Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-24


honasi man had anything 20 fear; hut
that be- would on the other hand ba
hel1 up before the aoople az htslnq
had hla Office inVealiaNted BY the
house committee and found truo 30
It's trust. 10 declared that tno re-
almo OF "pollllclanh bonnos. thieves.
rnrcals and corruption" had como %
ga end In New Mexico.
Mr. Toombs then took the floor and
scored tho resolutions. tho invcatlga-
tion and the committee o. bitter
terms. He said u was simply The old
iunketinn system whereby the people
would be forced TO pay out large sums
Of money for absolutely nothing. lie
said the people iong ago had grown
sick Of iunketing and that they would
not stand for lot Of men cunning
around tho state az hlgh cost. at
tempting 70 investigate 0illces when
not ono Of them was a man capable
OF making such an Investigation be-
cause they had not been trimmed as
auditors or accountants. lie said the
state paid a travelling examiner 70 do
the work and that right now there
was pending "a bin TO add an assist
ant 20 tho ONCE % increase lis Cf-
flclcney. He demanded 90 know Oy
what right. such thing AZ this pro-
posed iuvestioation could De- under
taken lie concluded his remarks by
moving that tne resolutions be- printed
before any acilUn was taken on them
and said ne would iaht thcm 60 the
end unless fhe pnopiB were given time
10 find opt Just what was In them and
what they meant Mr. clancy a. once
moved % table Mr.. ToonDa' motion
10 have the RESOLUTIONS printed. the
speaker put the motion to table to h
viva voce vote.
4 demand roll call" yelled MT.
Blanchard, as he spranH 70 his feet.
Mr.. TO0Fnbs Joined IN the demand as
did Mr. Catron, Mr.. Downs, Mr. iill-
ton and air. Vargas, The speaker de-
clared the Toombs motion tabled.
With yen. that could Dc heard
above the confusion Of khc house. Mr.
Blanchard demanded roll call.
"Roll cali--roll cail--roil call"
echoed and re-echoed through the
hall. The speaker banged his gevcl
and shouted;
"sit down, at downi &c then de-
clared no had already decided tho
motion and that there would be- no
roll call.
Tho house members who had de.
manded q roll call, continued 20 yeil
roll call at the top 81 their voices
shaking their fists and standing az
their desks.
THE sergeant ~ arms viii seat
those members" shouted the speax
The sergeant az arms walked IN
front % Mr.. BlanchRra's desk, carry
ing a cane.
Come on and seat me-" yelled AIR
Blanchard Il defy any man 10 lay
hands on any member Of this house. "
III you don't cit down. will call
upon the proper officers TO restore or
der Ia this house." declared the
speaker above tho constant yell Of
'roil cail--roll call"
Send for your officers" shouted
Mr.. Blanchard. wen walt until they
come. You call that roll"
Mr.. Vargas meantime WAS attempts
ING 10 speak In spanish with tho aid
Of an interpreter. Only q few OF his
remarks could be heard above tho
hnbbub Some Of the members were
cIapping their hands and others were
hisaipg. The constant chorus for a
roll call continued.
Finally. above the din, MF. Vargas
could be hsagd concluding his speech
BY moving that the speaker cali the
roll 90 see II the house wanted rcii
eau or something to that effect. The
speaker ordered the clerk to call tao
roll. In the confusion, some Of the
early votes could not be- heard bat
the clerk fihally succeeded IN calling
the ron and a vote Of 80 20 i5 was
the result the flfteen votes repre-
scntlng TO a man. every vote for tha
Bianchard-Toombs Cairen comblna-
ton,
"The roll has been called and tho
house sustains the speaker" announc-
ed Mr. Isaca amid n burst OF applause
from tho members or tue big commit
ter. That was the end OF the rebei-
Hon gEeslst the speaker.