Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-17
CONVENTION On
HOME STRETCH
Committee on Revision Has
Nine More Articles
to Scan
ELEVEN HAVE BEEN PASSED
This Afternoon Section on Edu-
cational Institutions Was
Considered.

The proceedings of the constitutions
al convention begin to lack dramatic
interest as most of the time is now
spent in carefully revising the arti-
cles already passed. The revision
committee has up to date reported
eleven articles, eight of which have
been adopted as revised, and three
of which are to be finally adopted to-
day. Nine more articles await revi-
sion and these include the long ones
on Legislative and Judiciary Depart
ments, Corporations Other Than Mu-
nicipal, and Taxation, and the shorter
ones on Education, Apportionment,
Amendment, and Miscellaneous. The
committee expects to have all of
these completed by Saturday and the
convention could finish at a night
session on Saturday, but if every sec
ton, and they number about 300. is to
be finally adopted by roll call, the
convention will carry over to next
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yesterday afternoon, as the New
Mexican went to press, the conven-
ton was debating sentence prohib-
iting the carrying of concealed weap,
ons in the clause which gives citizens
the right to bear arms for self de
fense and in time and places of dan
ger. The clause had been changed
entirely by the revision committee
not so much in meaning as in phrase
ology, as the clause as adopted con
sisted of two sentences which mega
tived each other. The revised sec
ton was finally adopted after spirited
debate in which c. ]. Roberts, G. NJ
Compton, A. H. Hudspeth, James e
Hall, F. E. Wood, Reed Holloman, ]
G. Fitch, E. F. Saxon and N. Segura
took part, and which despite it's elo
quence caused one spectator to re
mark '"This is wasteless use o1
time"
The Bill of Rights was then adopted
with minor clerical changes.
The Committee on Engrossing re
ported that it had arranged to have
the constitution printed in engrosse(
form on parchment bond at figures
submitted.
At this point Jose D. Sena, was call
ed to the chair and the convention
took up the Article on Schedule, &
long one but formal in it's nature, as
it provided for the carrying over o.
laws and official authority of terrific
rial officers until the state government
is inaugurated, A debate was caused
by motion of A. A. Sedillo to change
the word 'the" to "this," in the ar
ticle, but after a parliamentary wran
gle, the motion was lost, A. A. SedillC
protesting that sufficient time wa
given to mature deliberation of the re
vision.
The convention adjourned to 2:3O
O'Clock this afternoon, when the sub
stitute clauses offered by the Commit
tee on Education, and w. D. Murra!
and Acasio Gallegos, regarding terri
torial institutions and their lands, will
be taken up.
The reports on mines and mining
state, county and municipal indebted
ness and county and municipal cor
porations are to be taken up this al
ternoon if time permits. Am evenin,
session will be held if the printer cal
finish up the revised report on Legis
lative Department which is a yer,
long one and on which the revision
committee finished work this after
noon.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Commit
tee on Liquor Traffic and prohibition
expects to report, which ought to re
suit in an interesting session, eithe
then or some time on Saturday. TIL
prohibition forces have mustered con
siderable strength although far from
sufficient to carry the point they ar
contending for, but nevertheless
there promises to be display of fir
works oratory, whenever the report i
considered
AS the New Mexican went to pres
the convention had just been calle
to order by President Charles
Spiess and Chaplain julius A. Har,
man had pronounced the invocation.
Afternoon Session.
President Spiess announced at tn
afternoon session that large numbe
of members of the convention desir
to adjourn Saturday night
M. P Skeen, H. B. FERGUSON, E. s
stover presented petitions and telt
grams for prohibition. They were re
ferred to the Committee on Liquo
Traffic and Prohibition.
Delegate Patterson presented
memorial from homesteaders in tn
dry farming congress, asking that tn
convention plead. with congress t
pass law for the relief of Homestead
ers.
The memorial was adopted.
The revised report on mining wa
then adopted and the report on cour
ty and Municipal Corporations take
up.
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