Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-07
N. NJ, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1901.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,


taking up the matter, and it was at
cordingly set for Monday morning mex
! provided it is not earlier called up b
Mr.. Springer, chairman of the counc
committee on education.
Mr.. Spiess introduced council bill M
96, an act to change the name of tn
New Mexico insane asylum to that Q
the New Mexico hospital" and earn
estly pressed the measure for passage
Mr.. Cruickshank opposed the bill. H
considered the move to incorporate tn
word hospital as an effort to secur
control of the public lands donated b,
congress for the benefit of territorial
hospital for miners. Mr.. Hinkle quote,
DR.. Upton, of Las Vegas, on the sub
ject. and asserted that the doctor haC
sought to induce him to introduce bill
similar to this, and the idea he received
from DR.. Upton was that such a meas
ure would give the insane asylum con
| troll of the public lands in question. Mr.
carried any such intent, and said it wa:
designed to eliminate the words "insant
asylum because they We're objection
able to many persons, and it had now
become quite the custom in the states
to adopt some other title, such as "hos-
pital" or "sanitarium" for such institu-
tions. Mr.. Cruickshank moved to ta-
BILE the bill indefinitely. Mr.. Spiess re-
called the bill from the clerks desk and
incorporated into it proviso to the ef-
feet that the grant of lands to the hos
pital for miners should not go to the
"New Mexico hospital" However, Mr..
Cruickshank's motion to kill the bill
prevailed--S to 3.
Mr.. Hughes then moved to take up
the Luna county bills, and that the
council resolve itself into committee of
the whole to consider the merits of the
two measures together, the original bill
and the Hinkle substitute. The vote on
this motion was to 5, Mr.. Navarro alb
sent and Mr.. Springer declining to vote,
stating that he had been paired with
Mr. Navarro on this question, who, it
present, would vote aye. The chair
ruled that Mr.. Springer would have to
be excused from voting by the council,
and a motion to that effect was made,
but Mr.. Springer said he did not ask
to be excused, as he considered 1t a
matter of conscience whether a men,
ber voted or not under the circum-
stances, and he stood upon his rights in
the premises. Pending further discus
sion on this point, on motion of Mr..
Easley the council took recess to 2
p m.
Afternoon Session,
The coune' roasscsr 5leds,a.,22 22,,-15. NJ:
Hughes moved A recess for half an
hour.
Mr. Spiess: What does the gentle
man want recess for? object
The chair: 1.-The gentleman from Ber-
nalillo moves a recess for half an hour.
There being no Objectionable chair
hears no objection-council will remain
in recess half an hour" and then Mr..
Hughes as we'll as the assembly en-
joyed rather a hearty laugh on 1.-The
gentleman from San Miguel who took
it quite as good naturedly as if the
laugh had been on some other fellow.
At the termina ton of the recess the
chair raped for order, and said: THE
question now recurs upon the motion
of the gentleman from Bernalillo, Mr..
Hughes, that the council go into COM
mttee of the whole to consider council
bill No. 53"-the Luna county bill.
Mr.. Cruckshank moved that Mr..
Springer be excused from voting. Car
ried. Mr.. Cruickshank then moved that
the matter go over without prejudice to
the standing of the bills, and he made
the special order for Monday morning.
Mr.. Hughes withdrew his motion to go
INTO committee Of the whole, and Mr..
motion prevailed.
The council then took up council bill
No. SO, Mr.. Harrison's measure for reg
ulation of the location of houses of ILL
repute, etc.
IN THE HOUSE.
The reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with on motion of Mr.. Bowie,
and the house at once took UP the spe-
,ial order. House bill No. 13S by Mr.. |
Bateman, an act to protect public wor-
ship and to prevent the desecration of |
he first day of the week, commonly |
,alled Sunday. More than an hour was |
spent in consideration of the measure,
Ind after an extended debate section 2, |
he bone Of contention, was eliminated |
rom the bill. The section provided that |
every person who shall either labor |
himself or compel his apprentice, serv-
INT or any other person Under his |
,harge or control to labor or perform |
my work other than the household off, |
necessity or charity, on the first day |
# the week. commonly called Sunday, |
hall be deemed guilty of msdemean-
II, and on conviction thereof shall be
ined in a sum not less than $40 nor
more than $10O, or by Imprisonment in
he county Jail not exceeding sixty
lays" The debate brought out the
opinion that the existing Sunday law
vas considered broad enough for all |
PRACTICAL purposes, and after numerous
had been adopted, and |
everal members had grown weary and
zone to the comfortable lounges in the
lnte-rooms, necessitating the sergeant
lt-arms to be sent for them repeatedly,
1r. Sanchez of Mora put a stop to
hings by moving that the bill as
dod ho tn ha 70 IND -
litely. Motion prevailed-12 to 10.
The special committee on road inn
legislation, through Mr..
)alies, then presented it's report, ac-
xaiad lxr Mr. BURY, &, coiannil hin