Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02
representative Browns Effort
10 Adopt the Two Thirds
Rule Turned Down by Vote Of
Eleven to Eleven,
UNION COUNTY BILL
MEETS SAME FATE
Many Bills Introduced in Busy
Afternoon Session. Council
Passes Bill to Aid Campaign
Against Chambers,

Santa Fe \. NJ. Feb. /
The third week Of the legislative
session opened with an active little
scrap in the house Of Representatives
this afternoon, when Representative
Brown led a vigorous effort to pass
q resolution under suspension Of the
rules providing that in the future it
would require two-thrds vote for
the house to take up any appropria-
tiou bill.
The house refused to suspend the
rules by a vote OF eleven to eleven
ANA Mr. Browns resolution was
promptly referred to the committee
on rules Of which Speaker Miera is
the chairman
Back of the effort to pass this reso-
luton seems to be the desire on the
part Of Mr. Brown and one or two
other members Of The house to re-
taliate against the council for the
passage last week of u resolution
providing that it shall require a two
thirds vote Of the council to consid-
cr county division legislation. Mr..
iiroNu leasing tn. fight to eseat' TAFT
county. There was more than this
behind the effort however. there hav-
inc been considerable discussion oil
this measure and of other policies for
conducting business in the house with
in 4 republican caucus a sharp d.
vision is understood to haNc occur
red within the caucus. and that isl
thought to have been the result Of an
effort to shut off one or two classes
of legislation which a majority of the
members of the house did not see fit
10 shut off. The passage of MT
Browns resolution this afternoon
might have resulted in a serious EN-
barrassmcnt Of number Of impor-
tant measures. among them the AL !
buquorque armory bill which has mol
serious opposition in the house, but
which might have been effected by
the rnle
Nj. Brown introduced his rcsolu
tlon soon after the session opened ana
Immediately moved the suspension of
the rules for its passage There was
no discussion. but the result Of the
vote was II to II. the following mem |
hers voting against suspensions
Messrs. Baca Baker, Brice, Chatcs
~ Bernalillo. Davidson Mottott Mu'-
lens Roberts Sweezy Pitkin the
speaker Mr.. Stackhouse and Mr. |
Gushkcyitz were absent,
Union County BilI il stopped.
Toward the end of the session an
other effort BY Mr Brown to sus-
pend the rules met with the Same
fate. the house refusing to suspend
the rules by vote Of II to / This
was upon amended house bill No. 70,
which had Just come back TO the
spcakcrs table from the council. This
bin was passed first last week by the
house aud as originally passed pro-
vidcd for the return to Union county
hy Quay county of Logan and Nara
Visa townships In the council tn"
bin was amended SO as TO take back |
o Union county only Logan town
ship representatives of the two coun-
ties having reached an agreement
whereby Union county should get
back its township and also the fitteen
thousand dollars in bonds provided
for when the two townships were
transferred to QUAY county two years
ago. Mr. Brown at once moved that
tho bin be taken out of its regular
order and passed. and moved To sus-
nvnd the rules for that purpose. Mf
Mirahal said that before he voted on
iho bin he wanted to know what th'
amendments were Mr.. Baker. OF
Guadalupe county objected 10 hurry
ng the bill because he said h. wanted
to hear from his constituents first
The motion 10 suspend the rules was
lost, Mcssrs Baca, Baker, Brice.
Davidson. Moffctt Mullcns Roberts
Sw,ezy Pitkin. Walters and the