El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
D0ingS of
NEW MEXICO
Legislature

legislature, 159 in the house and "A
in the council. 1t is no wonder there
fore that the house must soon think of
night sessions in order to catch up
with the work. The council is up with
all the business on the presidents table
and after session of only fifty min
utes adjourned today until Monday
forenoon, tomorrow being Washing
tons birthday and also the annual
meeting of the New Mexico press asso-
citation which through the courtesy of
the council will meet at the capitol
in council chambers 1t is understood
that the association which is one year
old will be thoroughly reorganized and
the officers to be elected will give it
a standing which it has not thus far
enjoyed as well as power of doing
good for it's members and for the terri
tory.
! Governor Otero today signed two
bills, one making two verbal changes
in the law relating to tax delinquents
and the other creating a new district
attorney district out of the counties
VI ooCOiIo- Iuuy anu SlbteS
which formerly were two districts. He
also signed a joint resolution appro-
priating almost $4,000 to pay special
employees of the legislature.
| There is lamentation among the wo-
man suffragists OF the territory today.
The house ungallantly defeated the
bill giving women the right of suffrage
at school elections. The wives of two
members who were present at the ses-
sion even opposed the bill and so there
was no hope for it at all. An inter- /
esting and humorous debate and some /
parliamentary wrangling preceded the
defeat of the bill. In the gallery were
quite number of the members of the |
New Mexico Woman's Suffrage associ-
alton who took their defeat calmly be-
cause they had expected it. They say
it is only the opening skirmish of a |
battle which they are bound to win in |
the end.
No bills were passed by the council |
this forenoon but number of new bills |
were introduced. Martinez introduced |
a bill for the compensation of probate |
judges in counties of the second and |
third class. Fielder introduced :. bill |
to prevent the waste of waters used |
for irrigation purposes. Spiess by re-
quest introduced a bill relating t. the
probating of wills and contests Of the /
same. Chaves presented a petition /
asking that the assembly appeal to /
congress for authority to sell certain /
school lands.
In the house the bill prohibiting |
municipal corporations from issuing
bonds or guaranteeing the interest on
bonds of any corporation without the
consent of the qualified voters as ex-
pressed at the polls was passed unan-
imously. The bill had been introduced |
ed by the fragrant case of the city
authorities of Santa Fe who last year
guaranteed the interest on 100000
bonds issued by private street rail-
way corporation that proposed to
build an electric street railway in San
ia Fe but which after leaving a num-
ber of unpaid bills has abandoned the
project.
A bill repeating section 41S3. of the
compiled laws relative to the licensing
of saloons, was adversely reported
from committee but passed the house
nevertheless.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Barnes es- .
legal measurement for
baled hay was passed after Mr.. Barnes
had explained the beauties of his meas
ure. Mr. Sandoval's bill to make pub
lie highways out of roads that have 7
been in public use for certain num-
Der of years was favorably reported
from committee but defeated by a vote
of to Is. Abbott's bill defining the
duties of judges and clerks of election
passed % to l. The bill regulating the /:
of county school super {
restoring the salaries of the {
Grant and Socorro county superin tend
ents to 5000 year, the same as it was I
before two years ago, passed the house. {
it having passed the council yester- .
day. II
New bills were introduced in the i
house as follows: BY Read to estab- t
lish miners hospital at Cerrillos and
Judging by the present outlook this is {
the bill that will pass. 1t is similar
to the bill introduced in the council {
by c. F. Easley. BY Gutierrez. relating {
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