Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-03
OFFICERS OF
NEW STATE
Important Subject Under Con-
sideration in Constitutional
Convention Today
ALL ARE TO Be ELECTIVE
Land Commissioner and Superin-
tendent of Education May
Succeed Themselves.

The Republican conference yester-
day afternoon wrestled with the par
tial report of the Committee on Edu-
cation and the question of separate
schools for Caucasians and Negroes
again caused lively discussion The
section in question was amended so
that in districts where upon two-thirds
majority the people decide to estab-
lish separate school for negroes, the
school so established shall offer the
same facilities and have the same
length of term as the school for Cau-
casians The Bernalillo county dele,
cation reserved it's right to vote
against the section when it comes up
on the floor of the convention.
Forenoon Session.
The convention was primed for
business, when President Charles A
Spiess called it to order at 10:3O a.
m. Rev. Julius Hartman led in pray
er. Despite the protest of E. D. Tit
man, the reading of the journal was
upon motion of NJ. l.. Stern dispensed
with
A memorial for statewide prohibi-
ton from the W. C. T. U. of Quay
county, was presented by E. F. Sax
on.
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported against the printing of a
daily report, in favor of paying a
stenographer on convention business
in the office of the territorial secre-
tary during the first fifteen days and
in favor of printing 100000 copies of
the constitution, on which it had asked
bids. The report was adopted.
The report of the Committee on
County and Municipal Corporations
was presented and ordered printed.
Resolution No. "a by Jose D. Sena
directing the Committee on Ways and
Means to purchase sufficient parch'
ment bond paper for the engraving
of two copies of the constitution was
adopted unanimously after G. E. Moi
fett had objected to the cost at this
time He believes that the constitu-
ton should not be engrossed until it
has been approved by the President
and that then the legislature would
pay for it.
On motion of M. L. Stern, the con-
vention went into committee of the
whole, to consider the report of the
Committee on Executive Department.
E. A. Miera was called to the chair
and presided very ably.
G.. A. Richardson moved to substi-
tute section 1 of the Minority Report
for Section / of the Article as recon-
mended by the majority. The minor
ity report provided for a secretary of
internal affairs, and also that the com,
missioner of public lands be elective
The minority report on this section
was rejected by party vote.
F. H. Winston and J. L. Lawson
offered an amendment to except the
superintendent of public instruction
from the clause preventing state off,
GERS from succeeding themselves but
withdrew the amendment when in
formed that Section 8 would be
amended to that effect.
Section 1, was then amended by
including the commissioner of public
lands among the elective officers.
Section was amended by striking
M nf NH in
ton 1. In considering this section, il
became apparent that several of the
amendments offered were at cross
purposes and a recess was declared
for the purpose of an informal discus
sion.
The recess resulted in II. o. Bur
sum Offering another amendment to
Section 1, eXempting the superintend.
ent of public instruction and commits
sioner of public lands from the re
striction as to succeeding himself.
The amendment was adopted aftel
a verbal change suggested by J. G
Fitch. H. o. Bursum moved to change
the words general assembly to legisla
,
the words appear. The motion carried
and Section l as amended was adopt
ed unanimously.
H 0. Bursum moved that Sections
and33 be stricken out This also
carried with only one vote in the neg
ative
Election Canvassine Board.
Fl. o. Bursum offered an amendmen
to Section 4, making the chief justice
the secretary of state, the governor
the canyassing board, for state elec
tions instead of the legislature a.
originally provided.
G. A. Richardson asked whether the
gentlemen of the majority had los
faith in the representatives of the
people, H. o. Bursum aptly retortet
that New Mexico does not intend tt
have a Goebe1 affair, such as dis
graced the Democratic state of Ken
lucky, The amendment, carried ant
the section as amended was adopted
T. B. Catron offered an amendment
to make the superintendent of pub
lie instruction an appointive officer
He was declared out of order as Sec
ton 1, as adopted already provided
that this office should be elective. I
looked for moment as if there woult
be a clash between Chairman Miers
and Mr.. Catron, the latter insisting
upon offering the amendment at thi'