Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-15
Bill Will be Passed Almost
Unanimously and Over
Veto II Necessary.
SOLONS START ON THEIR
TORRANCE COUNTY TRIP
Captain Littlefleld Ruppe Is AC-
Cepted as Foremost Orator of
Legislative House.

Santa Fe. Feb. 1.-THE principal
interest of the legislative assembly,
the district attorney bill, is still in the
hands of a committee of the council,
of which Mr.. Dalies is chairman. Mr..
Dalies is consid.lably improved and
when he ,relieves himself of the ques-
tion of county division or rather
county creation in Torrance county,
a report from the committee may be
expected. The general sentiment here
among the legislators is that the
committee should report the bill and
that 1t should be passed by the council
as 1t was by the house.
Sentiment in favor of the bill has
grown steadily as it's merits have been
discussed. 1t took but few days for
the impression to wear off that the
bill was intended by its friends as a
retaliatory measure directed at the
governor, who under the present state
of affairs appoints district attorneys.
The people all over the territory
prefer to elect their own prosecutors
and to hold the district attorneys re-
sponsible to the people at large and
not to any administration for their
actions.
Members, both of the house and of
the council, have received a flood of
Letters, petitions and requests from
their constituency asking for the
prompt passage of the bill. 1t Is be-
loved that at any time the measure
is reported, it will be passed by the
council by a large majority If not by
an unanimous vote.
The people of New Mexico, in let
ters to members of the assembly, are
urging that the bill should receive
favorable consideration as an act for
self-government and as opposed to a
one-man concentration of power. The
bill will pass.
1t will be vetoed-so the governors
friends say.
It will then pass over the execu-
tive's veto and be enacted a law.
However, until the bill is disposed
of, the members of the assembly will
continue to be worried with messages
urging them to support it. 1t is the
earnest hope that the passage of the
bill will not longer be delayed by the
failure of the committee to report 1t.
"At any event." said a member of
the assembly, 1--WE will appreciate it,
If our constituents, who know we
want to represent them as they desire,
will wait until the bill is reported, be-
fore showing us under with these ap-
peals for it's passage. The bill will
pass all right and by a strong vote.
1 hear little or no opposition to the
measure among the republican MEM
bers of either branch of the assem-
bly,"
Foraker County May be Created.
The committee on counties and
county lines is again in for petitions
and delegations of citizens as the re-
suit of a bill introduced yesterday
evening in the house. Mr.. Padilla is
the father of house bill No. 81, an
act for the creation of the county of
Foraker, which is to be composed of
certain portions Of Colfax and Union
counties with the county seat at Fol-
som. What merit the creation of the
new county has, was not developed at
the session of the house as the bill
was referred after it's second reading
to the committee in question. This is
the. fourth county creation project.
which this committee has before 1t
for consideration.
AS a result of the pressure being
brought to bear from both sides in
these county measures, the report has
been current that the committee is in
a tight corner. This is without foun-
dation. While the committee meet
ings have been open on several occa-
sions, the closed meetings have
CLOSED" in every sense of the word,
despite the newspaper reports to the
contrary. No one can yet predict
what action will be taken on any of
these bills except from one stand
point THAT Is THAT THE COM
MITTEE OF THE HOUSE AND OF
THE COUNCIL AS WELL WILL EN-
DEAVOR IN EVERY WAY TO
MAKE NO MISTAKES.
The committee of the house is now
holding daily sessions at every avail
able hour receiving and considering
all petitions and other information
available. There is absolutely no dis
sension and 1t is stated that there
will be none, although the details of
the deliberations are not known.
There will be no split among the
legislators because of county division,
although it is generally understood
that such condition is hoped for
and would be gladly brought about
through false and injurious reports
by the Albuquerque Journal and 9th,
er anti-republican papers.