Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-27
BARTH BACKS UP;
ADMITS PRINTING
MEASURE IS
NOT GRAFT
Protesting Gentleman from
Bernalillo Receives Terri
fic Vocal FlOgging from
Gentleman from Dona Ana.
COMMITTEE HONEST BUT
IT WAS IMPOSED UPON

HaHta re- ~ M.s april Ei.--Ino
senate yesterday afternoon passed
under suspension Of the rules senate
bin No il2 by Mr.. bowman OF the
committee on printing. providing for
an appropriation OF si2,5OO or 80
much thereof as may be needed for
the payment Of bills for supplies and
printing.
The bill did not pass. however. un-
til senator Isaac Barth had made one
of his characteristic speeches In
which the word graft" was hurled
into the camp OF the majority. and
as usual with tho senator from Ber-
nalilio county, later withdrawn. after
the majority leader. Mr.. Holt. had
roasted senator Barth to neat
brown, at which process the majority
leader ~ an adept
II was the worst vocal flogging that
senator Barth has received this ses-
sion. and Il was administered 20 Sci
entiiioally that the senator from Ber-
nalillO county found little comfort tn
trying TO wiggle through the sxpiana-
tion which he later made.
After declaiming az great length
that they couldn't make him vote
for the bili." senator Barth wouna
up by backing up as gracefully as the
situation would permit His play was
not followed by the minority mem
bers. some OF whom might possibly
have been imagined as enjoying some
OF the remarks made by senator Holt.
When the senate met. the usual
number Of antl-prlze fight petitions
came In: This time from Artesia,
Jemez Springs, Las Vegas. Roswell,
Dayton. Amistad. Grant county, Va
lencln county and Beien. The reach
era association OF Valencia county
sent In petltions FOR prohibition legis-
latlOn and also to have measure
passed giving them ful pay during va
cation months. Citizens OF Negra,
Torrance county. asked for prohibi-
ti0n clause in the constitution.
The senate had jolat memorial
from the house as special business.
het Il was made special order FOR
Monday afternoon az $3.50 o'clock.
Under the order OF Introduction OF
bills, Mr.. Bowman sent up senate bin
number il2. providing for the pay-
ment OF bills for supplies and print
ing. Il was read first time By title
anu a second time in full for the In.
formation OF the senator's. The billI
carries an appropriation OF &fe,5OO,
or 20 much aa may be necessary for
legislative printing and supplies.
AR. Bowman moved that the rules
be suspended and that the bill Dc
considered read a third time and
placed upon les passage.
senator Barth 70 the rescue. The
senator from BernallllO said "M4i-s-
t-e-s p-r-e-s-i-d.e-n-ti" ia a voice
that trembled with emotion. lie an
nouneed that the senator's were az lib
erty 80 call him a wind jammer" or
some other appropriate title, AZ least
hb said they could do SO II they chose,
but that he was going 90 lam the
wind" every time that a bin appro-
priating public funds was attempted
% be passed In that manner.
He declared tnat he could not un-
dorstand why a bill carrying an ap-
propriation OF perfectly
good simoleons OF the sovereign peo-
ple---hed 10 be brought In and passed
Ia that manner. He declared he
wanted Information. He charged that
the bill was simply for paying the
New Mexican Printing company an
outrageous charge FOR printing done
prior 90 the time that the printing
wns let 20 the lowest bidder by con-
tract He picked up printed bill
from HIS desk and declared 1t graft
pure and simple. He pointed 10 "a
fact that words were divided 20 make |
an extra line, that the lines were
IaA A.. L.. A.. "a
and he said that the senate and the
people were imposed upon by such
work.
Mr.. Holt raised point OF order,
declaring that nothing In the bin said
that the New Mexican wes 90 get any
money. Tho president sustained MT.
Holt, but when AR. bowman. chair |
man OF the senate committee on
printing, answered question by AIR.
harth and said that a portion OF the
appropriation woald 40 70 the New
Mexican company the president per-
mitted Mr. Barth 10 continue 70 speak
on tho same iino.
Mr.. Barth said that he was IN
formed that the New Mexican COM
pany had bill of nearly $4,000 for
three weeks printing and that the
charge Was exorbitans. He said that
Albright aud Anderson of Albuquer-
Que were doing more for 20 cents
than the New Mexican did for one
dollar and twenty cents. ON several
occasions no used the word graft.
declaring that that was an Il was and
that ne might as wen be plain about
A.. The senate lisienNd.
Mr. Bowman took the floor Ia tho
defense or his measure. declaring
that Il was d bin passed upon and
approved hy the senate committee on
printlng on which were two minority |
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