The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-11
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Special to the Daily Record.
Santa Fe, N. M. Mar. 1.-THE
committee on counties and county
lines is ready to report on several of
the new county projects. 1t is under
stood that the report will be made
either this afternoon or tomorrow on
Artesia, Foraker, Pyramid and Tor
rance. It is believed that the report
on the first three bills will be favor
able, and that these bills will pass
the house, but it is thought that the
Torrance county measure will be de-
feated by substantial majority.
A number of the leading citizens
of Union county were here last week
working to defeat the dismember-
ment of Union county, but they left
with little hope that the Foraker
county project could be defeated il
the house.
A bill providing for the dismember
ment of San Juan county has been
prepared, and it's introduction in the
house was threatened as a means to
whip into line Price Walters, repre-
sentative from San Juan county, who
has been opposing legislation for the
plunderbund from the first. In view
of the fact that the "solid seven
teen was badly smashed through
another untoward event which has
arisen to disturb the equa1imity of
the chief tooters in the band wagon,
it is not believed that the San Juan
county project will be introduced, as
it appears to be desirable that moth
ing should be done to cause further
defections from the organization. 1t
is going to be hard enough to keep
the members together without intro
ducing any new elements of diScord,
and the band wagon leaders will have
their resources taxed to the utmost
to preserve the vehicle from destruc-
ton.
Up to this time only three nomina-
tions have been sent in to the coun-
ell by the Governor, that of Terrific
rial Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton and two members of the board
of regents of the Normal School at
Silver City. The terms of number
of Territorial officials have expired,
as also have those of a number of
members of official boards. Although
the Governor is keeping his own
counsel, it is generally believed that
two or three of the present officials
will fail of re-appointment. The ap-
pointme-ts will, in all probability, go
in this week for confirmation.
There are now only nine more leg
islative days, and there remains
more business to be transacted than
has been done during all of the ses-
sion up to this time. The appropria-
ton bill which has been in the hands
of the committee on finance for II
days, and which has been changed
in a number of particulars, may be
reported this afternoon. The commit
tee worked on the measure Saturday
and Saturday evening in order to get
the measure ready to report. Since
the break in the organization forces
in the house there is a better pros
pect for the passage of the appropria-
ton bill. For more than a week after
the introduction of the bill it did not
appear probable that the measure
would pass, and it is by no means
certain now that it will get through.
II case it should fail of passage the
Territory would get along under the
provision that the appropriations
made for the past two fiscal years
by the last legislature would be ex-
tended for each subsequent fiscal
year until otherwise provided by law,
and the Territorial Auditor would
make levies sufficient to raise reve-
aue to meet the expenditures.
The new election bill is nearing
completion, AID will be introduced
this week 1t will cover all of the
ground covered by the present law in
regard to the registration of voters
and elections. and all of the laws now
in effect in the Territory will be re-
pealed should this measure pass the
legislature A committee from each
of the houses of the legislature. the
chairmen of botn the Territorial COM
mittees and the members of the New
Mexico Bar Association have labor
ed together in the framing of the
bill, which ought to cover the ground
pretty thoroughly, and which ought
to be a great improvement over the
old law.
{Signed) LOOMS.