Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-13

Purposes-BiII Passed Over Go,
ernor's Veto Against Bringing .
Damage Suits-BiiI Passes cour
Gil to Put of Election of City Of
| ficers Until 1906.
| SANTA FE, N. NJ, March 12.-Th,
scents road from Santa Fe to Las We
gas will be built through the Peco
river forest reserve, said to be NOR,
beautiful than the Yosemite and Vel
lowstone parks, which yearly attract.
thousands of visitors. The Las Vega;
delegation, which composed NJ w
Brown, president of the board o
trade, Postmaster Blood. James A
Dick. Sheriff Romero OF San Migue
county, John s. Clark. Charles H
Sporleder, F. Fl. Pierce, Charles II
field, George p. Money, j. H. Stearns
C. d. Boucher, Sol Rosenthal, r. j
Taupert, A. B. Smith, A, f. Quinley
+. H. Pierce, James O'Byrne, d. r
Hoskins, E. H. Salazar, Benigno Ro
nero, |. H. Rapp, L. M. Ross, Thorn
as Walton, c. L. Harris, Dr. f. e. Oh
ney and others, worked hard today
I together with the citizens and Off
cials of Santa Fe for the passage oi
Baca's scenic road bill and this after
noon, just before 5 o'clock, were re
warded for their efforts.
This morning at the Palace hotel
citizens from Mora, San Miguel and
Santa Fe counties organized for bus
| iness of M. w. Browne OF Las We
gas, was elected president and Geo
H. Cross of this city, vice-president
L and secretary. The substitute bill in
troduced by Representative r. L.
Baca in the house yesterday after
noon was heartily approved This bill
was printed in full in Wednesday S
Optic and passed the house and coun-
Gil without an amendment.
The following committees were
named:
To wait upon Governor Otero and
ascertain at what hour he would re
ceive the San Miguel and Mora coun-
ty visitors-M. W. Browne of Las We
gas, Grant Rivenburg of Santa Fe,
and F. o. Blood of Las Vegas.
To confer with Hon H. O. Bursun,
superintendent of the penitentiary,
and secure his views as to the wis
dom of authorizing a part of the con-
tASt lnUOi 4OI Ills puUilC puIpUSt---T s.
H. Pierce and j. S., Clark of Las We
Knaebel and George H. Cross of San
ia Fe.
At 2:30 this afternoon the delega-
tions from San Miguel and Mora
counties called on Governor sOtero to
pay their respects.
1t was after o'clock when Repre-
sentative Baca called up his road bill,
the house was crowded with dele
gates, wearing blue and white badges,
and plenty of good looking ladies
were also present The committee re-
ported favorable and the rules were
suspended. Mr. Bowie Of Mckinley,
offered an amendment to eliminate
the $4,000 clause, but on motion of
Mr.. Coleman Of San Miguel, the
amendment was killed. The vote on
the final passage was 20 to 3. On the
speaker announcing the vote there
was enthusiastic and loud applause.
The bill was Immediately sent to the
council and on motion of Mr.. Duncan
of San Miguel, the rules were egis-
pended and the bill was passed BY Z
10 5. Those who opposed the measure
were Messrs. Hawkins, Fall, Albright
Hughes and Pinard Mr. Fall, in ex-
planning his vote, said he knew it
was a popular measure but the funds
of the Territory were growing very
short, and people throughout the Ter
ritOry did not realize the financial con-
ditiOn; he was in favor of good roads
but doubted if 1t was legal to use the
cOnvictS to work on this road and that
the republican party was putting cut
la good deal of money for this thing
and that they would be likely to hear
from the tax payers at the next cleo
tiOn. Further he said the insane of
this Territory were not properly car
ed for and he'd rather vote $50, 900 for
their needs than two and a half cents
for scenic road. Mr.. Hughes said it
was an insult to organized labor to
use the cOnvicts to build this road
and he was, against giving the con-
daily excursions.
MIR. Spiess made strong plea for
the bill and read several kilograms
from organized labor in East Las We
gas urging the passage of the bill
The bill will become law as soon
as Governor Otero signs it, and it is
expected the United States will help
in building the road The road start
ing from the city will probably go
up the Santa Fe canon, a road ex-
listing to Monument rock, distance
of nine miles. Then this trail could be
followed the divide down to Dai
ton canon and from there down TO the
river. Crossing the Pecos river there
is a choice of trails to Eel Porvenir
from where the road would follow the
GallinaS canon into Las Vegas The
distance is narly fifty miles and the
greater part is already trail. Tne
PecOs reserve is nearly inaccessible
to tourists, and when opened up by
this road will be visited annually by
thousands.
When the house met this morning
Representative Sanches of Valencia
county, offered an apology 10 fhe
speaker, members of the house. also
to the ladies that were present at tho
session yesterday afternoon, for his
conduct and hasty temper that he dis
played; he was human and liable to
mistakes. The speaker said he ac-
cepted the apology, but Mr.. Ortega
would not accept 1t and commenced
to growl and the speaker had to order
him to sit down, and he was told that
the incident was closed SO far as the
speaker and the rest of the members
we're concerned.
AT last nights session the apportion-
ment bill was taken up in the caucus
and the bill passed as follows:
That the legislative council dis
tricts from which councilmen shall
shall hereafter be elected to the leg
islative assembly OF New Mexico shall
be as follows. towit:
For the 1st, composed of COlfax and
Union counties, one councilman
For the End, composed of Mora
and San Miguel counties, one council
man.