Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-11
HOUSE MARCHES UP
HILL AND THEN
MARCHES DOWN
AGAIN
Body Gravely Discovers That
Emergency Clause Has
Slaughtered County Salaries
Measure in Cold Blood.
MR.. BACA OF SAND0vAL
SPRINGS A SENSATION
Special corFssposa~Ace ,s shs asraIai

Special Correspondence - the uerald
Santa Pc. ~ NJ. Feb. io.--That
constituency " q Jewel which n not
highly regarded by the popular
branch at the New Mexico legislature
WIS demonstrated by the action ycs-
terday ~ the house at representatives
On the county salary hill n was also
demonstrated that the bill, one 0f the
most important to come before the
present session. is no nearer passage
than " was when yesterdays session
began
The house met promptly az rel
clock ana % was az once evident
that the members Toa lized the serl-
uNsncHs of the question bciur" them.
After listening to the Invocation hN
the venerable vicar general Of santa
Re. and dispensing With the rpil call.
the house resolved Itself into com.
nittee of the whole 10 consider house
Hill No. l23, which was ana is the
bill liking the salaries of the officers
~ the various counties Of New Mex
ico. salaries which the aforesaid Of
ncers have been more or less pa
uenty waiting for for nigh unto
thirteen months. salaries which, u iH|
said. have Ia many cnses been pledged
81 money lenders ut II per cent
Things started on well Every
member was Interested In the fash
before him. His constituents looked
io him 20 guard their interests and
the officers of his county, many al
whom were present Ia person. and
~ 1T them IN spirit looked to him
TO see To II that they Mere dealt with
az least fairly
The bin was read by sections and
every section carefully considered,
Many amendments were offered,
weighed In the balance. and such OF
them rs seemed good IA % majority
al fha NOM hg MORO HtputsO
The consideration OF tho hin ana
the adoption or rejection of amend
inents wer" finally concluded &C 10
u'ol0ck. The committee OF tho whole
arose and reported the btli WIN
amendments
Mr. blanchard of Lincoln Ut once
arose IN his place ana moved that
the nous" do now disagree With all
lhe.anendmenLs ghiciL u mgloriN pl
the house nhd iusi finished putting
Into the bhl
This looked like inconsistency Il"
Mr.. Mullous. who moved that MIR
blanchard motion h,'s laid upon the
table. The house very promptly re-
fused 90 do any such q thing voting
% 10 10 against the motion 10 table.
Mr. Chavez. chairman ui the conn
mittre on finance. which body had
prepared the bin as originally intro
duccd, then moved thai % puss with
Mr. Catrou wanted Go pat 10 an
amendment requiring mat county
Uhoui experimentation in counties
having over forty schools, rNDlUsiN"
81 thus" In cities should bee allowed
$500 Lrr annum for travelling 'X-
penscs. This motion was promptly
tabled.
The previous question was then
called Tor and the bin pluced upon
~ final passage. The vote resulted
2s In th" affirmative ana 20 "a the
negative.
The announcement Of the vote was
the signal for cheers from those who
favored u, hut the cheers came 20"
soon
And Baca oI Sandnval was the man
who called attention to the sad fact
that the bill hHd failed. that there
WIS uu need for any iubilution, IN
fact There WIS nothing over which tn
lubilate.
Dra;stug u smnll hound
edition ~ the NV MeNic0 eonstiu
tion from N 3rf, hip rock,., the gen
tlenan nom SHudoVul pointed II men
acinglN at the chairman ~ the ~.
nance committee. "'rhe bill ~ Lost. -
uuoth the crsiwhilr Progressive cans
didute for congress
by the terms nf one of the pro.
visions uf the great instrument con
tulnod la this little hook, Via. Sec, 20
OF Article ". of the constitution ol
uut beloved state, bills carrying th,
emergency clause must secure q two
thirds majority ia order tu pass ir
either the house or senate
The gentleman from Sandoyul sal
Fulomuly down
Two or three members protested
citing ruling of the speaker last
wear Ia which They claimed that the
presiding officer had ruled that IN,
failure ur u measure carrying IA,
emergency clause 80 command "a two
thirds majority did not, provided d
secured majority. XIII the blll. In
merely rendered the emeTecuC'
clause void MIR. blanchard elaine,
that this was the almost universe
practice in legislative assemblies. bu
the speaker would not agree an,