Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-16

Hon. John Morrow, Of Ration, who will
prove one of the most active, intelligent
and useful representatives in the lover
house of the 32d legislative assembly,
came in from Colfax county last night.
Don Felix Martinez, the recognized
Bismarck of San Miguel politicians and
also alleged to know something about
the rudlments of territorial politics, is
calmly and serenely looking over the leg
islative situation in the capital city.
The members will be sworn in Mon
day forenoon by the secretary of the ter
ritory unless Delegate Catron's bill,
which provides that the membere may
swear in each other, becomes law to-
day, of which there appears to be abso-
lutely no prospect.
If members of the assembly will kindly
inform the NEW MEXICAN as to their city
addresses during their stay at the capital
list of same will be published. This is
more important than one would think
for it serves to promot prompt delivery
of kilograms, notes, etc.
Senators James Duncan and Placido
Sandoval, who will ably represent San
Miguel county in the upper house of the
32d legislative assembly during the sixty
days ensuing next Monday, are cordially
greeted by host of admiring friends in
the Capital city.
One of the duties which the Bernalillo
members of the incoming general assem-
bly, will be called upon to perform will
be to decide whether new county shall
be formed from portions of Bernalillo
and Valencia to be known as Summit,
with Gallup as the county seat.
Among those who are here hobnobbing
with the assemblymen are Messrs. NJ. A..
Otero, D. T. White and margarine Rome
70, of Las Vegas; W. G. Sargent, the FL
Rito merchant; Hon. Sol. Luna, of Los
Lunas; Hon. Pedro Perea, Of Bernalillo,
and Hon. Anto. D. Vargus, Ojo Caliente'
The White Oaks Eagle makes strong
argument for revision of the statutes
and just and reasonable pportionment.
Judge Hewitt, the Eagles able editor,
says: II would repeal about one-half of
the present statutes and substitute there
for something intelligent and comprehen-
sive."
Hon. Albert B. Fail, councilman. elect
from the Dona Ana district, and Repre-
sentativeelect w. H. H. Llewellyn, who
aspires to be made speaker OF the house,
we're among the arrivals this morning.
Both have been as busy as bees in spring
time all morning.
Owing to his enforced trip south in be-
half of his health, Gov. Thornton's mes
sage to the assembly may not be ready
before Tuesday or Wednesday. His ex-
cellency has been at work on the docu-
ment during his absence, however, and
doubtless has it pretty nearly all ready
for the typewriter.
One of the first bills to be introduced
will be bill providing for radical re-
duction in the fees and salaries of officials,
and this will have such a strong backing
that it will be wholly useless for officials
to attempt to defeat it. The Commercial
club, of Albuquerque, is taking a very
active interest in this matter and its
members will be heard from.
From what can be cleaned in advance,
there will be more bills introduced the
first week than have been introduced in
the first week of any previous session of
the legislature of this territory. There
will probably be no county division bill,
except it be bill providing for the Gil
vision of counties in general, can be
passed.
1t is said that j. E. Uurren, of Union
county, is coming down with rod in
pickle for the yearllng newspapers. His
bill provides that no newspaper 10 the
territory, which shall not have. been pub
lished for at least year, shall receive any
public printing, and that such publica
tions in papers which have not been es
tsblished at least year shall be void
and of no effect.
There is great deal of speculation
concerning the organization of the legis-
lature, but whichever way it goes the con-
sensus of opinion is that there is no foun-
dation whatever for the malicious stories
set in circulation by certain designing
parties to the effect that "there may be
bloodshed." Everything indicates that
will be effected without the
least sort of friction.
The Bernalillo county delegation, con-
listing of Couucilmen Hughes and T. A.
Finical, Representatives A. Mulholland,
Herculano Garcia and Antonio Ortiz, jr.,
arrived 10 the city this morning and have
opened headq quarters in comfortable
looms at the Palace hotel. Messrs.
Hughes and Finical were out and about
'arly this morning inquiriug as to where
hey could hire typewriter machine of
he male gender.