El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-24

due TO come in the scramble to get the
necessary legislation passed in the
closing days OF the session After this
week but u days remain, and with so
many bills before the two houses, some
OF which are extremely long ana also
very important the sentimental bllls,
with scores Of others, viii fau by the
Wayside
As is the. case with all legislatures.
the greatest amount OF time is always
consumed in the passage Of the small
and incOnseQuentiai measures Take
the two bills ab9ve mentIoned, and on
them cle house consumed over two
hours time Neither bill is over u
lines in length, neither is Of mOmentOus
importance, yet long, rambling, would .
be humorous and wOuldbe eloquent
speeches were heard, while the time
for action is slipping by and the bills
which must be passed In order to keep
the machinery Of the state in motion
are crying for action Were such pro-
ceedings out Of the ordinary IL would
be in order TO chastise the members
OF the present legislature; but it is the
rule, with the house OF representatives
at Washington no exception
The proposed railroad legislation, as
Indicated by the bills introduced pro-
viding for three cent fare, full crews
on all trains. and the allowing OF all
employees two hours OF with full pay
on election days, has done one thing;
it has awakened all the railway Off
Gals and brought them to Santa Fe-
The representatives, Of all the roads
crossing the state have been here three
or four times and the railroad com
mittees OF both branches of the legiS-
lature have given them several meet
ings that they might state their OBJ
1ectiOns OF the various bills So Tar
these measures have been held up by
the committees in both houses, and It
is possible none of them viii be re-
ported, as the committees find them
selves unable TO reach anything like
an emf nj "a mr. 2
Up TO the present time anyone desir-
ing TO do so might 20 any place on
the floor OF the house, and many times
the representatives have found their
chairs occupied by visitors. The floor
has many times been crowded with
outsiders. A resolution has been in
trOduced and unanimously passed re-
serving, for the remainder Of the ses-
siOns the floor 10 the members.
Senate Passes salary Bill.
The state senate passed the .coutny
salary DILL one or the important
measures Of the session for which the
200 and more county officials OF New
Mexico have been lobbying most
earnestly, as none OF them have drawn
any pay since statehood came
Governor Mcdonald sent special
message to the legislature urging rat
ificatiOn of the direct election of SEN
ators amendment TO the federal consti-
tuition
The house passed a bill to prohibit
immoral moving picture shows or slot
picture machines. It also passed a
bill providing for the appointment OF
regents of state institutions in Sep
TENDER and having q new member on
each board each year; TO make COrO-
nado day a legal holiday; also a bill
to donate the unused desks Of the
constitutional convention TO St Mich
aels college and two irrigation
measures.
New Bulls.
Among the new bills introduced
were five good roads bills in the sen
ate by senator Holt, which are to be
made Republican majority measures
and provide for state bond issue Of
half a million dollars for good roads
and also for county bond issues for
roads; a bill to regulate the election
of presidential electors; q bill to create
a state engineer and board of water
commissioners a bill 20 permit voting
on affidavit in incorporated munich
palities: a fence law and an act TO
tax the output of coal mines, which
would yield additional revenue OF
about 500 600 a year on an estimated
annual output Of 3,000.00u tons OF coal. (
Breach Is Widened.
The Republicans of the senate held
a caucus and the investigating com
mittee of 80 met with speaker Baca
at his down town private office The I
breach between the two houses is 4
widening and there are indications I
that there viii not be more than the I
most necessary financial legislation /
and even that may be wrecked because /
of the ill feeling over the U, 5. sen !
atorial situation