Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-29

er. and Senator Quay sent IL to the
| desk, interrupting Burnham. and had
! 1t read as a reply to his charge. 1t
| squelched him, of course. You will see
it in the Record of the gard instant.
when 1t arrives.
| My best wishes to the present house
OF New Mexico and my sincere thanks
for their efforts in wiring the state leg
islatures. Sincerely wours.
B. s. RODEY,
Delegate in Congress from New Mex
| leo.
! The letter was ordered to be spread
on the journal
] A recess was taken to await report
/ of Mr.. Baca of the committee on house
employees.
against keeping the house waiting so
long for a report. Considerable chaff-
! ing ensued.
The report was then read and 1t was
moved to adopt the action taken by
the council and house conference COM
mittee yesterday afternoon except that
the recompense of several of the clerks
be increased from "a to IS per day.
The report recommended an approprf-
alton of $2.S79 to pay the house en-
ployes for the first ten days and an ap-
preparation or $100 for the CHIEF clerk
to be used in the payment OF contin-
gent expenses such as postage.
| Mr.. Vargas moved to reject the re-
port making a. forcible speech In sup
port of his motion.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved that the house
take recess apd a caucus be called to
discuss the report. He was ruled out
of order as Mr.. Vargas had the floor
Mr., Vargas contended for an Increase
OF the number of employees and greater
| uniform remuneration for the en-
ployes of the same clerks.
Messrs. Sanchez and Llewellyn sup
ported the report, Mr.. Llewellyn say
ing among other things that the coun-7
Gil had employed thirty-six committee
clerks and that the report was com
promise. j
Mr.. Bowie objected to the report.
He said in the first place forty-two
employees for the house had been
agreed upon. Later, he said, ten more
were added as necessary, because the
others named first were not competent
Under that plea second and third addi-
| tions were made -
| Mr.. Llewellyn said that the appro-
priation for extra employees of the Thir-
ty-fifth legislative assembly will not
reach the appropriation for that pur-
/ Of hr, ~
, sembly
Mr. Bowie replied that he did not OBJ
ject to an appropriation for necessary
and competent help, but objected to
the employment OF Incompetent help.
Mr.. Turner opposed the increase OF
the list of employees beyond the num-
Der agreed upon by the caucus. He had
been informed that there are upon the
list Of employees number of incompe-
tent persons who are doing nothing hut
to draw pay. He was in favor of cut
ting of these incompetents whether he
or any other member was responsible
for their appointment. Rather than
increase the list of employees II should
be reduced by cutting OF the incom-
petents.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, to cut off the discus
sion, moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock
Thursday forenoon.
A roll call was had, the result being
as follows:
The motion to adjourn was lost by
vote of II to 6.
Messrs. Bowie, Gutierrez, Fitzpatrick.
Pendleton, Martin Sanchez and Pedro
Sanchez explained their vote.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved to recommit
the report. This caused another long
discussion, in which Mr.. Llewellyn,
chairman of the committee whose re-
port was under discussion, stated that
he now saw that the committee had ex-
ceeded its authority by recommending
the appointment of two more clerks
The point was also made that the COM
mittee had exceeded its authority by
in the salaries of EN-
ployes Of the same grade and in as
signing committee clerks.
During the reading of the committee
report, Mr.. Llewellyn rose to remark
that the use of the word honorable" is