Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-31

that the committee refused to report
1t and the Beals land grant question is
a thing of the past"
Continuing: Fought the Buffalo
Jones reserve bill, and in retaliation
prepared the famous bill to turn 10O,-
600 acres of Kansas into a prairie dog
pasture; fought the reopening of land
grant questions In New Mexico made
big fight on the international dam
bill, spotting and defeating number
OF surreptitious riders; secured pro-
visions In the coal mining bill looking
to the interest of New Mexico miners;
drew up and introduced bills .ratifying
the bond issues of Luna county, the
A. 4 NJ. college, the military institute,
the insane asylum; introduced bill
for a new apportionment of the terri
tory. for the sale of timber lands be-
longing to the institutions; introduced
bill for public building at Albuquer-
que. and secured $4,000 for the pur-
chase of site. Mr. Rodey said that
there was such pressure of work at
the time that he could not give re-
quired attention to the actions of the
building committee, but that he had
more in mind for albuquerque and
other towns in the territory and he
asked that Judgment be withheld until
after the short session.
He introduced bill giving leave to
mine on land grants; bill to create
the sixth judicial district, attending
twenty committee meetings on the
subject
Speaking of the military post ques-
NJ DnHAx, cot ho a. fhA, .xx,tfl .,
MessrS Cromwell and FERGUSON, he
had gone before the war board several
times to do work for New Mexico in it's
fight with Arizona for a military post
He said the fight was over and the
question had been fought out and Albu-
querque had secured the post before
Las Vegas had ever come into the fight
or been even thought of in connection
with the matter. That's a fight We
been engaged in for twenty-five years"
said the speaker, amid tremendous en-
thusiasm.
he secured an order for the estab-
lishment of rural free delivery near
Ration; looked after 100 mail con-
tracts. after matters of forest reserves,
securing rights of pasturage to 220, 900
sheep; after the sale of Fort Marcy;
maze three fights for the cattlemen to
prevent the taking down of drift
fences; served on several house COM
mittees; looked after quarantine laws
attended to $50 applications for fish
from the government hatcheries: at
tended to Santa Fe Pacific tax matter;
twenty-five bills to come up
at the short session; answered 200 let
ters from people asking information
concerning New Mexico; attended
every day and night session of the
house. being absent not ten hours dur
ing the whole session; attended every
caucus of the republican majority.
In closing, Mr.. Rodey gave assur-
ance of the same determined work dur
ing the snort session that he had done
during the past months. He reiterated
the statement that New Mexico would
be state before he returned from his
second term.
adjourned and Mr.. Rodey and Gov
ernor Otero were escorted to the office
of the Alvarado, where for over two
hours they, with Mrs, Rodey, greeted
their frienas.
The bands commenced to play and
it was a gala scene. The dining room
was converted into Bohemian cafe
and it was nberally patronized.
The home coming was perfect in
in the history of the city. Much credit
is due r. w. Hopkins and his commit
tee on arrangem' 'nts.