Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-17
HOUSE RESUMES WORK
WITH GOOD FEELING
RESTORED
UnpledSdntnesS of Yesterday
Had Entirely Gone When
Body Convened
Today.
GOVERNOR SIGNS
many new BILLS
Armory Appropriations Are Cut
Down at Request of Ex-
eCutive as Amounts,
We're Too
Large.

Santa Fe, y. NJ, March 17.-After
an all night conference between the
majority of the House members, dur
ing which yesterdays trouble in the
lower body was thoroughly threshed
out, harmony was restored by the
time the morning session was called
TO order and there was no repetition
of yesterdays scene. Governor Curry
and party leaders counseled against
any drastic measures and their eff
forts in behalf of harmony prevailed.
When the house convened this
morning. Representative Roberts i'm
mediately made a statement relative
to yesterdays trouble in which he
deplored all that had taken place. He
referred to alleged statements made
by Sergeant at Arms S. Baca, of So
Corro, and made a motion that un-
less Baca appeared before the House
| and made an apology that he should
he expelled. Speaker Miera called for
the sergeant at arms. who appeared
before the House and made an apol-
ogy, The apology was adopted and
he Incident closed.
Following Bacas apology the House
1 galleries and floor were cleared and
an executive session was held at
which resolution was adopted
amending the House rules so that a
majority vote could overrule any de-
cison Of the speaker.
Both Council and House transacted
| much business today. The most inn
pOrtant matter to come before the
House was the House finance com
| mittee substitute for the armory de-
| 1ciency bills amended by the Coun-
| ell. These amendments were con
| CURED in by the House and the bill
now goes to the governor for his sig
| nature. AS amended the appropria-
| tions are cut down 10000 East Las
Vegas gets but $500 and Las Cruces.
| Santa Fe, Silver City and Roswell
| $4,000 each, while $500 is set aside
| for fire insurance on the armories.
| The cut was made at the solicitation
| of the governor who thought the
| amounts asked for were eXorbitant
| Both houses passed a number of
| bills at the morning session. Includ-
| Cd among these was the Spiess bill
| revising school laws and a new game
law. The House also recOnsidered
| ana passed the Brice bill revising the
| school law, which was defeated yes
| terday
The governor sent his third veto
| message to the legislature today, he
| refusing to sign House bill No. 10,
| relative to the election of acequia and
| ditch commissioners. He announced
| having signed large number of
| measures, including the Walters good
| time allowance bill, an act amend
| ing the irrigation act and a bill pro-
| viding a board of examiners for ad-
| mission to the bar.
| Morning Session of House.
The morning session of the House
| yesterday was not as smooth as il
| might have been. House bill 236, by
| Brice, creating county school dis
| tricts and revising the school laws
| of the territory. was defeated after
| much debate by a vote of - to II.
| This measure was a most important
one and especially desired by the ter
ritoriaI board of education and those
| interested i'm education. 1t placed the
| educational system of the territory
upon systematic and up to date
| basis.
Five new bills were introduced as
| follows: House bill No. 2S3, Mirabal.
relating 10 qualifications OF officials.
| passed under suspension of the rules
by vote of 21 to ?, Brice and Rob
erts voting no, House bill No. 2S4,
Bushkeyitz and Blattman, for estab-
lishment of reform school at Wagon
Mound and abolishing such school
at FL Rito; House bill No 2S5, Pa
checo. an act regulating water rights:
House bill No. 2S6, by Sanchez. by
request, an act relating to collection
of back taxes, and House bill 2S7, by
Baker to promote irrigation develop
mcnt.
The following bills were passed
House bill No. 235, by Brice, allowing
cities To procure water for irrigation
purposes; House bill No. 254. Brice,