Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-17
PEACE REIGNS
No LONGER IN
SANTA FE
ROW IN HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker Calls on Sergeant at
Arms to Suppress Mr. Roberts
Who Questioned Alleged
Arbitrary Ruling,
Morning journal Bureau.
The Palace Hotel,
SANTA Fp y Al March i6

Inc ibisttt iibAtlt
Santa he y. NJ March l6
The peace ana harmony which have
reigned In the house of representatives
for the past ten days came to a sud
den and sensational finish this after
noon when Mr Roberts. of Colfax
county refused to submit to " hat he
declared TO be an arbitrary ruling
py the speaker and refused to take
his seat upon being called out of or
der. MIR Roberts was upon his feet
raising a point of order and the
speaker took the somewhat eXtraordi-
NARY stand that his point Of order was
out of order Mr.. Rohcrts refused TO
directed the sergeant nt-arms to order
him to take his seat As the sergeant
alarms approached him. Mr.. Roberts
called upon the house to exercise It's
authority and the members voting
with him upon tho question at issue,
Immediately gnNe every indication
that they intendcd To sustain him. The
members and others on the floor
llockcd around Mr. Roberts and for
an instant the situation was tense.
Mr. ChaNes. nf sierra county. how
ever. saved the situation hy motion
TO adjourn, which the speaker imme-
dlaIelN put and declared carried
the incident tonight and it may have
an unfortunate eftcct upon legislation
during the last frW hours Of the scs-
sion, although % majority ut the mum-
hots tonight are luclised To counsel
moderation and to take a camrr view
of the situation There have been
several lonW conferences among mem
bors tonight are Inclined To counsel
licVed that the situation VIII have
been harmOnized to somc extent at
least by the time the house meets to-
morrow morning
More or less feeling WAS eneendcred
as tho result ~ q motion mad Va MI
liushhevit1 that The speaker appoint
two additional mcmhers on the steer
ing committee Mr. Roberts raised
the point OF order tdat tho steering
committee had been appointed under
special rule and tlut u would roe
utiire "a tWo-thirds vote TO change or
modify that rule Mr. Mrabal OBJ
iccted to the point OF order ana de-
clured that the members of the house
should change the rules at pleasure.
Mn Roberts replied that II tho
members of the house were not sitt-
lsticd With the work OF the commit
tee they had the privilege of rcmoN-
ing the members Mr. Sanchez took
the view that additional mpmbcrs
would make The work easier and
troubled waters with the statement
that the desire 10 name two additional
members on the committee aid not IN
uicate amy lack of confidence in the
present memhcrs but that hc thought
the present steering committee had
too much of q monopoly spirited
dohto followed In which a number Of
members took park but the motion
was finally defeated 10y vote of IA
to 10, the following voting against
the motion Messrs Baker, lilaitman
BrlCc Brown. ChaNCs Of Sicrra iia-
wilson Moffett Muiiens, Roberts.
stack housg. SWrrlN Iipt0n. Walters
aud tho speaker voting IN the Mega
tive 'rhc inspiration for motion 70
Increase the steering committee ap-
pears To have been based partly upon
discomfort upon the part of Mr.. Bush-
krVit1 because certain bills introduced
bv him had not been reported out
Of tho steering committee. In this,
Mr. }uahkcVitz appears 20 haNc had
the support of number or members
having bills which tho committee has
not yet brought out The situation
seemed to have been disposed of sat-
isfactorily when Mr Swtezy moved
to reconsider the vote by which house
bill No. 2S4 had been put upon the
table This is a general educational
bin introduced by Mr.. Bricc and was
tabled bv the house this morning The
sneaker ruled that the bin could not
hc called up because IA legislative day
had not ELAPSED An appeal was taxi
en- from tho decision of the chair
and after some discussion the roll call
was ordered tuon the roll cali a
number of members spoke upon the
question and tho dcbnte became
somewhat hoated. THE rude wos quot
ed "a number Of times ana the vote
resulted II 10 10 against sustaining
the chair. The speaker then said
that il rcauirod % twa-thlrds vote To
overrulc dccisios of the chair =
was then that the situation reached its
climaN
Alr Roberts rose tp make a point
of order upnn the la4t decision of the
speaker. upon thc tWo-tlirds rule,