.
Chaplain Craig invoked the divine
blessing.
The journal of the previous day was
read and approved
Mr.. Chaves, of Valencia, presented
council joint resolution No. l, express
ing pathy with the patriots fighting
for independence in the island of Cuba,
hoping that their noble struggle might
be crowned with triumph, and ordering
copies of this resolution to be transmit
ted to the president of the United States
and to Delegate T. B. Catron.
COL. Chaves made an exceptionally elo.
quent speech in support of his resolu-
tion.
Mr.. Curry said that the resolution did
not go far enough; that it ought to de-
mand the immediate recognition of Cuban
independence.
The resolution was thereupon unani.
mously adopted as follows:
Joint resolution of sympathy with the
Cuban independents.
Be it resolved by the legislative coun-
Gil Of the 32d legislative assembly of the
territory of New Mexico, the house con-
curing therein.
That we, the people of the territory of
New Mexico, have watched with deep in
terest and satisfaction the efforts of our
brethren in the island of Cuba to throw
off the oppressive yoke of naughty Spain
and to establish for themselves govern
ment of the people, and we the descend.
ants of those who for 300 years bore the
CALLING chain of Spanish dominion, though
to less extent than our Cuban brethren,
are in position to more thoroughly
sympathize with them than majority of
American citizens and we hope for them
the same happy results that followed our
efforts for freedom and independence in
1891.
We extend to the struggling patriots
in the beautiful island so close to our
shores the hope that they may soon ac-
complish their mission and join the great
sisterhood of free and independent states.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spead on the journals of both houses and
co pies duly certified be sent to the presi-
dent of Cuba libre.
The following bills we're introduced:
BY Mr.. Hughes, of Bernalillo: An act
providing funds for the ferreting out of
the assassins of the late Col. Albert j.
Fountain, providing reward of $4,000
for the apprehension and conviction of
the murderers. Ordered printed and
translated and referred to the committee
on judiciary.
By Mr.. Finical, of Bernalillo: An act
providing code for the government of
civil procedure in the district courts of
New Mexico, said act having been care
fully prepared and printed by commit
tee Of the bar association.
Mr.. Finical said that, as sufficient print
cd copies had been provided by the Bar
association, he saw no reason for the
printing and translation of the bill.
Mr.. Spiess said that, as member of
the Bar association, he supposed that he
was bound to support this measure, but,
inside from this consideration, he was op-
posed to the bill. He insisted that il
should be translated.
Mr.. Curry Supported the TRANSLATION of
the bill.
The bill was ordered translated and
printed and referred to the committee on
Judiciary.