Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-11
BIG BILLS STILL
COMFORTABLY IN
COMMITTEE At
SANTA FE
Another Legislative Week
Passes by With Only Two or
Three Acts of Minor I'M
pOrtance Passed.
ONLY TWENTY DAYS LEFT
THEY WILL BE BUSY ONES

Especial Telegram "a Evening iICrald)
Santa re. n NJ, May - --Another
Legislative week has passed and II has
not been a greatly different week than
the ones that have gone before. only
two or three bills were enacted BY
both houses and none OF them were
what might be termed OF surprising
Importance For instance one was
Mr.. Mullen's bee bill, providing regu-
laiions for destroying diseased bees
and honey. Another was a bin ap-
propriatlng some $1,000 for the print-
! ing and supplies OF the legislature.
Another WAS a measure giving school
districts the right 20 borrow money TO
build schools and equip them. While
these measures are doubtless neCcs-
lsary after q fashion, still the state
could have managed to drag along
without them.
The big" bills stlll repose in com
mittees In the house the committee
on ways ana means IL loaded 10 the
guards with bills including everything
from necessary legislation 10 an array
OF "sandhaggers' that have been dug
up from the four corners OF New
Mexico.
The bulk OF the bills IN the senate
are IN the hands OF the committees on
Judiciary. finance and education with
quite sprinkling OF measures In the
committee on state affairs.
Over in the house, the question OF
bills Is becoming serious one for
the ways and means committee which
Is the committee formed 10 control
Legislation IN the house. During the
past week there was some loose talk
among some OF the house members
labout the manner IN which their bills
were being held up in that committee.
Chairman Burg sinu0thed the matter
over BY saying that the committee was
working night and day 10 clear the
decks and would report as many bills
as possible each day.
Now there Is growing sentiment IN
the hose that the biz committee can
mot handle the job and that Il should
lre-refer some OF the bills to house
the house that the big committee can
be taken nt once. The committee
members IN some instances are IN
favor OF such action because they fear
THAT they will be too late 70 ger
Through some Of their pet propositions,
unless they can get the measures ous
of committee withoat further delay In
fact there Is serious danger OF the leg
islative current becoming clogged
with too many bills as the house cal-
Iendar Is growing steadily bigger from
lday 10 day. For Instance, when the
house yesterday adjourned until Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, there were
- fstfuftInFaH ia
fairly ilie-sized days work for any
house
The legislature hus row about
Twenty legislative days and by work
iag morning, afternoon and night
from now until the date OF adjourn
Imcnt. Il Is stlll possible - pat thfouEh
a fairly comprehensive legislative pro
gram The senate and house leaders
realize the situation, and Il is SAID
they are aiming their efforts to ef
fecting an agreement among the Re
publican majorities III both branches
for immediate action on party meas
ures
They may succeed. but there Il
nothing on the cards yet 70 show ina
, they are any nearer success than thii
time one week ago.
The senate and house committees
. are working fairly industrlously. The
lare however, apparently giving th'
bulk at their attention 20 MINOR mas
tiers for the important bills are no
being reported. The big finance BIZ
Is not yet In shape for report ia elthe
house The bond bills are atill II
i, lcommittees, the revision of the erin
Iinal code which contains the corrup
= lpfactlcas act and other legislation Z
which both parties are committed Is y
I, Icommiuce.
Senator Clarks bill 10 safeguard "a
lpubllc monica, which Is looked upon a.
an advance step In new political con
!, iditlons In the state has not passed th
! lhouso. Neither has The biil 20 pre-
. vent any public official from contract
8 Ing q deflclt. Both Of these measure
7, are good.
q The county salary bills are stil
= lpendlnE, although both in the senat
y and house q Is reported that consider
y liable progress 10 being made upo
these measures with q view TO q Join
~ conference on them.
but there are fully twenty bills re
= uuirod for the proper conduct OF th
- business OF the new state and Of th
y counties and municipalities % sa
% nothing OF some good but less import
ont minor measures and none Of thei
50 have gotten By both branches OF th
legislature
'y The Democratic members for IN
a most part viii be absent from ca
q lCapital iOar Of next week, attenoiu
ill the Democratic state convention
n- Clovis They viii hardly return "a
le fore Thursday afternoon al which tin
Nt most of them have arranged pair
There viii be q quorum, however
"a lRepablcana, bat there ia NOT likely
he a greut rush Of bnsiness. althong
on senator Holt said that the senate nal
.te
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