Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-19

| SANTA FEE, N. NJ, Marcn 49,
When the house met this morning
Mr.. Dalies of Valencia county, called
up his bill providing for an exhibition
OF New Mexico at the st. Louis fair,
This bill carries an appropriation of
$4,000 and provides for a levy Of
three-fifths of mill Mr. Bowie of
Mckinley county, opposed the meas
ure as it was not the proper way to
attract people to New Mexico, and be-
sides the appropriation was too small
to do justice to the Territory and the
display would be far outclassed by
every other state and territory in
the action. In his opinion the proper
way to attract people to this land OF
sunshine was to build Gaore good
schools and to keep the taxes down.
Major w. H. H. Llewellyn favored
the bill. Mr.. Dalies made strong ar
gument for his bill and urged all
members to vote for it's passage,
thus showing the people of the Unit
ed States that the citizens of New
Mexico were up-to-date and had q
wonderful Territory with abundant
resources. Judge Pendleton favored
the bill and said if he was able he
would draw a check Tor the whole
amount; he believed in advertising
the Territory Notwithstanding some
OF the taxpayers would growl and he
knew a number of people who al
ways grOwled at being taxed for any
thing. Pedro Sanchez of Taos, also
made strong plea for an exhibition
and called on all patriotic members
OF the house to vote for the measure.
Mr.. Sanchez of Valenc1.4, also favor
ed the bill with all his heart
Mr.. Bowie offered an amendment
to the effect that all the members OF
the commission pay their own expen-
ses and transportation, ETC. The
amendment was laid on the table by
vote of II to 4. Those voting no
were Bowie, Coleman, Fitzpatrick and
Romero. On the final passage OF the
bill Messrs. Bowie, Coleman and Ro-
nero voted against it.
HI. B. No. 179, entitled an act
amending section 5 of chapter 81 OF
the session laws of 1901, relating to
the location and keeping Of bawdy
houses in cities and towns, was pass
ed. Bowie voting against it, The di-
trict attorney of the county wherein
any of the specified violations of this
act are authorized to Investigate and
at once file an information before
the judge of the district court and to
prosecute diligently all persons SO
II. b. No. 167, by Mr.. Baca, for the
relief of Nicholas Tenorio to the
amount of $500 for services in pur-
suing, arresting and returning to the
jail in Santa F'e, Hampe, an esgap-
ed prisoner, accused OF numbering
the laasi county iaiIcr ApitaciU Gale
gos, passed by a vote Of IA to 3.
FL. B. NO. PIT, passed This bill is
to detach certain territory from the
county of Roosevelt and all to Chaves
county
Mr.. Vargas of Rio Ar177ss37..., 1niroduc-
ed bill to allow court interpreters
and stenogaphers 81 per day after
the passage of tn1c BILL The bill
passed.
H. ]. R., to give the capitol en-
ployes, six in number, $150 per day
for sixty days, as extra pay, was
taken up. Mr.. Dalies of the finance
said he had signed the
report SO as to get it before the
house, as for three weeks he had
been bounded to death on the mat
ter. An amendment was adopted for
50 cents day extra instead of 1.50.
The bill then passed the house by |
l8 to A. Those voting against the
aid on the public treasury were Mes
srs. Bowie, Dalies, Pollard and Turn |
ar.
Mr.. Dalies introduced resolution |
the secretary of the Ter |
'itOry to send all members of the leg |
stature complete list OF all the
bills and resolutions passed at this |
session. This was passed.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick of Santa Fe, also in |
reduced resolution appropriating |
81, 900 for the cities of Santa Fe |
Ind Albuquerque, to be used in en-
ertaining President Roosevelt when
We visits New Mexico in May. The
resolution was killed by vote, Of |
2 to 8.
H. B. No. 2l2 passed 1t is to pay
III interpreters of grand juries IS per
lay and no more if night sessions
re held.
H. B. 219, by Mr. Turner of Grant,
'assed. This bill provides that a dis
rict attorney shall not be required to
i've in the district for which he is
ppointed.
H. B. No. 218 was passed and auth
rizes commissioners of public ditch
IS to protect this bitches under their
barge from damage by floods.
A message was received by the
ouse from Governor Otero urging an
ppopriation be made for the st.
-uis exposition and saying that if no!
pproprdiation was made it will sig
al New Mexico out as sole state or
erritory under the American dag
yhich has failed TO do so. and cannot
ut cause unfavorable comment and
erhaps in the future unfavorable ac-
ion on statehood.
Council.
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