Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-05
EXHAUSTIVE BRIEF SUBMITTED
WHICH CITES FACT AND LAW


hCrs thereof not VOTING lnd the house
havws declined to mft with thc
senate Ia joint a.seMht. The sem
$50 at lis afternoon session adjourn
cd until S O'Clock =. nl making "a
hlll kntWn aa The mrdiu bin. the
special order of business or the night
session. while thI bin and other
routine matters we've hcne consld-
cred bN the senate I'd lisnight ses-
sion seventeen memheit ~ the
house had entered the seihtc cham
bcr After the transaction y the bus-
iness before the senate ffNeu mUm-
berH of the senate ana tlNenteen
members of tho house progeded ass
in joint assembly to hallut for tine
election Of "a United states senator,
and Mr. Fail received The tArtN-tw0
votes east While tho rolilof the
house was being called. anothQ meme
Der of the house camp in. w. and
eight senators declined tu vote There
were present tWcuty-ihrce mmnew
e the senate and eighteen mmhers
of the house. in all ltrN mem-
hers
On Thursday. June 9Th. al iis norm
ing session a resolution to rcscint the
resolution OF june 9Th. and O. lro-
cecd to the election Of senator Nas
introduced n the house ln this Ns-
olniion. the resolution of April 18th. "a
motion TO reconsider. which had heel
indefinitely tabled. and bN which il
WAS DECLARED that the house would
not at this session go into joint
session for the election of senator
aud in which the election 0f such SEM
atpr was deferred until the january
session. WAS not mentioned. The rules
of the house provide that where a
motion 10 reconsider the action of the
house on any matter has been in-
definitely tabled q tNe-thirds vote IS
necessary 10 reconsider such action.
There We're twcnfN-siN votes east
in favor OF this resolution ana twon-
ty-twO against IT, It WAS declared
carried and tho hnuse proceeded 10
ballot for the election of a senator.
and Mr FAN received twenty five
Votes, majority of all the votes cast.
and the votes of q majority OF ana
members elected 10 the house. tho
remaining members of the house de-
elning 70 vote
Thereafter ON that day. com
with The resolution passed hy q ma
joriiy vote, proceeded to the senate
chamber and announced that tho
house had upon thar day halloted for
the election OF United States sena-
tor for the six year term cOmmenc-
ing March I. 1913, and invited the
members Of the senate 90 convene
in joint ASSEMBLY with the members
OF the house for the purpose of read
ing the journals Of the two houses
the record of the proceed
ings had upon the separate halloting
for United states senator ThereupOn
the members OF the senate proceeded
to the hall ~ the house and met with
the members of the house in Joint
assembly The joint assembly was
called to order by the president Of the
senate and the journals of the re-
spectiVc houses containing the rec
ords of the separate ballots were read
and showed that Albert H. Fan had
received twenty-five votes ia the
house and fifteen votes la the SEM
ate being a majority of the votes east
IN each house, ana the votes Of
ef an the members elected
fo both houses. Thereupon ihe pre-
siding officer of the Joint assembly
announced the result OF such separate
ballots and declared Albert H. Fall to
BE- duly elected as senator IN congress
from New Mexico for the six year
.erm commencing March A. 1913. and
ln the same day the election OF a. 81
Fall as senator was announced hN The
presiding officer of each house ind
separate session
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