Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-08
WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE HAS
SOME SIGNS
OF MUTINY
Magic Thirty Weathers Severe
Gale Yesterday But Signs Of
Breakers Ahead Appear
somewhat 0minous. -
CLAIMS 1T HOLDS UP
IMPORTANT MEASURES

tspecisi rsssara@a GO EvsasHE Hsrsl6D
santa Fe. ~ A.. May s.--Tho housn
committee on ways and means, con-
aistlng OF thirty members and which
effectively controls the house. yestor-
day wlthatood another assault on its
organisation successfully.
This came. when Mr.. Rogers. ap-
parently disturbed By the fact that
Senator Hinkic had gotten througn
the senate his artesian wells bin,
which fixes tho tax of inspecting and
regulating wells on the well owners
alone. made an appeal to the house
to have the ways and means commits
tee report his arteslan wells bill. EIo
was ousspoken against Senator Hin
kie's bill when he declared was tho
outcome o. a minority report OF tho
arteslan we'll owners convention held
recently In Roswell lie apparently
feared that the Hlnkle bin might be-
come the law and his bin meet a sum
mary death IN the senate. lie COM
planned that action on the hill had
been delayed and he asked that tho
committee on ways and means report
the measure 20 the house. Mr.. Chris
man also demanded that the measure
be- reported as we'll az several other
measures pending there.
Mr.. Burg explained BY stating that
the big committee was working over
time now and that Il was reporting
measures as fast az Il eoeld consider
them. He said Il had thirty import
amt bills before Il and that u waa do
ing all Ia its power 20 get action OF
them. re said the artenion wells
VIII was net being 'Rgfd ~ intsutien.
ally
Il was at this point that the crisis
was reached for the big committee.
! Mr.. blanchard said that the charge oe
cOliUslon had been made az regarding
the committee on ways and means and
some msmbers OF the senate but that
Mr.. Burg had denied and disproved
such charges. lie said. however. that
the committee apparently would not
be able TO report on the arteslan bill
and on many other measures before
/ time for the Legislatures 10 adjourn
and he suggested that as many other
house committees had no bills before
them, some OF the measures pending
In the committee on ways and meara
should be- referred 10 the other coIn-
mlttees for prompt action. Bo said
the committee on ways and means APP
parently was Overburdened. MIR.
/ Moreno was equal 10 the occasion. Ho
said public hearing had been set
for May sth on the artesian wells
bills and other irrigation moasero5
and FOR thas reason no report had
been made Mr. Toombs chen tried
10 have senate bill No. So. the Hinklo
bill. committed TO the COMMITTEES ora
. ways and meanR 10 have il compared
with the Rogers bill. hut be vas ruled
| cut Of order and the gayel of tho
speaker aounded an omlnous rap
After one of the most heated COLI
I loquoya SET heard IN the house, tho
ways ana means COMMITTEES weathei-
ed tie gale and was sustalned ~ tho
| house, aided by the speakeF'a BaVei.
the ways and means committee
! thereby demonstrated that u atlu WAS
the controlling factor Ia the houas,
| but the hrst sign OF breakers ahead
was likewise indicated by the rebels
ilon OF seine OF the house members
who believed that their bills we're pe~
/ ing held up b. that committees,