Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-19
Row Over Resolution Adopted
by Lower Body Making
Special Appropriation for
"Cufrent Expenses,
UPPER BRANCH TABLES
MEASURE INDEFINITELY
Prospect for Enactment Of
Numerous Needed and Ben
eficiaI Laws at This Session
Goes GIimmeTing,

| 0VN0 Nfiil ifiiOi ifiS9'
/ Especial Dispatch TO the Morning Journall
Santa Fe n. NJ, April 1s.--1he de-
/ vclopments of first-class rough
! house between the senate and the
house of representatives, which pro-
misses to be of indefinite duration, waa
the event of interest in today's legis-
latiye session.
Prior to the week, it was the SEN
atorial situation which lmpeded the
progress of legislation. Now II Is
deadlock between the two branches -
the legislature. When that obstruction
is cleared away, II II ever Is, some
thing else will doubtless arise to make
| it impossible To do business. There IL
little hope, from the way things look
now, OF anything worth while being
done at this session.
| The row between the two houses
came up over House Joint Resolution
| No. 10, introduced Just before the
! close Of the session Wednesday after
noon This resolution provides for an
appropriation of sl,Oou To defray the
| current expenses of the house. bN
"current expenses is really meant the
salary of Interpreters who have re-
Gently been employed for the benefit
of the Spanish speaking members of
| the house, the language clause of the
/ constitution to the contrary notwith-
standing. No alusion to this feature
of the question was made. either In
| the wording of the resolution or In the
debate on the floor Of the house, but
the members who spoke on the sub
| ject made thinly yelled references to
the real object OF the appropriation.
When the resolution was put upon
It's passage i'm the house IT met with
"A stubborn but futile resistance from
few of the members. who protested
that the purposes for which the
money was To be appropriation should
he stated in the resolution and that
the house had exceeded already the
constitutional limit of its eNpendi-
lures. Messrs. Rogers of Chaves ana
blanchard OF Dtero, led in the opposi-
tion to the resolution, but the steam
roller was again working well and the
resolution was carried by "a vote of "a
To 10 and was Immediately transmit
ted to the senate.
There. however, 1t met with de-
cided ion. As soon as possible after u
was read Senator Holt moved thar
consideration of It be Indefinitely
postponed After "A verbal tilt between
him and senator Earth, who seemed
inclined to argue the question. Mr..
Holt Withdrew his motion 10 postpone.
and In order To cut off debate. moved
that the resolution be laid on the
table. when vote was reached ON
this motion the senate voted unani-
mously in the affirmative, every sena-
tor being In his seat
The position of the senate is that
the appropriation provided In the res-
olutinn is ia eXcess Of that allowed by
Section 2. of the constitution, and that
the resolution does not certify the
purposes for which the money ls 10
be expended. II contends that the
house has already appropriated more
money than It has a constitutional
right to do and should not be allowed
ed to go further.
II is not difficult To foresee the sit
uation which will result. The house Is
now almost as compact an organiyu-
tion as the senate and it, leaders have
il well In hand. The senate has bills
pending which are Of the greatest in
ter.st To its members. Each body can
block the passa ge of any measure de-
sired bv the other and each desires
things that tho other Is In position
Ia refuse. The matter will probably
resolve itself finally into question ot
which wants the most and wants IL
worse. when THAI Is determined, one
or the other viii surrender.
niIi Creating New County Passes.
The nrst Hill for the creation OF
new county that has Yet come up for
was passed 10y the h"is"
his afternoon. IL was House lItii No.
"a. introduced by Mr. Gage. and pro-
ides Tor the formation Of Gage coun-
y from Eddy, Chaves and otrr"
.ountics With Hope as the county
eat when the bin was called up Tor
bird reading. Air. Rogers. of Chavcs.
.ffcrcd an amendment. providing thet
D. new county should DE called Gage
ounty. after the father Of the author
f the hin instead of llinkle. Th"
brought ON some discus
ion. but was finally carried without
roll call The ban was then put on
Is passage aud received "a unanimous
nte in its favor. the count standine
) To o.
some ghastiy humor vas INDUCED .n
- the house when the resolution Of -
lajor Llewcllyn. Introduced Wednes-
ay. extending the sympathy q the
eople OF New Mexico L. the relatives
T the victims 81 the Titanic disaster
nd providing Tor the transmission 81
spies OF the Resolution g. the farii-
- of John Jacob Astor and MAJOR