Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-17

there is 70 be 3 vooIo lot Of crooked
work done. aud the Territory dsfFaud.
cd, Is evident from the provisions Of,
and all the Circumstances conneotod
With, this substitute. II talking to ths
members who prepared and passed 1t
IN the house they say it Is necessary to
raise $4,000 ct once to pay tAe land
Iofice fees. When asked how Il comes
that deal has been made BY which the
FL Paso & North Eastern railroad, or
llts annex. is to gobbIe Up all the llne
lands adjacent TO its existing and pros
|pective lines, they say they have only
agreed to take 5000 acres at s3.0o:per
acre. and furnish the $4,000. SO the
Territory can get the land segregated.
But the alatements Of Mr. Luna,
when this measure was on its passage.
and for which be was IN ardent advo-
cate, that from $50 900 % 100000
worth of the lend would he sold within
the next eighteen months, shows. that
he knows what's up What the real in
tentions are of this bill no one, who
knows the close proximity Of this gen.
tleman to headquarters will doubt.
Mr.. Hawkins. attorney OF this road,
who has been at the capital for some
time, has been moving heaven and
earth to get seven votes 10 the council
necessary to pass it. No one, who
knows Mr.. Hawkins believes, for a mo-
ment, that he's here for bis health; or
expects that the people be represents
are only to get 6,0UO acres Of the pick
of the land at less than one-third Of It's
real value. The bill provides for the'
sale of 25 pei cent. of all lands doi
mated to the Territory, II 500,000 acres
can be sold, after the pick has been
taken the remainder would be of. very
little value.
YESTERDAYS AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Both houses were in continuous ses-
sion this afternoon, several bills being
considered in conference. The con-
ference committee on the appropriation
bill reported an agreement on that
measure There is not much difference
Fl, m dgurts already given. They allow
the governor $500 for incidentals and
5000 Tor private secretary. While this is
5000 more than has ever been allowed,
it is 81 600 less than the council 6nance
tirst agreed upon. II eyer
man was worked to finish Il is the
chairmanof the council finance com.
mitiee. Mr.. Bursum, who has been in
favor Of every scheme put forth by the
powers that be. and II be had had his
way thousands of dollars more would
have been appropriated to officials who
are not entitled to it. Il it possible
that he was worked solely on the |
Of An Office? Y that respect
che organic act of New Mexico is 9
failure. 1t should provide that no nsm-
ber of the legislature should be eligible |
to any appointive Office until at least
two years after the session Of the legis- |
lature of which they were members. |
That members of both houses have
acted against their better judgment,
hoping to and often believing they
would pet some lucrative appointment,
Is no doubt true. And no doubt good
many feel as one member expressed to
me, Il wish had he work in this ses-
sion to do over. It would be vastly
have reason to know he
expected an appointment. So with
many others. By the appointments
sent in at the last days majority iind
they are left, and now, as | said before,
they admit they have done good many
things their better Judgment tells them
1t was wrong to do. will not attempt
to give bills acted upon at today's ses-
sion, as the most important ones are
yet in the hands Of conference COM
but will inform THE OPTrc
readers in tomorrow's letter what real
ly happened in the dying moments of
the 33rd legislative general assembly,
at this writing the appropriation
bill. the insurance bill, the school bill
and several others Of more or less i'm
portance are inthe hands Of Commuters
of conference, but win be acted upon
tonight. Although the governor sent
in the name of J. D. Hughes for public
printer, the members of the council
knew that would not do, as the Isw re-
Q0ired this Official TO be, ,e'ectsa il, oilt
sassion of the legislature. Sc ths ce ~
Gil marched down to h9s.sa at 4
o'clock, and the joint sessioF organized
for that purpsae.
Councilman Hughes re-nominated ].
D. Hughes, Of the New Mexican. and
be was duly elected Territorial printer.
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