Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-09
Alleged Bribe Takers, Re-
Seated in Spite of 0rganiza-
tion, Now Have Four Votes
in House.
NORMAL REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY IMPOTENT
Defiant Speaker Hurls Gaunt.
let at Foes in Own Party;
-Four Members May Never
Be Expelled.

~ 80 HSAANus
Especial TeieErnm 60 Evening ueraidl
santa Fe, n. NJ. April g.--The up-
rising In the house which certain Ro-
publican leaders had anticipated with
uneasiness for days. broke suddenly
yesterday afternoon. when "a combina 4
ton Of Republicans Progresslves and
Democrats. aided By the gavel OF tho
speaker and the orhtory OF Major w.
". VI. Llowellyn and Antonio De Var
gas, defeated every effort 20 prevent
action upon the cases OF the four
members accused OF bribery and re-
seated the men who were under sus-
pension pending final action upon tho
charges against them. As & requires
a two-thirds vote 20 unseat them, IL
Is not likely that they viii ever be un-
seated. Moreover. II Is extremely
doubtful N the normal Republican
majority can again regain control og
the house The political atmosphere
In the house has been surchargod
since the arrest 90 the members ana
the election of two United states sem
ators couple of weeks ago, and Il
has only been q question OF when an
outbreak would happen. II happened
yesterday Afternoon aud while tho
work OF the speaker In WELDING the
gqvel was what his opponents term
coarse" II had the desired eject snd
j. r. Lucero, Louis u. Montoya. Man
ucl yordovn ana Julian Trunllo arc
again members Of the house In GOOD
standing pending the ultimate dlspo-
sitlOn of their cases and thoy again
have four votes. which OF itself Is like
ly enough 10 prevent their being un-
seated. The house uprising Is said 70
be FIRST, a direct protest by certain
members, including the speaker,
against any suggestion from the Re-
publican organization az to what
should or should not be done ANA like
wise Il has brought up the issue rs to
whothcr the speaker, Roman Libogado
Baoa, can continue To dominate that
body as he did yesterday afternoon.
The uprising IN the house resulted Ia
a stormy scene. II came following the
presentation Of report by Mr.. Rog-
ers Ia which the four accused mom-
oers were found guilty OF the charges
OF bribery. just before the report
was presented. Zacarias Padilla
scratched his name on the document,
hut did not sign a minority report.
The result was that when the majors
ity report was submitted az the ma
jority report of the committee. the
question was raised as 90 how many
members signed Il. la answer 20 a
direct question from the speaker. Mr.
Padilia stated that he had signed tho
report, bat had scratched his name or
ana that he dl1 not want 20 auhacribe
to tho report The speaker ruled thai
he had acted within his righa Mr.
Blanchard appealed from the decls-
ion OF tho speaker and the house sus-
tainod its presiding officer. The vote
stood s3 To s.
The Rogers report was as follows;
ITO the House OF Representatives.
state OF New Mexico,
We. the undersigned. W n. Cnris-
man. Charles r. Downs. Hugh 81.
Gage. Zacarlaa padilla, W. E. Rogers.
3. j. smith, Oscar z. Toombs and
james V. rully. majority members Of
your committee. appointed under rcs-
oluuon Of the house on March 10,
1879, % investigate the charges against
Manuel CurdoYR, J. y. Lucero. Luis
r. Montuya and Julian Trujnlo, Of ac-
cephng bfibe and solOciting a brioe,
beg leave % report that after several
days spent IN taking testimony and
NAA ANN Af."NNNNtAN VI WAAhM We NWMlA
learn. both sustaining and refutinE
said charges. Ia the presence OF re-
spondeuts and hearing the testimony
of respondents themselves. assisted by
the Hon. Edward A. Wright as iu-
quisitor and the respondents repre-
sented by able counsel, the Hon.
George W PrlehRFd and sho Hon, Ben-
lamin M Read. and after hearing the
arguments OF said counsel. do nnd
from the evidence the said Manuel
Cordoya, J. =. Lucero, Louis r. Mon-
toyu and Julian Trujilio. guilty of
soliciting bride and guilty OF ac-
ceptlug a bri1e as charged
Respectfully submitted, this April
8, 1919.
(signed) w. n. CHRIsMAN
CHARLES Il. DOWNS,
HUGH II. GAGE,
IACARiAs PADiLLA,
~. A.. ROGERS,
~ D. SMITH.
OSCAR r. TOOMBs,
JAMES y. FULLY.
Marcus G. De Baca then presented
i report exonerating the four men. Il
vas as follows,
Mr. Speaker;
Your special committee appointed
(couilnued on paee 6. COLUMN 3D.