Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-23


n B. Laughlin ....22 % -
| Felix Martinez ....22 20 % % %
w. J. Mills .......19 19 20 16 Il
| w. H. Andrews ..16 II IA Is II
| 7 B. Catron ......10 s s s II
| o. A. Larrazolo -. 6 6 4 6
! R. l.. Baca ...... 4 10 Z 6
i L. B. Prince .... D /
H. ]. Hagerman -. 3 3 4
w. D. Murray .... 2 -
! j G. Clancy ..... 2 -
| NJ. R. Otero ......
/ Felix Baca .......
| There was apparent playfulness in
/ the manner that several legislators
moved their pieces on the Senatorial
chess board during the joint ballot
I this noon. 1t left A. B. Fall still in
the lead but with a loss of three votes
as against yesterday and a return to
the ominous number 23. However, it
is asserted that he might have had 80
votes, had he so desired and it took
only "a votes today to elect. Hagerman
also lost three votes and Andrews and
r. L. Baca l. Isaac Barth was absent
and therefore the Democratic vote for
n. B. Laughlin and Felix Martinez was
% instead of 23.
Juan G. Clancy with votes and
Felix Baca with 1 vote were new
names in the ballot today.
l. Representative Clancy thanked the
men who gave his father, Captain Juan
G. Clancy a complimentary vote
A motion by Senator Holt to take a
second ballot for United States Sen
ator was voted down amidst consider
able excitement.
Senate.
Rev. ]. L. Schaub offered prayer in
place of Chaplain Mccullough who is
i'll. The journal was approved.
Holt presented petitions from Dona
Ana county asking that w. H. An
drews be elected United States Sena
tor: that he has done more for New
Mexico than all other delegates anG
has earned the Office
Mabry asked whether any Democrats
had signed the petitions. Holt replied
that twelve to fifteen Democratic
names were on the petition.
Senate Joint Memorial No. /, by
Mabry, asking Congress to pass thu
three year homestead act was referred
to the committee on public lands.
inf nrio h
Clark, urging the passage of bill
pending in Congress. providing for in
struction in agriculture and mechanic
arts in state schools. Clark explained
that as the bill is now pending, thu
memorial should be passed immediate
ly and this was done under suspension
Of the rules.
Hinkle declared that the Mabr.
homestead memorial is equally al
urgent and it was passed under sus
pension of rules.
The Senate concurred in the Hous
amendments to Senate Substitute TO
House Bill No. 6, the perjury act, AM
il goes to Governor Mcdonald for hi
signature.
A recess was taken to 3 p. m.
House.
After an informal caucus of the Re
publican House members this forenoon
Speaker Baca called the House to OF
. der Roll CALL prayer by Chaplai
Fourchegu and reading of the mir
' utes followed. Representative Varga
, was called to the chair and presided
At the caucus Representative w. +
H. Llewellyn was designated as Repul
, lican floor leader and Representativ
Bias Sanchez as assistant floor leade
The following bills were introduced
House Bill No. 23, by Carter, an ac
relating to the liability Of commo
. carriers for injury and death of en-
} ployes, Referred to the committee o
railroads.
] House Bill No. "a, by ]. R. Skidmor,
= relating to the recovery of damage
through the courts by nonresident
Referred to the committee on raj
roads.
, House Bill No. 25, by Mullens, by #
-, quest, an act to amend Section 412
Compiled Laws, 1897, defining right
Of distilleries and their employees. R,
y ferred to the committee on Judiciary
{ House Bill No. 26, by Toombs,
y authorize the reconsignment withou
: extra charge of freight to another ST
S ton than that designated in the bill {
It lading and treating it as an origini
S, package. Referred to the committe
d on railroads.
e Senate Substitute for House Bill N
e 10, by Chaves, defining the crime {
IS perjury and providing for the punis
IS ment thereof, was taken up on thiI
lreading under suspension of the rule
,s by a vote of Al to 8. The bill carrie
"a the emergency clause to put it into c
y feet Immediately upon it's approval /
the governor. It's penalty clause pr
=, vides for a penitentiary sentence
from one to five years or a fine
- $500 to $1,000, or both. The bill i
= cludes the offense of giving false swol
y testimony before legislative commi
y tees and was drafted in view of Il
u fact that the present perjury law on
Is covers the giving of false sworn te
vs. timony in trials in courts. The emer
ency clause was added because of Il
present House bribery investigation.
An amendment to add the wor
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