Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-01-21
SENATORIAL CONTEST
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FAILS TO
REPORT ON THE BURG RE-
SOLUTION
DRASTIC SALOON LEGISLATION
MANY BILLS FOR REGULATION
or LIQUOR TRAFFIC ARE Be
ING PRESENTED

ING PRESENTED
santa Fe, n. NJ. Jan. 21.-The
eighth day Of the second session Of
the first session Of the First New
Mexico state legislature finds the calm
with which the session started still
unbroken. Harmony there is in plen
ty. AS one member expressed it this
morning, it is worse than harmony. it
is monotony
Wild rumors are afloat Of trouble
expected in the house over the cleo
ton Of Senator Fail, but, if there is
any real opposition to the senator, it
has failed SO far to develop. The divt
sion in the house seems to be not on
the question of the senator's election,
for no other candidate is seriously
mentioned, but on the question d
whether or not the house is prepared
to formally declare that the election
last June was legal and regular.
This question was to have been de
cided this morning BY the committee
on judiciary Of the house. but owing
to the absence Of seeyral Of the mem
hers vitally interested, the matter
went over until tomorrow morning at
10 O'Clock. On motion Of Mr. Burg,
the committee issued a summons for
every member to be present at the
meeting
This action of the committee pre-
cIudes any possibility of the senatorial
question coming up in the house be
fore tomorrow.
Both the senate and the house are
in session this afternoon and the leg
islative hopper is taxed to its capacity
receiving bills on every conceivable
subject, and the present outlook Isl
that this session will break some rec
ords for the number of bills introduc
ed. Many old familiar acts appear
among the bills; things which died in
the last session and which their spon-
sors hope will have better luck this
time.
The regulation Of the liquor traffic
is one Of the fayOrite subjects Of
legislation this year, and it would not
be at all surprising is some rather
drastic anti-saloon bin was passed be
fore the session experise.
This is one Of the subjects in which
the legislature and the governor seem
to be in substantial agreement as tol
che end to be attained, though they
naturally differ widely as to the me
thods. The governor is said to favor
the proposition of state board to ab
solutely control the liquor traffic, Isl
sue licenses and cancel them and
have geenral supervision over the
business, but it is very unlikely that
such law could pass either house,
as the trend Of sentiment in the legls-
lature seems to be rather in the direc-
uen of giving even greater freedom
% the individual communities in deal
ing with this question
This morning the committee on edu-
cation voted to make favorable re
port on the bill requiring that wo-
man be appointed on the boards Of
the various state institutions. An
amendment, suggested hy Chairman
Sanchez requires that the woman
must be five years a resident Of the
state.
The bill providing for an additional
Judge in the Fifth judicial district was
considered ii the committee on judi
ciary but a report was held up pend
/ ing an opinion Of the attorney genefal
concerning the method 81 selecting
the Judge, whether he should be elect
ed by the people Of the district 81
appointed 81 The governor There ia
some doubt aa to she exact meanins
of the constitutional provision cover
lne thls question
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