Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-03-18
THIRTY.FIFTH
LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY
FORTYTHlRD DAY, WEDNESDAY. MARCH ID. 1908.

hibit so as to reply to defamers of thu
territory.
Mr.. Daies sail all the opposition t.
the bill is because of a feeling of spite
against st. Louis newspapers which
opposed statehood, He believed thu
exhibit should be provided for as ar
advertisement and fso believed as ad
vertising is necessary for private
vertise the greater business of the
territory Mr. Pendleton said he fav.
ored the bill and called attention tc
the fact that the two senators and IL
representatives of Missouri have stood
for statehood. He declared that some
people will object to taxation for any
purpose and he would pay no atten-
tion to them. He declared it would be
a disgrace to be the only common
wealth not represented. Mr. Pedro
Sanchez made a plea to the native
members to show progress. He de-
clared the natives should move to pro-
gress and the days of 1887 are past.
Mr.. Bowie presented an amendment to
cut off all salary, expenses, transpor-
| tation, etc., from members Of the
commission. The amendment was ta-
| bled by II to 4. The bill was passed
by IS to 3, Messrs. Bowie, Coleman and
Romero voting no.
House Bill No. 179, An act amending
the law on the location and keeping of
bawdy houses, so as to require district
attorneys to investigate alleged VIOLA
tions of law and prosecute or be re-
moved from office, was called UP and
passed.
BY unanimous consent, Mr. Turner
introduced House Bill No. 219, An act
to amend the district attorneys act
recently passed, so that district attor-
ney shall not be required to live in the
district for which he is appointed. The
rules were suspended and the bill was
passed.
House Bill No. 21S, An act to au-
thorize commissioners Of public ditch
es to protect the bitches under their
charge from damage" by floods, was
taken up and passed.
The following message from Cover
nor Otero regarding the proposed ex-
hibit at st. Louis, was received and
read:
Executive Office,
Santa Fe, N. M, March IS.
Gentlemen of the Council and House
of Representatives of the 35th Legis-
1ative Assembly of the Territory of
New Mexico:-
On the assembling Of your honora-
BILE body, January 49, 1908, among 9TH
er numerous recommendations and
suggestions, I called your attention to
the celebration at st. Louis Of the
Tooth anniversary of the Louisiana
Purchase in the following words:
"Your body at it's last session, by
Chapter 100, created commission
called the Territorial Board Of Louis
lana Purchase Exposition Managers Of
New Mexico, the duty of which board
was to have charge of the collection
and preparation of the exhibits of the
territory for said exposition at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair of 1908, and appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose of car
cfn nf
and made a levy of 2-5 Of a mill upon
the taxable property Of the territory
to raise that amount. The act further
provided in Section that the board
should exist no longer than January l.,
1904. 1t was then expected that this
exposition would take place In the
year 1903 but for reasons satisfactory
to the management and the United
States government which had made a
large appropriation to the. exposition,
it's opening was postponed until the
year 1904. Therefore to enable this
board to perform it's duties creditably,
and in accordance with the intent of
the act, its life should be extended for
at least one year or until January l.,
1906"
This exposition is nearer to our ter
ritory than any previous one which
has been held in the United States,
and our commercial, social and edu-
cational interests with the city Of st.
Louis have always been close and
friendly, SO that we have a special
and personal interest in the success OF
that exposition and should take spe-
cial pride in making creditable ex-
hibit there from this territory, and to
that end believe it to be necessary to
continue the levy made by the last
legislature, and that the appropriation
] should be increased to $4,000. The
board has already secured most ex-
cellent site in the exposition grounds,
and II it is not properly utilized It
would be q discredit to the territory
instead of benefit, and in my opinion
the present appropriation Of $4,000 rs
not sufficient for the purpose"
Therefore, for these and many add.
tional reasons which might be given
am strongly of the impression thai
your body should not adjourn without
making an appropriate provision for q
creditable exhibit at this exposition. Il
you do not, It will signal New Mexico
out as a sole state or territory under
the American flag which has failed t
do so and cannot but cause unfavora.
BILE comment and perhaps In the fu.
ture unfavorable action and / earn.