Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-26
LEGISLATIVE CoRREsPoNDENCE
A Political Lovefeast-County Seat
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ELL Laid on the
Table--A Cattle Proclamation
Newspaper Change, Etc.
% the Editor Of the Optic.

To the Editor Of the Optic.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, January 25th.
1897.-The thi-ty.second legislative
assembly began its second weeks work,
this morning, with the same good feel.
ing that has SO notably characterized
the proceedings thus far. The senti.
ment Of the members was fully shown
10 the JOINT session, this afternoon, al
which J. d. Hughes was unanimously
cnosen public printer. Speeches were
made by strong par,isans of both sides
of the house, but afiiof them reiterated
the fact that they are willing to lay
aside all questions OF a political nature
and work for the relief Of a politically
ridden people.
The bill thai attracted the most at
tention and comment Of any that has
thus far come up, was house bill No. IL
introduced by Mr.. Morrow, OF Colfax
county. 1t provides that IL one half Of
the voters Of any county petition the
county commissioners for the removal
OF the county seat to q larger town
within the county snd the town to
which the county seat Is to be removed
raises So, 900 In cash for the construc
ton of a court house and jail, tho
commissioners must then call an cleo
ton to decide upon the removal. The
bill seems to be hedged ABOUT with
enough provisions so that the will Of
the majority must be su%bserved, and
the question can only arise once
in ten years. To use a common
expression, this bill was railroaded
through the house, to-day, and sent to
the council ); there IL was referred to
a special committee which will report
upon it Tuesday at 2 O'Clock p. NJ, so
that THE OPTIC's Geographic report OF
that day will probably the
fate of this important measure, which
is Of much moment to Springer and
Ration if one, then not the other; for
while, OF course, the bill is general, it
will be applied, in particular, to Col
tax county.
The first bill introduced in the house
this session, was the curfew bill, by
Larkin G. Read, Of Santa Fe, and was
LAID on the table indefinitely, too.
This probably means that it has been
killed for good. T.
The governor, to-day, issued a proc.
lamatIon, placing a restriction on cat
tie being transported from California
and Of Arizona below the thirty nth
parallel of latitudey and west of ITO
degrees of longitude, in which districts.
fever ticks have been found to exist.
This was probably suggested by Sec
re'ary ] A LaRue, who was here to-
day, and, by the way, he IL another
officer holding under the democratic
powers that be, that has served well
and intelligently, and deserves to
receive the proper recognition by tho
people.
The New McGican to day changed
hands, and Col. MAJ Frost again a.
sumed control. In an editorial in that
paper, to-day, introducing that gentle
man to the people, is the remark:
.Mr. Frost is toleraoly we'll known
throughout the Territory as a staunch
republican" Well, we should smile
he is!
Wallace G. Henderson, the young
man who will do The local work on the
New Mer;can under Col. Frost, drops
into his line well and promises to make
a success IN his new field of labor.
The news OF the death Of Don Lor-
enzo Lopez was received with universal
regret in Santa Fe.
When the cats away the mice will
play. Hon George H. Wallace il ID
Las Vegas and Capt. T. w. Collier
anil Don Pedro Perea are in Santa Fe.
Enough said. lDEN.