Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-08

! Especial Dispatch TO the Mornink Jouvsii
Santa Fe, n. NJ. April TIT doesn't
take u prophet or the son of nrophet
TO foretell that this Is To he the one
biR week Of the leglslativs session,
| TO put II In the vernacular Of the
| prize ring, there are two vents on
the card, either one Of which might
| we'll be considered the main bout.
First Off, there IL the report "f the
house investigating committee on the
charges against the four. representa-
tives accused of soliciting bribcs IN
the late unpleasantness over the sem
atorshp. The committee is to meet
for final action tomorrow morning.
and unless some unforeseen incident
should prevent, It's report will he sub.
mitted to the house at the afternoon
session, or. to be more accnrata :. its
reports will be submitted. For II is
practically assured that there will be
two of them, one urging the expulsion
of the men and the other esoncr i;ing
them.
Then. there is the matter of sena-
torial preferential primaries. 4 bill
providing for the holding If primaries
to permit the people to express their
choice on the senatorship viii be IN
troduced tomorrow and will be pushed
with vigor. Senator Isaac Barth was
all cooked and primed 10 introduce
such hill saturday. but the draft az
the measure which he had prepared
took wings unto itself ia some myster-
ious manner and he is now engaged
in doing IL all over again. He prom
ises to have it ready for Introduction
bright and early tomorrow morning.
These are the two big things down
for the coming week, aud over bo.n
of them hangs the shadow of the sem
atorial race, As stated. the commit
tee which has been Investigating the
bribery charges Is anything hut unani-
nous: but the guess Is that the
majority of the committee win favcr
the cXoneration OF the c"nse1 men.
This. of course, VIII precipitate a Bit
ter nght in the house--how bitter only
those who know the animos,ties that
have been engineered by the little oc-
currence in Room - can adequately
appreciate
II takes two-thirds of the members
in the house to eXpel q member End
II Is going to be very hard To get that
two-thirds In the present ease. Here
the situation becomes complicated,
and party lines are likely To get Just
a little bit scrambled. There is un-
deniablv a strong feeling among the
Spanish American members of the
house. regardless OF party afflliation.
hat the four suspended members
were made the goats ia f.ame-up
which was designed solely In the in
.erest Of the candidacy of one man
or United States senator. and with
he clannishness characteristic OF the
ipanish-Americans there Is a DISPOSE
ion 20 stand by them In the hour OF
rouhle.
on the other hand. the men who
we're responsible for the sensational
Irrcsts of the four legislators feel that
hey have a large stake In the game.
they must save their faces For me
men 10 be acquitted. they feel would
,e a reputation of them and cis-
inct reflection upon their sincsrfty.
70 a great extent. it is a personal INST.
er with them. and they will Gght
lard TO obtain vindication. And Il
hould not be forgotten that these
men are an prominent In The rtpubr-
an organization and that most of
hem are also Spanish
Senatorial politics comes into The
natter in this way; Whether or not
Fall was IN any way respoR-