Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-02-22
GOVERNOR EXPECTED TO VETO
HOWEVER, THERE ARE FEW PEo-
PIE WHO IRE ABLE TO TELL
WHAT HE WILL DO.
DOVE,OF PEACE IS "SMILING"
IN THE LOWER BRANCH EVERY.
BODY BOOSTS HIS coLLEA-
CUES LEGISLATION.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Feb. 22.-The big
gest days work in the history Of the
present legislature was accomplished
yesterday and indications now are
that after a few more scraps in the
house and a caucus or two in the SEN
ate it will be possible to wind up the
session with every needed piece Of
legislation accomplished.
! The big job in the senate was the
passage by the vote of 20 to 4, Of
the finance committee salary bill,
which, with a few amendments, is
identical with the measure as passed
by the house. The only amendment
adopted which affects first class
counties was one cutting out the $500
allowance to sheriffs for horse hire
The salaries Of school superintend-
ents in the fifth class counties are
cut.
Bernalillo county's hoodoo was on
the job and Senator Barth as usual
seized the opportunity Of making an
ass of himself. The senator was bi.
terly opposed to the bill and wanted
to have it amended so that his home
county would be in the second class
The senate did not seem impressed
with the argument, and no one took
the trouble to reply to the oratory OF
the senator from BernaIillo. During
the course Of his remarks Senator
Barth took occasion to reprimand
quite severely a young newspaper
man from Albuquerque. The scribes
according to the senator, had made
insolent remarks directed toward him
and had even threatened to "pan's
the portly senator in his paper. The
outrage according to the
senator, was that the reporter in
question had asked the senator con-
cerning the political significance OF
certain measures pending in the SEN
ate. The senator concluded by de-
manding the protection OF the senate
against further attacks by the press
The lieutenant governor was visibly
impressed with the remarks Of the
gentleman from Bernalillo and re-
quested that the audience keep silent
while the orator-and the lieutenant
really said orator-was addressing
the senate.
The vote on Mr. Barth's propositions
to put Bernalillo in. the second class
resulted as follows
-Alldredge, Barth. Doepp, Nv
ans. Hinkle, Mccoy, Mabry, Walton
rs.
Nays-Abeytia, Bowman. Burns.
Clark. crampton Gallegos. HART.
Holt llfeld, Laughren Miera. Navar-
70, Page, Pankey, Romero, sulzer
-16.
The vote on the final passage OF
he bill resulted as follows:
Ayes-Abeytia, Bowman, Burns,
Clark, CHAMPION. Gallegos. Hartt.
Holt IlfeId, Laughren. Miera, Navar-
70, Page, Pankey, Romero, and SUI
ser, republicans. and Alldredge, Hin
lie, Doepp and walton, democrats.
Nays Barth Evans and Sfabry,
democrats and Mccoy, republican.
The bill now goes to the house
where it is likely that the amend
nents will be concurreN in without
lelay and the bin sent to the cover
nor.
There are men here who do nor
hesitate to declare that tie governor
win promptly veto the measure il ito
present form, but it may be said for
certain that the governor has made
no such declaration and it is almost
equally certain that the governor win
make no announcement upon the sub
iect until the bin reaches him in the
regular course When Governor Alc-
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