Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-02-12

at length entered protest against tn
bill on behalf of Valencia county. H
said that Belen wanted the reform
school and spoke of the services ren
dered the Republican party by hi
county He spoke along political line
and made a strong plea that Valencis
county should be given consideration II
the matter and scored his colleagues fol
not saying anything about the bill Mr.
Dalies spoke at great length on this
question and was followed by Mr.. Bow.
lie with a motion to amend the bill by
striking out Ration and locating the
miners hospital at Gallup, and to To-
cate the reform schoo1 at Belen. Mr.
Fitzpatrick presented a third amend
ment to locate the miners hospital at
Cerrillos. Mr.. Ortega moved to adjourn
but the motion was lost by vote Of 8
ayes to Is nays. Mr.. Bowie then took
the floor to speak on the amendments.
He at great length, presented the ad-
vantages of Gallup as the location of
the miners hospital and referred to the
mining industry of which Gallup is the
center. He denounced the action of
Council members in working for the
passage of the bill and begged that
the amendments should be adopted. AS
soon as he finished Mr.. Ortega again
moved to adjourn but it was lost by
the vote of 16 to s. On this and all
other roll calls, many members ex-
planned their votes and much time was
consumed. Mr.. Dalies then rose to
speak to the amendments. After he
had spoken for about half an hour, Mr..
Llewellyn demanded that he be limited
in his time and that the Is minute rule
be enforced Mr.. Martin Sanchez at
once granted his time. There was
some parliamentary sparring between
Messrs. Dalies and Llewellyn. This
became quite heated. The Speaker
called both to order and then Mr. Dali
les and Mr.. Llewellyn each apologized
to the House. Mr. ~Dalies spoke for ov-7
er an hour, different members granting
him their time. Throughout the debate
members rose to protest against per-
sonal alta cks and the Speaker was
kept busy When Mr.. Dalies has ex-
Mr.. Cristoval Sanchez moved to reject
all amendments and demanded the pre-
vious question. Mr.. Martin Sanchez
had risen to speak on the amendments,
and Mr. Dalies raised the point of or
Ter that he had the floor and Mr.. Girls
oval Sanchez had no right to offer his
notion at that time. The Speaker
,uled that Mr. Cristoval Sanchez had
been recognized and at once half the
members were on the floor shouting for
The Speaker pounded with
ordered the roll called on the previous
question. Just at this junctureT the
lights in the chamber went out and
he room was in perfect darkness. Bed
am then broke loose, some members
laughing, others shouting to adjourn
Ind others yelling on general princi-
pies. The Speaker called for lights and
or a few moments the only lights IN
he room were from matches held up
oy members. Then about ten tallow
candles were secured. One was placed
IN the speakers desk, two by the clerk
Ind the others scattered about the hall.
Mr.. Bowie took the floor and protested
against the House continuing in ses-
sion in the dark. Mr.. Cristoval San
chez demanded that he be called to or
ler and there was heated colloquy
between half a dozen of the members.
rhe Speaker ordered the roll called on
he previous question and again there
we're many explanations of votes and
protests. The previous question was
,rdered by Is to 8. Mr.. Dalies moved
% adjourn, but the Speaker held the
notion to be'iout of order. Mr.. Bowie
separation of the amend
nents, but the Speaker held this mo-
ion to be out of order at that time and
.uled against him. Mr.. Bowie defended
ais motion but the Speaker adhered to
1is ruling. The amendments were then
by 16 to 8. TIE bill was then
placed on passage and on the roll call
Mr.. Dalies rose to explain his vote. He
spoke at great length and Mr.. Cristo-
val Sanchez rose several times to OBJ
|ect and claimed Mr.. Dalies was not
,onfining himself to explanations. The
Speaker several times ordered him to
,onf1ne himself to his reasons for vot-
ing as he intended to. Finally, Mr..
Llewellyn rose to protest and declared
The so-called explanation and the
course of Mr.. Dalies to be discourteous
to the Speaker and an insult to the
House. Mr.. Dalies resumed and then
was ordered to sit down by the Speak
err. Mr.. fitzpatrick rose to appeal from
The ruling Of the chair, but the Speak
er did not hear second to the appeal
and again there was tumult. Finally
order was restored and roll call was
The bill was passed 16 to 8,
those voting against it being Messrs.
of Valencia, Bowie, Dalies,
Ortega, Sandoval, Gutierrez
and Mr.. Speaker. A motion to recon-
slider was then made and the motion
tabled. 1t was after. 8 O'Clock when
final adjournment was taken.
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