The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-23
HAGERMAN
THE VICTOR
Special to The Daily Record.


ceived too late for publication yester
day.-Ed.)
Santa Fe, N. NJ. Mar. 22.-Both
houses of the legislature neld night
- sessions last night The council ad
journed shortly before midnight, and
the house at midnight, when the ses
sion expired by limitation, was in
dulgilg in an experience meeting OF
the members. The house adjourned
at haf-past twelve.
Little business was transacted al
the night session. except concurrence
in slight amendments to bill prev.
iously passed. The election bill was
not reached in the council, and
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED HOUSE
BILLS FAILED IN THE COUNCIL.
Governor Hagerman secured the
passage of ne2rlv every measure he
desired, the election law being the
only notable exception, and NOT A
BILL BECAME A LAW OVER HIS
VETO during the session.
The late session was remarkable
in many respects. At the outset it
was given out that the Governor
would be given no consideration and
that bills would be passed over his
veto at will. This was not borne out
by the result. At the end of the ses-
sion there had not been a bill passed
over his veto and but one resolution
that being The resolution providing
for the payment of employees which
he vetoed On account of the fact that
there was no provision in the resolu-
tion for accounting for the money ex-
pended This was remedied before
the resolution was passed in the coun-
Gil and it developed at that time that
the resolution could hot have been
passed over his veto without provis-
ion of this kind having been passed
The most amusing part of the whole
session was in the house during the
closing hours Thursday night. After
all of the business had been trans
acted that the house Intended to tran
sact and after committees had been
appointed to notify the governor and
the Legislative council that the house
was ready to adjourn the time was
put in by calling on the members to
unburden their minds without parlia-
meltary restrictions.
The roll was called and the first
to respond was Abbott, of Santa Fe.
He talked for some time and stated
tnat his labOrs had been in the inter
est of the people, that he had acted
from unselfish motives aid that he
had expected nothing in the way of
office. This remark caused several
III lue N1lO were Ol a re-
fiective mind to turn their thoughts
back to the first week of the session
when the celebrated district attorney
bill was introduced by the member
from Otero under the provisions of
which it was generally understood
that Holt, Studley and Abbott expect
ed to secure positions as district at
toraeys in their respective districts.
Beach who has been the Achates
of the Band Wagon bunch was glad
of the opportunity to explode another
thirteen inch smell. but this shell like
all of Mr.. Beach's big shells was sim
ply charged with a load of mud He
was proud of the fact that he had been
a member of the house of representa-
tiveS where the baleful influence of
the governor had not been felt He
did not want any office and would not
have accepted one at the hands of the
governor. He scored the members of
the council who had accepted appoint
ments and charged that they had been
bought by the governor for a few Of
fees and even went SO far as to-
say that they had forgotten their
oaths. As for the governor ne was
on record and was proud of it. He
stated in conclusion: Il glory in the
fact that he doesn't govern me, nor
any of the manly seventeen"
Holt, with much pomposity. review
ed his career for some years. He re-
ferred to a time, some years ago,
when he came to Santa FNe in the in
terest of the Agricultural college. At
this reference to interest, in connec-
tion with the agricultural college,
some of his listeners involuntarily
turned their minds to the little item
of interest amounting to nearly $4,000
of the college funds which is stilf in
Mr.. Hollis possession and which he
refuses to disgorge. He admitted that
he mad not accomplished as much as
he had expected. but neglected to
state whether his failure to land the
district attoraeyship for his district
was one of the disappointments. 9th
ers of the Band Wagon Bunch admit
ted that they had not quite reached
the goal of their expectations but
what they set out to do. Not one of
them pointed with pride to the bills
which they had passed over the veto
of the governor, nor did one of them
explain how the powers of the COVER
nor had been curtailed- The members
of the organization rode the wagon
bravely to destruction and wnen the
final crash came, in the head hour of
night, there were many dry eyes in
the ancient pueblo. The legislature
Is OF I4e past DuL Tile gONSTuOT
exercises the functions of his Office
LOOMS.
Special Mail Correspondence.
Santa Fe. N. NJ, Mar. 21.-The clos
ing days OF the 37t.l Legislative AS
sembly were busy days for the mem
bers. and were full Of interest for
the public
The boast OF the members of the
plunderbuad. which was made at the
beginning OF the session. that the
Governor would be shorn of all mis-
power. was not made good. The frstI
bill OF The session. was the famous
district attorney bill. aimed to take
from the governor the power of ap-
pointment Of the district attor7eyal
was passed in the house under suspen
sion OF the rules and in the expecta-
ton that It would be passed in the
council the next day The action I'm
the cou1cil on the bill WAS a disap-
pointment 70 the orEnnization forces