Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-18
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
House Bill Making Judicial Hangings
Private Passes Council Excellent
Fee Bill Passes H0use-Sugar
Beet Factory Exemption
Succeeds in Council.
SOME INTERESTING POINTS DISGUISE
Pullman Car Company Bill in Council
Compilation of Laws Set for
Next Tuesday.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

LENlbLAIINE 0oboiE'
Whatever the fate of Luna county, Mr.
Mahoney is certainly a slayer.
President Joseph looks dignifed and
acts dignified while occupying ths
chair.
Councilman Frank Chaves is alert and
the parliamentarian par excellence OF
the council.
Councilman Fall will be good deal Of
free lance hereafter and will not be bound
much by party ties.
Luna county is on the tapis and theirs
is good deal of private work going on
for and against it.
The house this morning passed res
olution for the appointment of COM
mittee to investigate the territorial insti.
tutions. The speaker appointed very
good committee consisting of Messrs.
Reynolds, Luna, Malaquias Martinez
Oristman and Sena.
The Luna county bill in the council
this morning was referred to a special
committee. There is delegation here
from Grant county against the bill and
one from Deming working for the bill.
The result at this writing is in doubt.
Representative Sena's bill No. 80
providing that duplicate tax receipts
should be given by the collector, one of
these to be recorded by the county clerk
for comparison with the collectors ac-
counts, is al exceedingly necessary
measure and Mr.. Sena deserves commen-
dation for introducing it.
The twenty.second birth day of Hon.
Venceslado Jsramillo OCCURS tomorrow.
The New MEXICAN extends hearty and
sincere wishes for the future welfare of
the young statesman, and will do its level
best toward keeping him prominently
before the people. His record is excel.
lent 80 far, and his future is very prom
ising.
An error occurred yesterday in the
article on the passage of the fee and
salary bill. The committee that had this
excellent measure in charge, consisted of
Messrs. Luna, Malaquias Martinez and
Mahoney and did mighty good work. In
yesterdays notice Mr.. Martinez name
was omitted.
The council by a vote of 8 to 4 this
forenoon passed a bill changing the time
of holding elections for Justices of the
peace and constables to the regular gen.
eral election in November. couple of
weeks ago there was warm time over
the same measure in the councils; this
forenoon everything was as lovely as q
Santa Fe morning in June.
The council this morning by unani-
nous vote passed q substitute for two
house bills exempting all beet sugar
factories now in existence or to be erect
ed, for the next six years from taxation.
Every consideration for the territory and
the advancement of New Mexico is served
by the provisions of this bill and it is
believed it will pass the house and
become law.
Hon. Thomas Hughes, the able editor
Of the Albuquerque Citizen, just now in
Santa Fe doing faithful and earnest duty
as member of the council, desires the
New MEXICAN to correct statement
made recently as to the Offices under the
incoming administration wanted by Ber-
nalillo county. He says they have no
candidate for us. marshal In that ooun-
ty but make up by having two candidates
for coal oil inspector. Besides this, he
says, that everybody may rest easy, and
that Bernalillo county will take no
more than it can get in this or any other
instance.