Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-09

NllA tdkluB away the poNeES OF the
interstate commerce commission. that
ne legislature could not fix railroad
fares in New Mexico.
The house seemed 10 think differ
emily. Tor again the vote was the solid
- to ; in favor OF immediate consid-
Grafton Of the bill
Mr. Beach then moved TO take a
recess to 1870 O'clock He made a
circuit of the house on this motion.
and apparently a campaign of filibps-
tering was inaugurated. for edch
member OF the machine remnant pro-
eeeded to explain his vote with elab-
prate care.
Mr.. Holt on this roll call made the
statement that no member had ever
isked the committee on railroads to
report the bin as house bill No. l6.
Mr. Hudspeth stated that he had
asked Chairman Beach to report it,
and had failed to receibe any salts
faction. The motion to take a recess
was lost, IL to :.
Mr.. Abbott. Of Santa Fe. then
moved to postpone consideration of
he bill till Tuesday. He wanted to
know if the men who favored il were
afraid TO give time for consideration.
II was pointed out to Mr.. Abbott
during this roll call that house bill
No. /. introduced by Mr. Beach. the
district attorney bill, had not been
considered for three days or even for
one session.
Mr.. Abott. of Colfax county. the
only members of the former minor
ity, who voted against this bill, eX-
planned here that he was in favor of
legislation looking to better railroad
service, but that he could not vote
for a three-cent railroad fare. as he
believes it would hamper the progress
and DEVELOPMENT of the territory
Mr., Beach explained that he was
chairman of three standing commits
tees and that he was very busy. He
said he had tried to get the railroad
committee together and that he had
failed in an effort to get the commit
tee to do anything with the Hudspeth
bill That he said was his reason for
introducing the new bill and seeking
to force it's consideration by the
house. Beach asked if Gallegos would
yield to a question. Mr.. Gallegos re-
fused
Mr.. Holt then made another plea
for deliberation and time in the course
of which he sought to show Mr.
Gallegos to be inconsistent by Show
ing his effort to get a slice off Union
county in order to get railroad prop
erty for taxation. Mr.. Gallegos has
succeeded in passing through the
house his bill doing just the thing re-
ferred to.
Replying to Mr., Holt, Mr., Hudspeth
said; 81 am delighted to findl the
gentleman from Dona Ana advo-
eating deiberation. | am willing to
use today and Monday and Tuesday
for consideration of this bill and in
seeing whether we shall charge the
people of New Mexico cents a mile
or 8 cents mile for riding on tho
railroads The gentlemen have not
had time in the past month to read
the printed bill which has been before
them. There is no reason to expect
them to read it now. | will say for
the Gentlman from Quay (Mr.
Gallegos) that he has been before the
committee on railroeds, and he knows
where they stand. He knows it does
not take a month to make uo their
minds on any bill. He believes as l
do that their minds are fully made
up on this bill and that there is no
changing them.
This is not 'raihpaGing.' 1t Is get
ting hearing for the people,
Replying to Mr., Abbott of Santa Fe,
who again protested against rail-
roading" the bill, Mr.. Ruppe said:
'T will say that the reason for rail
roading this bill Is because we haYe
band wagon vote of II. | will say
to him now, as he said to me in the
first day of this session: Get on the
band wagon"
1t was upon this roll call that Mr..
Sanchez of Taos. spoke in defense OF
the bill, making one of the ablest
speeches of the session. which al
though it was marred by poor inter-
preting, was still an able defense of
the measure.
Mr. Ahbott's motion to postpone
consideration until Tuesday was lost
II to 5. Mr. Abbott then moved to
adjourn. This resulted in a long par
lamentary wTangle and the motion
was finally lost, 10 to 3. Only Beach,
Holt, and Abbott of ColfaX voted for
the motion.
Both Holt and Abott of Santa Fe
here offered to amend the bill, but the
speaker declared amendments out of
order since the bill had passed its
third reading.
The previous question was ordered
and the roll call on the passage of
the bill began. Both Abbott of Santa
Fe and Holt began to speak but the
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speaker was as arbitrary today as he
has been throughout the session, us
ing the hammer freely.
'I am sincere in offering this
amendment" pleaded Mr.. Holt.
80 am l sincere" said Speaker
Baca. "I'd like to be with you, but
| can't
And so the vote on the final pas
sage was taken and the bill passed
by a vote of 1S to 8. Only Abbott of
! ColfaX, Studley and Holt voted
against it,
The house then adjourned until
| Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Gallegos conducted his cam
paign for this bill quietly but with
evident thoroughness. His friends re-
manned solidly with him from the be-
ginning to the end and at the end he
| had with him all of the house but
three. The proceeding this afternoon
| was in striking and interesting con-
] trast with that which has marked the
| business of the house under Mr.. Holts
management during the preceding
| days of the session.
! Council AdiOuPns to Monday.
| The council this afternoon, after a
short session in which several minor
bills We're passed, adjourned until
! Monday at 3 o'clock.
The following bills were passed:
Council bill No. 95. by Mr.. Spiess
an act to amend section "a of chapter
. of the laws of 1901 relating to the
/ surveying of railroads.
| This bill was passed under sus-
pension Of the rules, Mr.. Richards vo-
ting no.
House bill No. 167, to amend house
bill 95, passed during the week and
requiring a license for selling liquol
in buffet cars The amendment was
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