Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-29
GHOST Of
MILITIA WARRANTS
1t Stalks in the Convention
and Makes Trouble for
the Delegates.
SEVERAL SPIRITED CLASHES
Article on Schedules Is Adopted
at an Animated Four Hour
Session Today.

The report of the Committee on
Schedules was taken up this forenoon
in committee of the whole OF the
constitutional convention after some
parliamentary sparring between Pres
ident Charles A. Spiess and G. A.
Richardson. The twenty-one sections
of the article recommended for adop-
ton by the report of the committee
provide for the status of laws, prop
erty rights, government, ETC., during
the change from territorial form of
government to state, for the cleo
ton to ratify the constitution, for the
election of state officers after the con-
stitution is approved, and for the TAX
ing of office by the state officers. The
discussions while technical and most
ly confined to the lawyers of the con-
vention, were interesting though at
times bewildering for they were most
ly upon matters of legal construction,
a subject upon which it is difficult ev
en- for courts to agree. Upon the mat
ter of militia warrants however, it
took a sensational turn.
President Charles A. Spiess called
the convention to order shortly before
II O'Clock. Rev. julius Hartman led
in prayer. The reading of the min
utes was dispensed with.
Eufracio Gallegos presented the re-
port of the Committee on Ordnance
and Compact and it was ordered trans.
lated and printed
A resolution of A. A. Sedillo that
100 copies of all reports be printed in
Spanish, was adopted.
Solomon Luna moved that the CON
vention go into committee of the
whole and take up the report of the
Committee on Schedule.
G. A. Richardson raised the point of
order that the regular order of the
day cannot be set aside by the pre-
siding officer.
President Spiess replied that he
was not setting aside the regular or
der but that a delegate on the floor
has moved that the convention go in
to committee of the whole, which is
a highly privileged motion, and it is
up to the convention to decide wheth-
er the regular order is to be inter
rupted G. A. Richardson appealed
from the decision of the chair but his
of 81 to 21.
Committee of the Whole.
George S. Brown was called to the
chair After some parliamentary
wrangling the report accompanying
the article was adopted, and consid-
GRAFTON was taken up section by Sec
ton. The first and second sections
were adopted, although several ef-
forts to amend Section 2, as to word
ing, were made, and the debate for
time was lively.
This section had been formulated as
desired by representatives of railroad
employees and relates to the liability
of common carriers to their employees
in certain cases.
For Protection of Miners.
An amendment offered by James E.
Hall, to be known as section 8, pro-
vided for the extension to the state
of the federal act for the protection
of miners Charles Springer pointed
out that the territorial laws are even
more stringent in the protection of
miners than the federal act.
After discussion and several motions
by delegates, Mr.. Hall withdrew his
amendment, reserving the right to Of
fer it again at some other juncture.
An amendment to Section 8, by A.
A. Sedillos to strike out the words
''of the Territory of New Mexico"
failed by a vote of 81 to 46. Mr.. Sc
dillo feared that the section as adopt
ed would suspend the operation of
the Springer act.
A motion to rise and report prog
ress failed by 81 to 21 votes.
The Militia Warrants.
An effort by A. H. Hudspeth to
amend Section II, so as to make i'm
possible the payment of outstanding
militia warrants, caused considerable
discussion. He said that Thomas B.
Reed never signed bill referring to
New Mexico, unless he asked: "Any
militia warrants in this?"
Charles A. Spiess said that this was
not the proper place to make this pro-
vision; that every delegate is opposed
to the payment of these warrants.
H. B. Ferguson said that the con-
vention should go on record at every
opportunity against the payment of
the militia warrants and asked: ''Is it
not true that to one committee the
suggestion has been made that all
debts, valid and invalid, be assumed
by the state?'
H. o. Bursum called the attention
of the convention to the fact that the
!. compact wfthsthe new state made by
the enabling act, will prevent the
state from ever assuming or Ralidat-
ing or paying invalid militia war
rants.
H. NJ Dougherty forcefully and con-
vincingly showed that to mention the
militia warrants in this connection
would be giving them a certificate of
character and standing to which they
ara MT entitled would he saving