Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-03

Llewellyn, to be district attorney for
the counties of Dona Ana and Otero, to
the council, and the nomination was at
once confirmed
Only two more weeks of the legisla-
ture.
The house has furnished more sub
stitutes than were asked for during the
civil war.
The reform legislators. are makirg
things hot for the building and loan as
sociations.
Yesterday the house wound up all of
the business before it and took a twenty
four hour vacation.
The house committee on judiciary has
withdrawn the two bills relating to dis.
trict clerks and will submit Il substitute
in their stead.
The members are now working harder
than ever before during the session and
can be found at their posts at an early
hour each morning.
A number of people visited the council
yesterday with their account books,
hoping to be called on to explain where
they were out money that the Bursum
bill should include.
G. B. No. 81, which has passed and
relates to the establishment and mainte-
nance of parks in the territory, allows
moneys to be taken from the library
funds Of cities and applied to the park
funds.
Hon. r. b. Catron has been appointed
a special committee to look after the
house joint resolution relative to strik-
ing the word ''rebel" from the plaza SOL
dier's monument in Santa Fe and substi-
tuting confederate" in lieu thereof.
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Troy. of Ration,
were council visitors yesterday. They
are interested in an appropriation to aid
the establishment of a relief home and
hospital in Ration. The city has agreed
to furnish the ground and erect the
building If the territory will look after
its maintenance.
The legislators will not be addressed
on the subject of woman's suffrage by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait and Miss
Mary G. Hay, after all. The former
has been called to the bedside of her
father in Iowa, who is very i'll, and
the latter is in Guthrie, Oklahama.
looking after Legislative matters.
D. Ortega, house sweeper, is evidently
a born politician. He has been of1iciat-
ing as house postmaster a. we'll as
attending to his regular duties
and secured the introduction and
passage of a bill in the house to raise
his salary. The young man will doubt
less cut considerable. ice some day If he
continues his political tactics in all
matters.
The council committee on lands and
public institutions has reported favor
ably on c. B. No. 81, relating to the
creation of a board of public lands to
handle the lands donated by congress to
the territory and the bill has passed the
council. Under its provisions the board
is empowered to raise $1s, 900 for the
payment of the land Office fees, and the
territorial auditor may make a tax levy
to refund the same to the public insti-
buttons, which shall bring in $4,000 per
annum. The board of public lands may
sell enough land at not less than 49,. SO
per acre to the land office fees.
The committee on judiciary in the
council is liable to be overworked.
Yesterday it insisted on considering a
certain bill and the members forthwith
decided to place all other bills to be re-
ported on before that body. 1t now has
from yesterdays donation, substitute for
H. B. No. 81, regulating the tuition
charges of territorial institutions; H. B.
No. SO, to amend the Compiled Laws
relative to the bonds of probate clerks;
substitute for H. B. No. A, to prevent
animals from running at large In the
towns and villages of the territory; sub
for H. b. No. SO, fixing the COM
pensation of constables for goods taken
of under execution; H. B. No. Sc,
10 provide for the appointment and com
pensation of court interpreters, and H.
R. No. 10, to raise the salary Of o
house employee.