Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-18
Ways and Means Committee,
After Comforting with Gov
ernor and Adjutant General
Authorizes Bill for Purpose,
APPROPRIATION TO TOTAL
$4,000 OR $4,000
Resolution introduced Extend
ing Sympathy of SoIons and
State to Those Who Lost Rel
ativeS In Titanic Disaster,

Especial Dispatch to ths Morning JonrnaI.I
santa 'e, \, NJ, April li.---Thnt
New Mexico viii not be unprepared
to protect the lives and property Of
her citizens in the event of serious
trouble on the Mexican frontier was
made evident today when at joint
meeting OF the house committee on
ways and means, and the senate COM
mitte,. on finance which was adj
dressed by Governor Mcdonald and
Adiuiant General Brookes, both conf
mittecs agreed To report favorablN
bill which is to he drawn hy Attor-
ncy General Frank W. Clancy pro-
vidng AN appropriation to be used
by the governor in his discretion for
the hindlng of troops and the
mounted police. If they should he
needed along the border.
The bill Is now being prepared bv
the attorney general with the aid of
Governor Mcdonald and General
Brookes. The amount of the appro-
priation that 1t will carry has not
yet been definitely decided. as Gen
eral Rrookes has not been able 20
complete his estimates as Ia the sum
that will be needed, but IT is safe 10
say that the appropriation will be
somewhere between $to.ooN and
sle 600. There Is little reason TO
doubt that the bin viii pass both
houses as no opposition to II hns been
manifested.
Governor Mcdonald made It plain
in his talk 10 the joint committee
that he was not looking for trouble
ana did not expect II. but that the
situation was such that trouble might
come unlimited ana he wanted To be
prepared for IL If Il did. He de-
precated hasty action and sensational
talk of Intervention, and said that u
was simply "A matter Of taking ren-
sonahle precautions To meet a situa-
tion which everybody rea,lzes may
arise at any time.
So far as the movement of troops
and the handling of the mounted po-
lice is concerned the governor al
ready has ample power under the
To take any steps to pro-
tcct the citizens of the state, but hav-
ing the power ana having the money
necessary 90 enable him To exercise IL
are two different things and all that
the governor asks for Is funds snf-
ficicnt tu enable him to do what the
law allows him to do.
The governor pointed out that IL
a sudden emergency should arise
while he legislature il on one of its
" eek end reccsses. he would be pow
rrlcss to act. ana In such an event,
he loss of few hours might mean
he loss Of many lives. There was
harmony at the meeting
and no disposition to play politics
was cyincpd. The motion. which pro-
.ided for the drawing up of the bill
was made by senator Holt, the rcpub-
lean leader IN the senate. The bill
sin doubtless DE presented within
hc next das or two mnd Immediately
PASSED.
Aside from the action of the joint
committee the passage 10y the house
IT the bin of Mr. Trlpp. of san Mi
;url. regulating boxing contests. the
iefeat uf the hill OF Mr.. T0ombs, OF
'nian providing for homestead eN-
,mptluns apd the presentntion OF "a
oint resolution, expressing sympathy
With the survivors Of the Titanic
and To- the relatives OF
hose who pcrished. were the prin-
lpaI features of the day.