Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-10
STATE FAIR BILL
RECEIVES SERIOUS
SETBACK N
THE HOUSE
Mr.. Burg Steps on Mr.. Speak
er's Toes and as Result Sit.
uation Becomes Slightly
Complicated.
ALBUQUERQUE BUNCH
MUCH DISAPPOINTED

Il
cation Of AlbuquerqueanH. hearted by
Mayor Sellers. who arrived la Santa
Flo Yesterday to witness the passage
in the house Of the hill establishing
the state fair al Albuquerque were
bitterly disappointed when the meas
ure even failed to come up for conHid-
Grafton.
And u this were not enough hard
luck for one day. Mr. burg, author
and sponsor OF the fair bill. pro-
cecded TO tangle with tho speaker.
quite unnecessarily. some thought, aud
tho Albuquerque bin received set
back which u may take some hard
work and political nnesso TO over
come.
The bin making an appropriation Of
$4,000 FOR the san Diego exposition
was under consideration IN tho house
and everything was going smoothly.
The measure. together with n com
panion ono providing for an appto-
priatiOn for the san Francisco expo
sition. was introduced Ia the house
by the speaker. and the speaker wae
there a. sec To II that u ~ feast had
a fair show and chance 90 stand or
fall upon It's own merits.
Iiut this did not suit Mr. Burg. who
then and there earned tho wrath 81
the speaker and possibly deprived tho
Albuquerque bin 81 tho support Of
that somewhat powerful parsonage.
Mr.. BurE insisted that the bills pro-
viding for the san Diego aud san
Francisco cXpositfons bo referred. TO-.
gcthcr with those establishing the
state fair az Albuquerque ana at Ross
WE'LL tu the finance committee.
The speaker was on his feet instant
~ protesting against the proposed ac-
tloP. Recent events have demon
stratcd that the speaker ~ power
10 hc rcckOucd with. and Il was very
evident that he bitterly resented Mr.
Hurgs' action Ia attempting to side
track his pet bills.
The speaker announced that he was
IN favor OF the Albuquerque fair, but
he did not propose 20 have Il tagged
ON 10 his bills lie charged that Il
Was du. TO Mr. BurRs own neglect
that the Albuquerque bill was not on
the calendar, II having been referred
yesterday To the committee on finance
along with THE Roswell bin. by imani-
nous conuent, while Mr. Burg WASH I
looking
MIR Catron seconded the Barg mo
,ion to sond the Panama exposition
blih tu the finance committee. as ala
also AIR. Blanchard. hut the motion
Was tabled nevertheless. Later. upou
motion 81 Major Llowcllyn. the bills
FOR the Pacific coast appropriation
were made a special order for Tues
day NJ . o'clock. hut the Albuquerque
bill remains IA the clutches Of tho n
nauc" committee. un0 It's supporters
can probably ne longer count upnn
the asslstauc. which they we're prom
Used FROM the speaker la getting It
reported out
During the Discussion yesterday
afternoon several members expressed
themaolvsg taNor3bly tu both the Al
buquorquc far bin and those proyid-
inE for digplays az san Diego aud san
Frnnciscp. but doubt was expressed
as to the ability Of the state a. ainud
the expense involved Mcssrs Cairon
aud Blanchard both expressed the
opinion that the u,onoy spent ~ Alhu-
pu"rpuc would lee of greater benefit
- the state than that spent on the
Paciilc coast. This was likewise the
argument of Mr. Burg IN support of
his motion to send the Pacific const
bills back tu the finance committee.
The history uf the Alhuuucrquc
fair biil promises 10 become interest.
ing before final action In taken on Il
In the hdRse with plenty Of votes 70
Insure ~ passage II was reported
favorahly last week aud given prlvi-
legged place On the calendar for Tues.
day last when Tuesday rolled
around AIR. Burg counted noses and
discovered that several of the mem.
bcrs up0n whom ~ rolled Tor sup
port wer" ahsont H. thcTcupon
moved that the bin be- made q spe-
cini order tor Thursday az g. The
house acquiosccd. aud the bin was
again assured privileged place On
the calendar Bui muny things cam
happen between Tuesday aud Thurs
day In a New Mexico legislature. and
in this ease they happened.
on "wednesday MIR MulIsns' bin
establishing the fair ~ Roswell came
up and was unrcremoniously referred
10 thu committee on finance MI.
Mullcns arose Ia his place and softly |
asked AS q favor n the house wouldn't |
ulso refer tho Albuquerque bill % the
same committee. They were similar
measures, both Involved an appropri-
alton Of considerable money. and I'll
VAS only right that they should bc
considered together. argued the gen.
iltmun from ChaVcs
rs there any objection inquired
Tho speaker No one answered
"It there Ia no objection the re-
q nest Will be granted, announced the
speaker after q pause during which !
his eyes searched the room for Mr..
burg, Again no Response. and house
bill No % was referred a. the finance
MI. Burg. who WAS In tho cloak !
room when the episode occurred. dld |
not learn 81 u until after the house !
had adjourned
But this was not all that occurred
between Tuesday ana Thursday. An
other little incident. which was prob.
ably not without is effect upon the |
fair bill, was conference OF the Re.
publican members OF the house which
occurred "Wednesday night The con- '
ference WAS attended M .ouap f,.s.ntV