Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-23

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Two immense rolls of petitions
tied with red, white and blue ribbon
and carrying thousands of names,
reposed upon the reading clerks desk
in the House this afternoon. They
were in favor or constitutional
amendment for statewide prohibition.
Quite number of w. C. T. U. leaders
We're in the audience during the ses-
sion.
Among the measures on which ac-
ton was anticipated in the House.
was House Bill No. 33, by Skidmore,
providing that the legal voters in the
State of New Mexico whose occupa.
ton is such that they cannot vote IN
the precinct in which they are reg
istered may vote elsewhere, and
House Bill No. 45 the Sumner County
Bill, which had been recommitted to
the Committee on Judiciary yester-
day. Because of serious illness in
the family of Representative Marceli-
no c. Martinez of Colfax county, no
report was made in the contest case
pending against him by Manuel G.
Pacheco
In the Senate the Senators intended
merely to keep time, awaiting develop
ments. TheSenate committees are
busy at work however fashioning bills
for passage as soon as there is pro-
mise of the deadlock with the House
being broken.
Necessarily, there is much specula-
ton about the sessions of the Repub-
last evening and meets again tonight.
Last evening was devoted mainly to
discussion but tonight definite policies
may be formulated. 1t is likely that
Republican House caucus will be
held this evening in the Supreme
Court room at the Capitol, followed by
a joint caucus of House and Senate
Republicans.
Senate.
Petitions against the Tripp prize
fight bill were presented from Estan
cia, Dayton, Las Cruces, Roswell, EN-
budo, Orchard Park, Pinos Altos, Ar
tesla, Portales, Carlsbad, Tularosa
Alamogordo, Amistad, Hudson, Mar
tinez, Gallup, Maxwell, Ration, etc. On
the other hand petitions favoring the
Trip bill were presented from Tu
cumcari, Fort Sumner and Folsom.
The following bills were introduced
Senate Bill No. LOG, by Hinkle, 6
county salary bill. Referred to the
Committee on Finance without print
ing This is the Democratic salary
bill.
Senate Bill No. 107, by Alldredge, tc
amend the present law governing
bond issues for irrigation. To Com
mittee on Irrigation and Water Rights
Senate Bill No. 10S by Mabry tt
establish a normal school at Clovis
To Committee on Public Institutions
The Committee on Livestock ant
Agriculture reported favorably Senate
Bill No. 19, wild animal bounty
measure. The bill was made the spe
cal order for tomorrow afternoon a
three o'clock.
The same committee reported in ia
vor of the passage of House Join
Memorial No. asking Congress tt
amend Schedule K so as to make thu
tariff on secured wool 80 cents ;
pound. Miera moved to pass. Bartl
moved to amend so as to include
tariff of II cents pound on wool il
the grease. The Memorial was mad
the special order in committee of tn
whole tomorrow afternoon at 3:3
o'clock.
The Committee on State Affairs an
nounced a public hearing on Senat
Bill No. "A, the Medical Bill, on Fri
day.
The Senate adjourned to 2:30 p. m
on Wednesday afternoon
The Republican members of the Ser
ate held conference Immediately al
ter adjournment presumably on az
pointments. The Democrats also he'll
an informal conference
House.
Speaker Baca presided.
House Joint Memorial No. 3, wa
introduced by Speaker Baca, petition
ing Congress to build across the Pe
cos forest road Referred to the con
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