Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-30
ELECTION Of FALL
MADE CERTAIN BY
ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION
House and Senate Meeting in
Joint Session. Go on Record
by Vote of Sixty-Seyen to
Three,
DEMOCRATS JOIN IN
APPROVING CHOICE MADE

legislators Who Had tx
peoled Speech Disappointed
as a Result
Islete Capitrl nureau Of Morning ieurnnlt
Santa Fo. Jan. 2a.-- immediately
following the formal reading and com-
paflson of the journals OF the two
houses ln the house chamber az noon
today. resolution ratlfylng the elee-
tl4n 81 senator Albert y. Fan 10 sue
reed himself March 9Th was read and
adopted hy AN Overwhelming vote.
This enectunlly removes from all de-
bate the question of whether or not
he Is the lcnnl and duly elected sena-
tor from This state. Tile resolution
WAS quite brief and makes no mention
of which election Is Intended. II car
med hy vote Of SO 10 3, Measrs. NJ.
& de Baca, Mullens and smith being
the opposing members. AS one of the
republicans put IT, IL was a mean
way OF making tho democrats vote for
Fall"
The only business of real Import
transacted today beside one bill Ia the
senate. was the holding of the Joint
assembly
Following the transaction Of the
routine. both houses recessed 10 meet
again few minutes before y o'clock.
The house met aud the roll was stir
being called when The senate was an-
nounced The proceedings In that
body had been very simple. merely a
call to order and an announcement hy
the president that the senate should
go to the house To compare Journals
upon tho election of a senator
once the senate had arrived and
been announced. The house rose and
remained standing lill an had taken
theif places. Then thes sat doW@s
again and Lieutenant Goyernur r. G.
Dc naca announced The cause OF the
joint assembly The journals Of both
houses we're read and The results Of
the senatorial election compared, Il
appearing that a. 3. Fall had received
d majority IN both houses
The lieutenant governor announced
this fact. which was greeted with
some applause. The joint assembly
then recessed for ten minutes. during
which time an enoft 10 locate Senator
Fali and bring him before the legis-
laure was made He could not DO
found however and upon the call
to order the resolution mentioned was
introduced and adopted
FftII
BE ii resolved by the legislature
Of The state of New Mexico In joint
session assembled that the separate
notion of the house or representatives,
Of fhe legislature of New Mexico and
the separate action OF the senate OF
The legislature OF New Mexico where's
hx Albert q Fall receil a majority
af votes OF each branch Of said iesis-
lature for the office Of United States
senator from the state of New Mexico
for the term beginning March +.
1918 b. ana The same is hereby rati-
ned ana that upon this resolution the
roll ~ the members OF the joint ses%
sion Of the legislature be called"
rhe Joint assembly then dissolved.
Tho senate returned to- It's own
chambers. where the president an
nounced that Albert i. Fall had been
elected 10 succeed himself IN tho
United states senate for the term be-
ginning March a 1919, and the body
adjourned TO meet tomorrow at
o'eloek
The house had its journal read and
then adjourned 10 meet tomorrow
at 10 o'clock.
The senate.
The principal feature OF tho days
activities IN the senate was the intru-
lnetion of woman's suffrage resoius
.ion bv Senators Walton and Holt. Tho
measure created quite a little coma
nent and The introducers were maaa
he subject of some badinage. Tho
'esnlution was referred 20 tho coma
niteee on constitutional amendments
/ Is as follows:
Joint Resolution No. n.
Proposing an amendment 10 Section
of Article VII Of the constitution OF
he stute of New Mexico, in relation
O rights of suffrage. permitting woms
n to vote.
30 Il resolved by tho legislature Of
he state Of New Mexico
That section / Of Article VII Of tha
constitution Of the state Of New Mex
ae be, and the same is hereby
mended 10 read as follows:
Every citizen Of the United states
rho is over the age Of twenty-ona
ears, and has resided IN New Mexico
Nelve months, in the county nlnetv
avs and In the precinct In which ha
r SHE offers 70 vote. thirty days next
reeeding tho election. except Idiots.
isane persons persons convicted of
felonious or Infamous crime, unless
sstored to political rights, and In
lans not taxed, shall be QualiHed to
pte at all elections for public officers.
II school elections shall be held ne
fTerent times from other electiona.ss
The Introduction Of this measure
as the signal for Senator Page to
It IN action a neat BIT Of 'Joshings
bieh ended IN tha lleglfnaR! gol-