Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-22

llaamrs - they hare neEeE h@ea aDsn
Ore a~fnrm. Oar capacity TT seA-
gusevnment IL @ trial - Il s@VeT
Ihas Tea osfore. Oar fItness f0T state
bod vii he judged BY results Il our
legislative aetians. We mast &A@w
the eoagre@s of TO- rnite4 States
tia, ~ are not oaly able 10 take
care It ourselves. but that we can
malnaln . goEeEasnent whieh wttl he
In credit 90 she coantry at large.
In this behalf desire to call ut
teasloa 10 the fart that there IL BOZ
penalng before congress Legislation
whieA lbs for lie purpose the pFohaSh-
,lon IT gambling I'm the territories. n
gambling Is al evil which should be
Ieradicated. and I believe il h. then
Ne should ourselves eradicate H. 81
as q - commentary upon The nor
ais Of our people. that congress IL Fo,
quired to interfere In our purely 10
leal affairs and regulate evils against
which We ourselves should legtslate.
IL think WE should al q very early
date enact lass which abolish the
system Of licensing gambling and In
stead 1hertuf prohibit it entirely.
ia considering legislation. | also
desirs briefly to call your attention
To what has been a practice In pre-
!ceding legislatures In creating or a.
tenpss az creating territorial educa'
tlonai institutions. The temptation
lof individual members 10 commemor'
ate their services 10 their particular
constituents by having an education
al institution located within their
county In strong. but exceedingly ex'
pensive. New Mexico has now o
than sufficient institutions Of higher
learning. The present wants Of our
people In a better administration OF
the commnn school system. 80 that
every child will be given a good
leommon school education and there
by be better fitted to enter upon the
duties Of life.
An industrial school would fili a
long felt want In New Mexico.
After the conclusion OF the speech,
president Spless called for the nom
lination OF n chief clerk and sergeant
alarms. and w. II. Martin. Of socor'
70. and Perfecto Esquibel. Of Rio Ar
riba county. were selected for the re
~lspective positions. perfecto ]. Chav'
= q 1, of Valencia county. was chosen
interpreter for the council.
The council then adjourned unit
1880 In the afternoon. at which time
a committee Of five was appointed Il
wait upon his exceliency. the COVER
nor. and to Inform him that the coun
ell was organized aud ready for any
Communication that he desired ts
make 10 them. II was also decided
. Mt this session that all business
would be transacted under the rules
of the legislative assembly of 1906
until the rules committee of the pre-
sent session was appointed and re
ports.
At the first session, Presiden.
, Spiess threw a bomb into the rank,
\ Of the territorial gambling elcmen
by fe~arlessly advocating the passag'
, of an antl.gambling law.
House Of Representatives.
. Immediately after the adjournmen
! of the council at q: 35, the house o
representatives was convened by Sec
rotary Reynolds, followed by an invo
Q cation by Rev. FIR. RabeyIolle. Thu
same proceedings were witnessed her,
v as were In the converting of the uppe
a house. Representative W. Il. DENIM
y son OF San Miguel county was the onl!
one who failed to respond to his name
and he sent a message stating that h
was delayed by a railway wreck tina
had blocked traffic. He will probabl.
be In tomorrow.
The members were duly sworn II
and a motion was made that the re
publican caucus nominee for speaker
Roman l.. Baca. of Santa Fe, be nam
ed by the assembly. The speaker wa
r quickly named and escorted by a com
Y mittee of three to the chair, which h