Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-07
The 33d Legislative Assembly.

one week from Monday the $50 lts5lS-
lative assembly of New Mexico VIII con-
vene in this city. From the election re-
turns which have been certified by the
boards of county commissioners of the
is counties in the territory, the follow
ing will be the membership:
In the council: Jesus NJ. Valdez, from
Colfax, Mora and Union countless;
James A. Duncan and Eugenio Romero,
from San Miguel and Guadalupe coun-
ties; T. d. Burns and MaiaGu,as Mar
tinez, from Taos, Rio Arriba and San
Juan counties; T. B. Catron, from Sar-
ia Fe county: r. A. Finical and Thomas
Hughes. from Bernalillo county; ].
ty; H. O. Bursum, from s;ocorro and
Sierra counties; ]. A. Ancheta, from
Dona Ana and Grant counties; &. A.
Richardson, from Lincoln, Chaves and
Eddy counties.
In the house: 7. d. Lieb, Colfax
county; Bernardo A. Romero. Mora
county: John c. Slack, Union county;
Rafael Gallegos, VIM. H. Schultz and
Ramon de Herrera, San Miguel county;
Crecenciano Gallegos, Guadalupe
ty; Victor Ortega and William Kill
patrick, Santa Fe county; Pablo San
chez, Taos county; Venceslao lara
milo, Rio Arriba county; Frank Slap
lin and A. d. Mcintosh, Taos, Rio Ar
riba and San Juan counties; Pablo
Crespin, Marcelino Baca and Emeliano
Gutierrez, Bernalillo county; MaXimili-
ano Luna and Roman A. Baca, Valencia
county; Benjamin Sanchez and Frank
Fl. Winston, Socorro and Sierra
ties; Marcial Valdez, Dona Ana coun-
ty; r. P. Barnes, Grant county; w. H,
H. Llewellyn, Dona Ana and Grant
counties; J.. E. Wharton, Lincoln, Cha
yes and Eddy counties.
Of these members the following serv-
ed in the 32d assembly; Venceslao Jar
amillo, Maximiliano Luna, w. H.. Fl.
Llewellyn and Malaquias Martinez, in
the house; James S. Duncan, T. A. Fin
ical, Thomas Hughes and j. Francisco
Chaves in the council.
The Democrats in the 33d assembly
will be few in number, and are: 7. D
Leib, John C. Slack, Crecenciano Gal
legos and j.. E. Wharton, representa-
tives; Jesus M. Valdez and G. A. Rich.
ardson, councilmen.
In point of continuous public service
and membership in the legislature OF
the territory, Colonel Chaves will be the
father of the assembly. He served his
first term in the legislature in 1860 as
member of the house; in 1865 he was
elected as the delegate to congress ant
served three terms in that position; ir
1875 he was elected a member of the ter.
ritorial council, and from that time tt
the present has represented Valencis
county in the upper house of the legis'
lature.
Among the members of the 33d assem-.
bly,. Hon. T. r. Catron ranks second ii
time spent in the service of the terri.
tory. In 1868 he was elected to the low
err branch of the legislature, and ir
1869 was reelected to the same posi-
ton; in 1884 he served a term in the
council, and in 1889 was again
member of that body. In 1894 he was
elected territorial delegate to congress
serving for two years, and now he will
4z1.z L.. .a.4 -, 49, Io1rsc1ot txyn hn1xy ~
which he gained his first laurels, fol
the fifth time.
Another member of the coming SEES
sion of the legislature who has beer
there BEFORE" is Hon. r. D. Burns, who
will ably represent Taos, Rio Arriba
and San Juan counties in the council
Mr.. Burns came to New Mexico in 1864
a long ways from his birth place
which is the County of Waterford
Ireland. He has served two terms ir
the territorial council, the first in 1888
the second in 1898, and on Monday, Jan
uary 16, he will enter upon his third
term in that branch of the legislature.
Hon. James s. Duncan, who will rep.
resent San Miguel and Guadalupe coun.
ties in the council of the 33d assembly
has had some little experience with leg.
islative bodies before. In November
1894, he was elected to the council of the
31st assembly, but in the piping times OF
political war of those days he was not
permitted to take his seat for reasons
only known to the powers hat ruled. Ir
1896 he was reelected and in the SEES.
sion of 1897 served with credit and honor
to both himself and the territory.
Hon. T. A. Finical, from Bernalillc
county, was elected to the 32d legisla.
tive assembly in 1896, and although one
of the youngest members of hat body
acquitted himself in a manner which
won the esteem of the voters of the
county, and in the election of 1898 had
no difficulty in being sent back to the
territorial legislature. Mr.. Finical has
only been a resident of the territory
since 1891, but in that time he has made
a host of warm friends and proven him.
self a man Of much ability and as an at
torney has made for himself more thar
a local reputation.