Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-20
Now Believed Convention May
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Inns been bartered off for the election
Of new state Officers, therefore pc ~
"Regolped. that q separate submls-
sion plank be allowed on direct leg-
1slation to The end that the voters on
New Mexico may fully express thenn-
selves by the exercise OF thelr SOY
creign right"
The convention. whom i had reeov-
cred it's breath, decided that the ~
rering or the gentleman from Luna
was not tit matter Ia go into the jour
nal and il was returned To him. bul
not before Delegate Sedillo had made
'a somewhat fiery speech denouncing
the minority members in general, ana
Mr.. Upton IN particular Tor inslncer-
ity in their advocacy Of direct leels-
ation. when he said it was scarcely
possible to get two Of them TO agree
upon the same plan.
The resolution Of thanks TO the
committee on revision and arrange
ment was unanimously adopted. rms
committee has worked with tlreless
energy and almost continuously Tor
the past ten days, and the early al
%lournnent Of the convention Is que
IN no small mesure 70 its efforts.
The convention this afternoon
|AEAAl VIII VII t'hAN f'EftFftN |"' 't
the journal OF debate printed. This
proposition was introduced by Dele
gate Crist early In october and AZ mat
time was voted down after the gen
tleman from Rio Arriba had made
an argument which. il was estimated
would nave cost some tWenty-cight
dollars TO print. To-day the resOlu-
ton came from MI Catron who
wasted little time in arguing the
matter. II was objected to BY Dele
gate Richardson on the ground that
there would not be sufficient funds TO
pay for the work. The gentlemah
from Chaves wanted to know where
the money was to come from in the
event the people rejected the constl-
tuition ana the convention was forced
TO re.convene.
MIR. Catron had no fears Of the con
stitution being rejected. The republi-
cans, he said, were responsible for
the writing of IL. and they would bc
responsible for seeing hat it was
adopted. 10 this Mr.. Richardson rye
piled that he favored the printing ct
The speeches as g general proposition.
but objected most seriously to hay
ing the idea Suggested at the eleventh
hour, after it had been rejected early
in the session he resented the I'M
Dlication that his remarks about the
possibility of the ronvcution bcine
forced TO re|-conveue in amy way
Indicated an intention upcn his part
to Fight the constitution ana ~reitcr-
ated his determination 70 wait
.until the document had been complet-
cd before passing final judgment. Mr..
Richardson was perfectly willing that
the republicans should assume thc
responsibility for the constitution. hut
was certain that the people would
place the responsibility where II be-
longed. Delegate Hudspoth thought
that the convention should be more
fully advised as to the FUNDS availa bic
before contracting any additional G
pense and wanted the matter laid oNet
|until Monday.
Mir. Catron objected to this ana de-
manded immediate action. His Wishea
were granted and his resolution voted
down by an overwhelming majority
Some people seem ashamed Go have
their speeches printed remarked tht
gentleman from Santa Fe, when the
result OF the vote was announced
After d%isposing of the article or
elective franchise the convention lat,
tonight adjourned until Monday morn
ing ut 10, at which time II is expected
the report Of the committee on ms
cellaneous provisions viii be ready
As this was the only article which rae
not been passed upon when the demo
cratic leaders the other day plcdgec
themselves To support the constitu'
lion, iii nothing worse occurred th'
l|approval ct this article by the mtnorit,
| means powerful support FOR tn
constitution in such democratic
! s~troneholds as Grant. chavez, lldu'
and Roosevelt counties.