El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31

a dignified body as the hOuse-and
much more TO the same effect, winding
up with q motion TO Indefinitely post
pOne the measure.
Mr.. Rabbit of MaricOpa county, led
the fight for the bill. He said there
was no disposition to cast reflections
on the governor nor on anybody else,
that the bill was offered because it
was believed to be such measure as
would meet the needs of the state Also,
he scored Mr.. Saxon rather severely.
whom he accused Of being ignorant
Of the amendments that had been made
in committee and having framed an op-
position to the bill that did not fit il
in the form in which it came before the
house AIR. Babbitt also strongly con-
tended that the bill does come within
the purview OF the governors message,
and called attention to the section Gre
ating a purchasing agent. 1t may be
mentioned here that the governor, in
his call, stipulated that one Of the
things done By the legislature should
be the passage Of a bill providing for
such an official
Defends the Governor.
Representative Kerr launched into
the hottest defence Of the chief exec
utive that has been heard in a long
time. He said the bill has JOkerS-
that under such provisions as it con-
tains there is no chance for Mr.. Hunt
make good as governor. He called
down Mr.. Jacobs for saying there was
no man there who wanted to see one
man power foisted upon the state ana
said he was such a man-that he want
ed to see the governor given chance
to do what he had promised TO do when
making his campaign want one
man TO control the purchasing agent"
said Mr.. Kerr. What we need here is
a business administration and if you
are to have that you want TO follow
the lead of the large corporations and
transact the business OF the state as
they transact their business"
Mr. Whipple said the bill is a direct
slap" at governor Hunt and conse-
quently he could not see his way clear
to lending his support to the measure
He also declared the bill contains
joker.
Mr.. Maddox suggested that if it is
the intention Of the governors friends
to follow out the policy he and they
seemed to want it might be a good
thing to make the governor the whole
hoard and be done with it
Mr. Babbitt, in again arguing for
the bill, said it was not the intention
Of any one to take from the governor
any power that belongs to him. 1t
was merely a business proposition, he
said He wanted TO get away from the
idea of having the purchasing agent a
member of the board so that he would
be in position to review his own acts
said, to have q purchasing agent and
then have his acts reviewed by the
governor, the auditor and the secretary
of state. Don't give any one man un-
limited power, no matter who he is"
was Mr.. Rabbits closing appeal.
There was a great deal more talk
pro and con. the opponents to the BILL
however, using up by Tar the greater
amount Of oratorical energy. There
were various motions and counter mo-
lions. but none Of these came to a vote
except Saxon's to postpone the bill in
definitely This motion was lost by a
vote Of 10 to Is. Later the bill was
ordered TO the enrolling and engross-
ing committee.
There viii be one more vote, on
third reading, and there is no reason
to believe. so far as can be seen, that
the vote viii be different. The bill
viii then go to the senate, where it
viii in all probability be killed.
Semi VI OnfhIy Paydays.
Fireworks in the house were fur
nished when the semi-monthly pay
day bill was up for consideration.
The provision in this bill which oc-
casions a great deal Of discussion is
one allowing the corporation to order
a change in the time Of the paw DAYS
to be observed by railroad companies
whenever the employees of the COM
pany ask that the mi-monthly pay
dav be not observed
Mr.. Bradner strongly opposed this
DrONaSAG44 ne SdlQ IAE companies can
compel their employees TO sign such q
request on pain of discharge. and he
did not think the provision a fair one
Capt. Kelton said If this is to be a
semi-monthly payday bill it should be
one in fact and not in name only. He
thought the exceptions should be
stricken out
Mr.. ISradner read a letter from the
legislative committee Of railroad
workmen at Albuquerque which said
a request for a continuance Of the old
monthly pay day system had been
signed by Santa Fe employees contrary
to their wishes. The letter also stated
that 20 percent Of these employees sign
ing the bill are less than 20 years Of
age and consequently are non-voters.
Three Cent Fare.
A bill that provoked some discussion
in the senate was WOrsley's three cent
railroad fare bill At the close Of the
debate Davis made an Intellectual at
tempt to have this bill indefinitely
postponed, but the motion was laid on
the table. The bill was then sent on
its regular course.
The funding and loan bill was recon-
mended for passage. The bill provid-
ing for issuing licenses TO CORPORA
tions was also recommended for pass
age, together with some other meas
ures OF minor interest
Governor VetOes Measure.
The gubernatorial javelin is again at
work. The bill to fall under the eX-
ecutiVe displeasure was one passed
by the legislature at the regular ses-
sion for the relief Of James McGhee.
The governor, however, signed the