Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-12
Says He Has No Evidence That
Corporate or Special Inter
eSts Are at Work Among
Convention Delegates,
LAMBASTS MALEFACT0RS
OF SUPERFLU0US VEAL TIL
Majority Report Of Committee
on Rules Adopted After Fight;
Democratic 0ratQry Makes
WeIkin Ring in Capitol,

( Especial Dispatch 10 the Morning Journaii
I Santa Fe. n A., Oct 1.-THE adop-
/ tion OF the majority report Of the COM
mittee on rules and some rousing old
time democratic orations occupied the
! time of this afternoons session OF the
constitutional convention. Mr.. Fer
gusson introduced minority report
| from the committee on rules which
was signed by the democratic mem
! bers OF that body: and while no fail
ed in his fight to secure the adop-
| tion OF the report he did secure an
unlimited opportunity to discriminate
some democratic thunder for the ed
ilication Of the members of the con
vention Mr.. Ferguson denounced
corrupt corporations which he declar-
cd were now aud had been for Years
interfering with the lawmaking bod
les of the country. lie traced the
Shiny trail OF bribery into the [. S.
senate and pointed to the recent eX
posures in Piitsburg as an example
of corruption run riot After Mr.
FERGUSON had talked for about an
hour, Delegate Martinez Of Taos call
ed attention to the rule which pro-
Vided that no member should speak
for more than fifteen minutes AT one
time or more than twice on the same
subject Mr.. Fail secured unanimous
consent for Mr. Ferguson to continue
and that gentleman Mt once launched
into an argument for direct legisla
tion. the initiative referendum, etc.
branching off occasionally 10 praise
the insurgent republicans and to de-
nounce the malefac ctors OF great
wealth. At the conclusion of his
speech Margarito Romero of san Mi
guel wanted to know If Mr., Fergus
son was in favor of statehood at this
time. Mr.. Ferguson replied in the
affirmative but explained that if he
could not secure what he considered
the proper kind Of government ut this
time, he preferred to wait until such
time as there would be no question
about securing it. IN response to q
question by Mr.. Bursum, Mr.. Fergus
son denied having supported Roose-
Welt in the last election.
At this stage or the proceedings
Mr.. Fan arose 70 ask for a bill OF
particulars as to the charge that cor
rupt corporate interests were at work
in the convention. Mr.. Fergussd1l
said that ne based his charge an the
CHARMING frtukness. which he admir-
ed with which NTessrs Fan and
spiess had admitted their cornorote .
connection on the opening day OF the
.convontion AIr Ferg,,sson aftsr-
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