Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-03
BROWN Of UNION CO.
WAS JUST FOOl|NG
THE REGULARS
Says His InsurreCtlon YeSter-
day Was Only TO Gre.
ate a Little Ex-
Citeinent.
NEW COUNTY BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Both Houses Hold Busy Sessions
and Adjourn Until TonOr-
roW-A New County
Is Partly Gre
dted.

Santa Fe, ~ NJ. Feb. 3.--The fea-
ture of todays session of the leglsa-
ture was the passage in the House of
q bill by Bushkevitz, providing for
the creation of Bent county out Of
parts of Union, Mora and San Miguel
counties, with Roy as the county
seat. The bill passed by vote of IA
to 10, those voting against the meas
ure being Blattman, Brown, Gallegos,
Garcia, Martinez, Mirabel Mullens,
Pacheco Sweeney and Valdez. The
original bill provided that the county
be called Curry, but because another
new county bill bore this name, it
was decided to name the proposed
new county Bent, in honor of the
first American governor of the ter
ritory. The committee reconstructed
the bill and the measure passed is in
reality a substitute for the original
bill. There was no debate.
A large delegate from Roy arrived
at noon to work for the new county.
Unless opposition to the bill in the
Council can be overcome, it will fail
of passage.
The insurgent movement, which
yesterday threatened to disrupt the
lower body, disappeared over night
and all was serene today. Representa-
tive Brown today denied the move
ment was to olock legislation or elns
barrass the administration, but was
simply a good-natured contest to en-
liven the session Of the House. He
says he is for good legislation first,
last and all the time.
House bills Is and 23. to amend
t,h1 1AI
resolution providing for the printing
and distribution of literature on New
Mexico to members of Congress was
passed and goes to the governor for
his signature. A resolution providing
for joint session of both houses
Thursday afternoon instead of today
for hearing lecture by DR.. Hewitt,
passed joint memorial addressed to
Congress and praying for the pas
sage of the statehood bill was adopt
ed. This memorial was introduced
in the Council by Hanley.
Nine new bills We're introduced in
the House today, bringing the total
up to S6. The most important bill
was by Baca, and provides for the
appropriation tOtalling $4,000, to be
used to complete the extension to the
capitol and the governors mansion.
When the two bodies met this af-
ternoon, both transacted considerable
business and then adjourned until to-
morrow, the House to meet in the
morning and the Council in the af-
ternoon. At the session this after
noon six new bills were introduced in
Ae Council and two in the House
Council in Harmony.
After plodding along in the path
of the simple life for two weeks New
Mexico's legislature has taken on
lively aspect. or at least the lower
body of the assembly has. The first
real outbreak took place yesterday
morning in the House and strife
took the place of harmony. Repre-
sentative Brown, of Union county
had, over night it seems, marshalled
a considerable force of insurgents
and the regulars gave him a chance
to show his strength at the Tuesday
morning session, when roll call was
had on a motion to adjourn either
until today at 10 o'clock or Thursday
NJ olring at ten. The regulars won
the preliminary skirmish by a vote
of ~ to IL and the House adjourn
ed until this morning at 10 O'Clock
instead Of tomorrow morning as Mr.,
Brown and his forces demanded. The
regulars would have had another
vote, making thirteen in all, had Mr..
Stackhouse been present,
In remarkable contract to the fric-
tion in the House is the manner in
which the Council is getting along.
Everything so far as surface indica-
tions go is apparently serene In the
upper body of the assembly. Even
the Democratic minority working in
harmony with the Republican ma
iority.
The Council wastes little time
when in session. Yesterday afternoon
in the course of half an hour that
body cleaned up its slate for the day.
Its work for the afternoon follows
in detail
All members were present upon
roll call. The reading of the jour
nal C the previous days session was
dispensed with and the journal was
approved.
President Spiess presented a Pc
tition to the members, from the San
Ia Fe Archaeological society, asking
their attendance at an illustrated
lecture last night at which DR.. Edgar