Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-30
Senator Evans Calls on Com
mittee on Judiciary to Place
His Measure Before That
Body Forthwith.
MOTION IS PROMPTLY
TABLED BY MAJORITY
Neither House of Legislature
Causes Any Furore Yester-
day by Enacting Important
Legislation.


Especial Dispatch to the Morning JSurnaiI
Santa Fe, N. NJ, May 29.--An at
tempt to get action on Governor
McDonald's special message calling
upon the Legislature to enact law
which will enable him to prevent the
Johnson Flynn fight at Las Vegas on
| July 4th, was made In the senate Just
before adjournment this afternoon,
when Senator Evans, who has an anti
4 fight bill which has been pending
almost since the opening of the leg
islature, undertook to get his bill out
of the judiciary committee.
| Senator Evans explained that his
bill had been before the senate FOR
more than two months. and said that
the committee had had every oppor-
tunity to consider 1t. He said that
II looked to him as II there was no
intention OF reporting 1t to the sem
ate and intimated that the purpose OF
the committee was to chioroform II,
He said that 1t was matter OF COM
paratively little concern to him what
report the committee should make on
the bill so long az 1t was put before
1
given either to pass or defeat II. He
moved that the committee be in
structed to report the bill immedi-
ately and that II be discharged from
further consideration of the measure.
| Senator Champion. the chairman OF
\ the judiciary committee, Immediately
moved to lay Senator Evans motion
on the table. No debate wus m order
vn this motion. but senator Evans de-
manded roll call in order 10 place
every senator on record. The mouon
to require the committee to report
the bill was tabled by vote or IL
| to Z. all the democrats except Sena-
tor Walton. voting against the mo-
| tion to table, und all the republicans,
except Senator Mccoy. voting for II.
The bin stands just where 1t did be-
fore the governor sent his message
| TO the legislature.
Dull Day In Legislature.
| 1t was q duh day in both branches
OF the legislature today. The house
started out briskly, as II 1t would du-
plicate yesterdays record in the mat
ter of passing bills. Four measures OF
minor importance were passed our
ing the morning session, but In the
Afternoon II was decided to take an
early adjournment on account of the
fact that many of the members de-
sired TO leave the city for the Memo
rial day holiday: and So after pass
ing bill at the request of Mr.. Hilton,
of Socorro county. the house adjourn
ed until Friday afternoon at
o'clock.
The senate got a number of small
bills out of the way this afternoon,
| but none of them were of any partic-
ular importance to the general pub
| lie. Senator Evans introduced reso-
luton, providing for the ratification
of the amendment to the constitution
of the United States. making senators
elective by a direct vote Of the peo-
pie. and attempted TO have the rules
suspended so as to obtain the con-
sideration OF the resolution. On mo-
tion of Senator Holt the resolution
was referred to the committee on !.
executive communications and II must
await a report from that committee
before being acted upon.
Rumors Start Afresh.
The arrival in Santa Fe of Holm
o. Bursum, combined with the pres
ence here already of Hon. solomon
Luna and Judge Merritt c. Mechem,
has revived the talk to the effect that
an eleventh hour effort will be made
TO secure the recollection of Senator
Albert II. FAN al this session of the
legislature.
A majority of the members of the
republican state executive committee
are present in Santa Fe, and confer
Il. - -. Dal hAf fAI
are frequent. No meeting of the COM
mittee has been called. however. and
the various members declare that
their presence in the city has no sig
nificance other than the fact that they
are interested in one or two little
bills" when questioned as to senato-
rial politics they are uniformly dumb.
II would be unwise to predict that
no effort will be made to reopen the
senatorial fight at this session. II Is
Always unwise TO predict anything in
Santa Fe during a session OF the legis-
iature II one has regard for ones
reputation as a prophet. As has fire.
quentiy been pointed out. anything
may happen in Santa Fe at any time.
But judging from surface indica-
tions. there is no reason TO believe that
an attempt viii be made to put Judge
Fail over before the session ends. and
there is stili less reason TO believe
that Il would succeed II the attempt
were made. A sudden. violent and
radical change viii have TO come over
the spirit OF the house before such a
result could be brought about: and.
while sudden. violent and radical
changes are nothing unusual with the