El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-19

munication to the house from the cOun-
" iail asserting that their reSlgna-
tons were forced from them py lnTSals
and that therefore they WithdreW them
and they demand a thorough inVestl-
cation District attorney Alexander
Read and his assistant, e 2. Dawes
are gathering evidence and viii file
infOrmatiOns charging solicitations and
acceptance of brides
BY a strange coincidence, the accused
state chairman VenceslaO laramie
the district attorney, Alexandra Read,
and two OF the legislators are from the
same county OF Rio ArFiba, are all Re-
publicans and Spanish-Americans and
have heretofore been political Irlen0s:
Intense feeling has been aroused an9
startling developments may be looked
for any minute.
Both houses went in recess to give
the committee on conference over me
joint rules to govern the DaAotlng LOT HOT
senator a chance to get together. Inc
galleries, floors and Railways OF boIn
houses are crowded, most Of the lead
ing officials. senatorial candidates ana
political managers being IN attendance
from all parts Of the state
Feeling Grows Bitter.
As the hour for the senatorial bal
lot approached, the feeling in the house
grew more bitter A resolution to ap-
point former supreme Judge E. k
Wright counsel for the bribery COM
mittee passed 26 to y.
Another resolution to remand the &C
cused members to the custody OF the
sergeant at arms, was offered, and led
to a verbal clash Of speaker Baca with
representative TOOmbs because the
speaker ordered the sergeant at arms
90 bring I'm all absent members before
taking action on the resolution, which
was passed unanimously and the four
accused members were suspended.
Four Are Arrested.
The four members OF the New Mex
leo legislature arrested charged with
accepting brides Of $500 each to vote
for certain candidates for United states
senators, were representatives. Julian
Irujilo and J. Lucero' co OF
dova and Luis MOntOya OF Taos
county. They are said 10 have been
caught with the money in their posses
sion. The arrests were made BY terri
tOrial mounted policeman A A Sena- IN
a room at the Palace hotel, where the
men met, IT is alleged, by appointment
to receive the brides.
Immediately after their arrest. the
county Jail After their arrival there
they wrote their designations
Alleged Trap Was Set.
According to the details obtaina bic,
the trap TO catch the men was laid by
ElfegO Baca, Of Albuquerque, one OF
the managers Of judge Albert 3. FAN,
one Of the leading candidates for
United States senator; state chairman
NenceslaO JaramillO. one OF the RepuD-
Hcan central committee, also mentioned
for a senatorship; Jose. D. Sena, clerk
of the state supreme court, and A A.
Sena, a member Of the mounted police.
The men. it IS said. had gone to man
ager Baca earlier in the day and de-
manded $1,000 for their votes, agreeing,
so the story goes TO deliver them to
Judge Fall Immediately the matter
was communicated TO judge Fall. and
plans were then laid TO catch the sOlons
red-handed. The money was secured
and the men told to meet Baca in a
room in the hotel at 9 o'clock. OFFICER
Sena. clerk Sena of the supreme court
and JaramillO then secreted themselves
in bathroom adjoining, where they
could see what took place. AS soon
as the legislators had been handed the