Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-11
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esting Debate
STATUS QUO IS RESTORED
Every Evidence That Republican
Majority Is Getting Together
For Work.

COululllGe last evening DIT WHICH plans
were discussed to have the Republican
legislators act as a unit in passing
the needed legislation Of the present
session and to place upon the statute
books salutary laws such as the peo-
pie will approve.
Yesterday forenoon, a committee OF
the Woman's Federation of New Mex
leo called upon Governor Mcdonald
and upon a number of legislators to
explain to them several measures
which the Federation desires to be-
come law, especially a proposition that
a woman be appointed on every board
of state institutions, attended by fe-
males or of which females are inmates.
Judge W. E. Lindsey accompanied the
ladies and also presented arguments.
The committee met with a pleasant
reception and an attentive hearing
and there seems no doubt that New
Mexico will during the present session
take at least few steps toward rec
ognizing the justice of the petitions
presented at this time.
The officers of the New Mexico His
torical Society met this afternoon with
Governor Mcdonald in the executive
office.
Mine Inspector 10 E. Sheridan arrtv-
ed from Silver City to confer with the
House and Senate committees on min
ing to help them draft suitable mine
inspection measure.
Senate
1t was an interesting session of the
Senate this forenoon. 1t was devoted
in greater part to a discussion of the
Indian and especially his relation to
the people of New Mexico. Incident
ally, Senator Burns related some in
side official history which reached up
as far as President Roosevelt, and
Included former Secretary of the Inter
ior Ballinger, Indian Commissioners
Leupp and Valentine, and a few lesser
lights in the Indian service and out of
il. Senator Burns drove home his
points and House Joint Memorial No.
/. which he advocated, passed by a
vote of 20 to 2, only Senators Barth
and Abelino Romero voting against
it.
The Senate opened with the GUS
tomary routine prelininaries after
which Senator Barth rose to a ques-
ton of personal privilege. He de-
fined his at itude as to legislation. He
denied that he was playing to the gal
leries or that he was working the
newspapers, but that he was working
for his constituents. He denied that
he was an obstructionists and de-
clared that the real obstructiOnists
must be sought in other quarters. i
have examined my conscience, | have
read the Senate Journal, and | find
that am not guilty" He praised the
intelligence and patriotism of his col
leagues and declared them the equal
of any of those sitting in the United
States Senate.
Senator Holt raised the point of or
der that Senator Barth's remarks
were not matters of personal privi
lege.
Under Rule 70, Barth had to take
his seat until the point was decided
Chairman de Baca permitted the
speaker to proceed but with the coun
sci that he must confine his remarks
to questions of personal privilege.
,,l;y
btu Barth was finally permitted tx
conclude, saying: 81 have done every
thing N this body that possibly coult
do. l have prepared bills. l uavt
tried to get action in the committees
and have failed l have tried to hav'
passed bills for popular governmen
and | introduced bill for commit
tee on county salaries, but although
we have been here five weeks nothini
has been done and some one ha
been obstructing legislation, but | an
not that person.
There followed some good nature
raillery and then two bills were in
troduced:
Senate Bill No. rs, by Clark, an &C
to regulate and control rraternal bene
fit societies.
Senate Bill No. II, by Walton, a
act to provide free text books for tn
public schools up to the eighth grade
Then came the report of the Con
mittee on State Affairs on House Join
Memorial No. !, asking for the re'
toration to the public domain of 1890
600 acres which had been added t
the Navajo Reservation by proclaim;
ton of President Roosevelt in 1870
and also of additions to the Jicarill
Apache Reservation by executive o
der, the lands being located in Sa
Juan and Rio Arriba counties. Th
memorial is addressed to Congres
and also asks for the elimination
forest reserves of land not timbere
or not adapted to timber culture, ais
for the restoration of lands for tt
purpose of classification, for poW'
sites in excess of the amount needle
for reclamation projects which al
not necessary for that purpose, ar
also that no further reservation be G