Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-03
STORM
BREAKS OUT
IN HOUSE
MEMBERS IN UPROAR OVER
MOTION TO ADJOURN
Ruling of Speaker That House
Has Adjourned Sustained by
Margin of One Vote; Brown.
Returns to the Attack.
Morning Journal Bureau,
The Palace Hotel,

SANTA re. y. NJ, ItD4
Not at all discouraged by his two
| sharp turndowns in the house ves-
terday afternoon. when his two-thirds
rule on appropriation bills and his
Union county line bin were referred
| to committees in sharp succession,
Representative Brown OF Union coun-
| ty returned to the attack this morn
| ing. having with him ten members,
who appeared ready to follow him to
the limit
The session of the house was short,
and ended in storm of small pro-
portions, but of unusual violence while
| 1t lasted. The journal was read in
English and spanish and Immediately
after reading il, Mr. Roberts of Col
fax, made a motion to adjourn until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. lm-
mediately the speaker started to put
the motion. but Mr. Brown, of Union,
moved to amend to adjourn until
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock The
speaker held that the motion had
been put and could. therefore. not
be amended, and hammered out his
decision that the house had ad-
journed
In an instant Mr.. Browi, Mr.. Val
dez, of san Miguel and Mr.. Sanches,
of Valencia county, were on their
roll call They howled it out and
seemed prepared to jump on their
desks. Mr. Brown even got out in
front of the line of members to voice
his demand. The speaker finally
yielded 10 the demand, and the roll
was called 1t resulted in = votes
for Mi Roberts motion and II
against It,
Those voting for the motion were
Messrs Baca, Baker, Brce. Bushke-
vitz, Davidson, Moffott, Mulens, Rob-
erts, SWeezy Upton, walters, the
speaker Against it were Messrs.
Brown Blattman, Chaves, Of Valen-
cia, Chavcs, of Bcrnalillo, Gallegos,
Garcia Martinez. Mirabal Pacheco,
sanchez and valdez. Air Sla, knouse
was absent
There seems to be no particular
reason for the movement in the house
led by Mr.. Brown other than a desire
on his part and the part of the mem
bers with him to take an active hand
in the proceedings.
one member of the eleven this
morning placed it upon the ground Of
arbitrary rulings by the speaker. AM
other gave as a reason that the two
thirds rule had been turned down and
still another thought it was all right
to do something to make things in
teresting.
There has been decided effort
from some quarters here to delay
Legislation, but the men who were
most active in this effort are not be-
hind the insurgent movement at all,
which Mr. Brown says is not an in
surgent movement, but movement
by majority of the republican mem
bers. The only result of the sharp di
vision thus far has been the delay OF
one or two bills which are pending,
1t is understood that reports were
expected from one or two committees
this morning, and that it was the in
tcntion of the Brown forces to side
track the bills reported.
If this is true, Mr.. Roberts motion
to adjourn the house stopped the
plan. The difference in the house is
not serious as yet There is really no
Legislation of general importance
pending and it seems probable that
the small sized tempest which cul-
minated this morning is more than
else the lack of anything
more important to do
II was stated this morning that the
Brown forces took their position in
an effort to defeat or delay action on
the Albuquerque armory bill, This. |
however is not true since Of the mem |
bcrs who voted with Brown. a major !
ity were in favor Of the bill includ- |
liS tHt tNo HltHpDtIS lfoin bernalll- |
10 county, Mr. Mirabal and Mr.. San !
chez, Of Valencia. and Mr.. Brown. !
himself. who has said that he intend |
ed to vote for the bill. The bill Is |
in the hands of Mr. Upton, chairman |
of the finance committee who in |
tends to report it as son as he has |
an opportunity to call a meeting OF
that committee. two members of
which. Mr.. Stackhouse and Mr.. Bus
kevitch, have been out of town un- |
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