Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-19
Holt of Dona Ana Pushes
Through Resolution ExcIud-
ing Morning Journal Repre-
sentative From Floor
SAYS HE AND THE HOUSE
HAVE BEEN LIED ABOUT
Resolution Directed Against
Representative of the Jour
nal Whom Gang Want With
drawn,
The Morning Journal Bureau.
Santa Fe. y. NJ, Feb is.

Mr.. H. b. Holt, Who represents the
/ county of Dona Ana In the Bursum
machine and who acts as the floor
! leader of the machine IN the house
| of representatives. this afternoon
I passed through the house by vote Of
/ g to I, the machine following voting
solidly with him, a resolution exclud-
| ing the present representative Of the
Morning journal from the floor and
galleries of the house and calling on
the Morning Journal TO supply a rep
resentative who will tell the people
those things about the proceedings
of the house and its members which
| the machine wants made public. The
resolution is aimed solely at the pres
ent representative of the Morning
Journal and asserts that he has lied
about the members of the house, un-
I'll the house, meaning presumably
Mr., Holt and his associates, can't
stand it any longer. Fhey want him
taken home and suppressed and a
man sent up who will report The house
journal in the ladylike fashion af-
fected by the Santa Fe New Mexican
and other popular and we'll known
examples of that finished machine
journalism which furnishes to The
people just that portion of the news
that the people should know. The
resolution follows:
Whereas the representative and
I correspondent of the Morning Journal
! since the convening of the present
| legislative assembly has persistently
{ made Inaccurate and untruthful re-
/ ports of the proceedings of this body
and has apparently inH ntionany mis-
| represented The attitude and public
utterances of individual members OF
this body concerning pending mat
} ters of legislation and otherwise ;
Therefore. be it resolved by the
house of the thirty-seventh legislative
assembly of New Mexico that the
present representative and correspon-
dent of said Albuquerque Morning
Journal be and he is hereby ex-
cluded from the floor and galleries Of
this house during the remainder of
the present session and that the said
Albuquerque Morning Journal be
and it hereby Is respectfully requested
Ito provide itself with correspondent
who can be relied upon to truthfully
and accurately report the proceedings
of this body.
The little scene in which this re5o-
luton was introduced was carefully
chine following in a caucus which oc-
cupied about half an hour preceding
the afternoon session Of the house.
Some fifty members of the Boosters
club from albuquerque were in the
chambera . 1t was an ideal time to aim
this body blow at the Morning Jour
nal and its representative In Santa Fe,
who have had the unparalleled nerve
to give the proceedings of the legis-
lature and of the machine and of Mr.
Holt without regard to the personal
wishes of Mr. Holt or the orders Of
the machine. Therefore, Representa-
tive Sanchez was given the resolution
and ordered to Introduce it. Mr.. Holt
was instantly on his feet with a mo-
tion for the passage Of the resolution,
Beach. was there with second.
The only unfortunate port of tho
stage setting is that the Morn
ing Journals representative did
not happen to be in the chamber so
that he could be escorted out by Mr..
Bursum's faithful lieutenant, the for
mer sheriff of Socorro county, who
now serves the people of New Mexico
and his government as the sergeant
at arms of the house, The sixteen
men who stand with the machine in
the house voted for the resolution
The seven men who oppose the ma
chine voted against IT. Some of the
seven talked against it, and this was
trifle unfortunate, for in the talk
ing the motives of Mr.. Holt and the
machine in desiring the resolution
were shown up so plainly that the
affair took on the air of opera bouffe
Mr.. Hudspeth, of Lincoln county,
spoke briefly on the resolution out
lining very clearly Mr. Holt's posi-
ton.
"If any man has made false state
ments." said Mr.. Hudspeth, about
{ this house or any of its members, II
he has DETAINED anyone there are
laws to which these men have re-
course. The doors of the house
should not be closed 10 anyone, and
especially not to the leading paper Of
New Mexico.
Then Mr. Holt delivered himself Of
one of the most interesting Of the
many speeches he has made during
this session, in which he attempted
to justify his course. and the course
of the machine he represents.
There are laws" he said, but this
is neither the time nor the place to
invoke them, but | surmise that these
laws Will be invoked at the proper
time"
Having added this threat to his res
olution. Mr.. Holt proceeded to assert
/ that the house had the power to ex-
clude anyone from the floor or the
/ galleries. The personal nature of the
whole affair then came to the front.
Mr.. Holt speaking in the first person.
said that he did not resent fair criti-
cism but that the representative of
| the Morning Journal had misrepres-
ented him and the members Of the
! house and had done considerable