Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-16
COMMITTEES WOULD
INVESTIGATE SOME
OF THE SCHOOLS
House Passes Resolution Pro-
viding for Examination
Of Higher lnSti-
tutiOnS.
COUNCIL FAvORS
ECONOMY IN SCHOOLS
Resolution Providing for Investi-
gdtion With That Object
In View Was Passed
This After
noon.


bills werc reported for passage by
the committees having them n
charge when the House met this
morning Two bills Of minor import
ance We're passed, and after the pas
sage of a resolution condemning the
author of newspaper article and
the paper which reproduced it, the
House adjourned until afternoon.
Both the Council and the House
held busy sessions this afternoon.
Four new bills were introduced in the
House, the most important of which
was one by Gallegos. having for its
object the establishment and MAIN
tenance of poor farms i'm several
counties Of the territory.
After considerable debate the
House passed a resolution by San
chez providing for the investigation
of several educational institutions by
a point committee of three members
from each house. A separate commit
tee is to visit each institution, which
would take about all the members Of
the Legislature for the committees
II Is proposed that the investigations
shall be made between Thursday and
Monday of a certain week.
The Council passed Navarro's reso-
iution providing for rigid investiga-
tion of higher educational institu-
tiOns that more economy may be had
in their conduct The Council also
passed substitute for Council bill 81,
reconsidered yesterday, an act vail
dating acts of county treasurers. Five
new bills We're introduced.
Late this afternoon the House took
up for consideration the archaeology
school bill for action on the amend
ments made thereto by the Council.
A motion by Mirabal to refuse to
concur in the amendments was lost
by a vote of IA to and a motion
that the amendments be concurred
in was lost by vote of 13 to 3. A
motion by Mirabal to have a commit
tee of confer with like commit
tee from the Council to agree on a
report on the amendments carried,
and Mirabal. Baca and Brice were
named on the committee. 1t is be-
lieved the bill will eventually pass,
though there is considerable opposi-
tion to in the House.
The Council adjourned over until
tomorrow but at a late hour the
House was still in session.
Bribery Charge Stirs House.
While both the Council and the
House held busy sessions yesterday
afternoon, the House furnished the
most excitement which was precip-
itated by the Walters resolution to
postpone indefinitely action on all
county bills and requiring two
thirds vote of the House to take up
any such measure for consideration.
In explaining the purpose of his res
oIutiOn, MI Walters made an unfor-
tunate break, when he stated that the
real purpose of the resolution was to
thwart any attempt that he had heard
might be made to buy the votes of
certain members for the purpose of
passing county bills. Just where Mr..
Walters heard that certain members
might be bought is not known eX-
aetiy. He himself said he had heard
ii reported about the streets but he
made no definite charge. Nj. Baker
of Guadalupe only made matters
worse when he made a motion that
the speaker name a special committee
of threesto summon witnesses and in
yestlgate the charge of attempted
bribery After Speaker Miera had
explained the motion and had cited
its purposes as being a further re-
Election on the members, the naming
of such a committee being in the
way of recognition of the charge Of
bribery, the House voted to strike
the motion from the records.
The only other feature of the after
noon session yesterday was the pass
age of a bill introduced by Speaker
Miera. appropriating $3S,500 for the
completion of the extension to the
capitol. to pay for furnishing the ex-
exutice mansion, to pay the deficit in
the purchase price of the land upon
which the mansion stands and to
connect up the addition Of the capitol
TO the main building by means of
corridor There was not vote reg
istered against this bill, although last
week identically the same measure,
introduced by Mr.. Baca, was defeated
by a tie vote. Mr Baca in explaining
has vote stated he knew that his
measure was defeated out of spite
work and because he had introduced
it, but said he did not care about the
rebuff; that such little, narrow mind