Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-21
FIGHT OVER
TEXAS BOUNDARY
Committee VIII Spring Sem
sation in Constitutional
Convention
REFERENDUM MEASURE UP
Majority of Legislative Com
Majority of Legislative Com
mittee VIII Report in
Its Favor.

The convention will convene tomor-
row forenoon at ten o'clock, in the
first Saturday and the first forenoon
session it has held in the three weeks
since it convened. 1t will be most
important session as it is the last day
on which delegates may introduce
files. 1t is also likely ntat very inn
portant reports will be filed
The committees of the constitution
al convention have been making his
tory since yesterday afternoon. Last
evening the committee on Judiciary
met and by close vote of s to z, de-
cided that the three judges of the SUI
preme court shall be appointive in
stead of elective, shall serve twelve
years at salary of $500 year.
There were two proxies at the COM
mittee meeting. 1t is also practically
decided that the probate court will be
retained and the present system of
probate practice adopted until the
state legislature changes it
Referendum Expedient.
The committee on Legislation this
forenoon adopted a referendum meas
ure, which if enacted will place it in
the power of the people to nullify
any legislative act. Within ninety
davis q flor +ba q n io,, ~, N, ont of tho 1ao.
islature, upon petition of rs per cent
of the qualified voters in every judi
cial district of the state, the opera
ton of any law passed by that legisla-
ture, may be suspended until after it
has been voted upon at the following
general election. Upon petition of ten
per cent of the voters in every judicial
district filed at least four months be-
fore any general election, a law pass
ed by the preceding legislature may
be referred to the voters 1t is made
a felony for any unqualified voter to
sign such petition, or for any voter
to sign it twice, or to sign it in an
other judicial district or to sign a
wrong name.
This Will Rouse Texas.
The committee on Boundary is pre-
pairing for sensation that will stir
up Texas and that will interest the en-.
tire nation. 1t will report the 103
meridian as the true eastern boundary
of New Mexico, which will take in a
strip from half to two miles wide
and two hundred miles long that is
now under the jurisdiction of Texas
and in which such fiourishing towns
as Texline and FarWell are located.
Congress will have to decide the
boundary dispute and it is probable
that boundary commission will be
named. 1t is certain that the 103d
meridian is the historic boundary OF
New Mexico and that the land which
will be claimed is really part of this
commonwealth
Dissenters.
A minority report in favor of an un.
restricted referendum will be filed
from the committee on legislative de
partment by H. B. Ferguson who also
will report in favor of a legislature OF
Is senators and SO representatives
in place of "a Senators and 49 Repre-
sentatives favored by the majority
Otherwise, he will agree to the majori
ty report as published by the New
Mexican a few days ago. G. R. Brice
will also bring in a minority report or
the initiative and referendum, but
agrees to all the other clauses. A. B
Fall will dissent from the majority
referendum expedient.
Education Committee.
The committee on education met al
10 O'Clock this morning in the capitol
Col George w. Prichard, chairman
The object was to discuss the ques
ton of having separate schools fol
whites and negroes. 1t was an open
meeting and a number of visitors
were present and addressed the com
mittee. Delegate Stover, of Bernalille
county made plea for no separation
OF the races in the schools of the ter
ritory. He maintained that there is
no necessity for such separation.
The county school superintendent
of Roosevelt county, Mrs. Culberson
spoke in behalf of the separate schoo
proposition and told of the sentiment
in her part of the territory where
many southerners live. She made al
eloquent plea for such separation, stat
ing that it would really give the ne
gro an opportunity of being educated
that he would not otherwise enjoy
Superintendent Bishop of the Artesi;
city schools, who is here in the in
terest of the teachers of eastern New
Mexico, spoke in behalf of the separa
ton of the races.
The committee finally agreed tha
each district of the territory shoult
settle for itself the question of sepa
rate schools for whites and negroes
guaranteeing every protection to tn,
Spanish-speaking residents of tn
territory. The vote OF the committe,
was eight. to two in favor of this Pre-
vision. This provision is a modifica
tion of the file introduced by T. J
Mabry, delegate from Curry count,
and editor of the Clovis Journal. MI
Mabry said today in discussing tn
committees action: "This agreemen
meets with my entire approval and