The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-13
COMMITTEE is APPOINTED
TO STEER BILLS IN HOUSE
Governor Does Not Approve Of Council Bill Regarding
the Dissertation of Graves
Upton Introduces Jim Grow" Measure But II Fails
TO Create Any Sensation
Special to the News

Special to the News
As was predicted both the house
and the council started the work
OF the week with rush, both hold.
ing sessions until late in the after.
noon each day. The feature oi
the councils session was the pas
sage OF house bill I2A, by Walters,
the indctermlnate sentence and
parole law, and council Joint r.so.
luton No. I3, providing Tor chang
ing the wording on the monument
IN the plaza AT Santa lfe to read
Confederate or Confederatea where
now the words Rebel or Rebels
appear. In ,he house outside o, a
large number OF new bills there was
nothing OF special interest unless
the nm Crow bill Introduced by
Mr.. Upton might be taken as some
thing out ot the ordinary. This
bill provides Tor the furnishing oi
separate coaches on all passenger
trains Tor carrying white and negro
passengers, and is patterned sitter
the Oklahoma law. A big batch
OF local option petitions were pre-.
sented IN both houses and these
were referred to the committee ON
territorial affairs where all peti.
tions Tor a local option liquor law
have been sent.
a number OF committees made
reports on bills sent to them lor
consideration, showing that the
members put the days between last
Thursday and yesterday alternoo,
to good use. In the house these
reports were especially numerous.
Owing TO the nearness OF the end
oi the session, a steering com.
mitt,c in the council was provided
Tor III resolution by Hanley,
which was passed under suspension
OF the rules. President Spiess
named the following members
tnis committee: Latron, Hanley
Navarro, Gallrgos aud Melee.
In the house, Representative,
Brown ln,r due, d a resolution,
which was passed under suspensiur
oi tue .fut,s, wh'cL ,rovIdes thai
hereafter all bills Introduce d shall
not he printed or translat, d, bul
at Gnce referred to a proper com,
mitiee Tor consideration. lhi,
vii expedite business N the hous,
considerably.
The governor Monday vetoed
council bill No. 5, by Navarro
prohibiting the dcseCration OF
graves. This j. the hrst blll To b.,
vetoed by the executive. In,
governor announced having signed
several other bulls. He was stll
unable TO be- at his office toda,
but expects to be out tomorrow,
AT that time he is expected to an.
nounce his appointment OF tern,
torial officials.
In the council Tuesday after.
noon the omnibus educational bill
drafted by the committee on educa
ton was introduced. II carrie.
no appropriations, but includes al
oil the recommendations made b,
the territorial board OF education
provides that school elections shal
he held IN June, instead oil April
and that each. teacher attendin,
summer school shall receive $50
This bill takes the place OF al
other educational measures and IT.
passage by both houses is assured
House bill ~, the obIectionabl,
Jury bill, came up in the council
being resomri ended Tor passag,
as amended. Hanley objected tC
the bill, asking time to examine i
and it went over until tomorrow.
IN THE COUNCIL
Every member was present will
the exception OF Mr.. Mechem, whC
has been confined by phneumonii
Tor two weeks past and who likel,
will not be allie To attend any NOR,
sessions oil the present assembly
A number OF petitions praying To-
the enactment oi local optloI
liquor law was introduced and re
ieTred. \ petition was also intro
duced by Price, protesting aedins
the mutilatlon oi the soldiers monu
ment in the plaza at Santa Fe.