The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-23
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and a number of bills which had
been agreed upon were never intro
duced in the house. 1t was intended
to pass a law providing for govern
ing board for the penitentiary which
should have the power to appoint a
superintendent without reference to
the governor and the superintendent
had evea been selected in the person
of r. c. Garrett who was assistant
superintendent under Mr.. Bursum
One of the largest bills introduced
in the council provided for the ap-
pointment of persons to full vacan-
cies in county offices by the boards
of county commissioners and this was
amended in the house SO that even the
| vacancies in the boards of county com
missioners would be filled by the re-
naming member or members of the
! board The bill was vetoed on account
of this feature and it was finally pass
ed as originally introduced and was
! signed by the governor who was all
along in favor of the appointment OF
county officers by the boards OF coun-
\ ty commissioners. Another law which
was figured on by the opposition was
a pardon board which should deter
mine as to pardoas to be granted.
| In short it was planned to tie the
governor hand and foot and to secure
mis- removal if possible
The plans of the organization have
failed utterly. The governors appoint
ments, which his opponents were so
sure would not be confirmed, have all
been confirmed and the flood of bills
which were to have been passed over
his veto did not materaihze.
Up to the beginning of the last
week of the legislature there had
been signed by the governor about
three dozen bills, but in the last few
days a large number of bills were put
through both houses under a suspen-
sion OF the rules and the total legisla-
ton passed by this legislative assem-
bly, will not fall short of the average
passed by New Mexico Legislatures
in recent years.
One of the first acts of the council
this week was the passage of a reso-
luton declaring that no more coun-
ty bills would be taken up at the ses-
sion but that did not deter the mouse
from passing the bill for the creation
of the proposed new county out of
parts of Eddy and Chaves. A slight
amendment was made TO the bill be-
fore passage and that was to change
the name of the proposed county from
Artesia to Newkirk. IIliS was done
out of Difference to Mn Na@l1irk who
has been working for til creation of
this county during aln-Os the entire
session OF the Legislature.
AT the night session OF houses
on Wednesday night the 5 esS anti
gambling bill was passed Ly a vote
of 81 to 2, Beach and Green voting
nay and Bierlbaum having absented
himself from the hall Just before the
vote was taken. The bill was reported
by the steering committee of the
house shortly after O'Clock and in
less than half an hour from the time
1t was taken up in the house it mad
been passed, half a dozen members
having spoken on the measure in the
meantime. The bill provides a fine of
not less than one hundred and not
more than five hundred dollars and
six months Imprisonment for violation
of the act. Biernbaum offered an
amendment substituting the word
''or" for and between the provision
for fine and Imprisonment so that
1t would read fine or Imprisonment.
The amendment was voted down by
an almost unanimous vote. In the
course of his remarks on this bill
Hudspetn stated that the bill fell far
short of mis- expectation and that he
wanted to vote for a bill which would
prohibit gambling, but that he would
vote for crumb rather than no leg
islation ON the subject. He had been
instructed to vote for any bill to pro-
hfbit gambling.
There was lively time in the house
of Representatives when House Bills
III and 49,, which mad been vetoed
by the governor, came up for action.
The solid seventeen" caucused for
nearly two hours on the question dur
ing which time Bursum was very
much il evidence Finally they were
hnf hod ho IN.
pass the measures over the veto and
the seventeen marched solemnly into
the house from the Speakers room
and took their seats.
Holt moved to reconsider the vote
by which House Bill No. 1T was
passed and, after this motion had car
ried, he raised himself slowly and
as majestically as his majestic form
would allow and moved that House
Bill No lit do now pass, the objec-
ton of the governor thereto notwith-
standing. Beach was on his feet in an
instant and read a carefully prepared
address, which had been typewriter
by somebody, in which he arraigned
the Governor and accused a ma
jority of the members of the coun-
Gil of being bought with Offices or
otherwise. Holt followed with anoth-
er violent address in which he pour
0Q out tilG NldlS III T1SAlSOuS WEdln
on the governor and some of the
members of the council. The address
was full of inspiration for democrats
and the smile on Hudspeth's face
kept growing until Holt had finished
when Hudspeth stated that in regard
to providing a road in Otero county
he thought it would be one of the best
expenditures of money for the pur-
bose possible and that he believed the
legislature would be justified ia ap-
propriating the money provided that
it would benefit the people in other
parts of the territory. He felt confid-
ent that there is not a county in the
territory which would not like to
have many miles of road constructed
at the expense of the territory. but
in his Judgment it is class legislation
and he believed that the territory is
too poor to appropriate money in this
manner for the benefit of some of the
counties. He thought that the tax-rate
is now sufficiently hign to please his
constituents and feared that If he
sofs ton, for