El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-11
NEW MEXICO WILL
HAVE NO RANGERS
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gang of cattle thieves and that the or
ganization was useless for the purpose
for which it had been designed. The
cream Of his statement, though, came
when he read an article from La Voz
del Pueblo, Of Las Vegas. a paper edited
by the lieutenant governor. This ar
ttcle, which was in the form of an edf-
torial, Capt Fred FOrnOff, of the
mounted police, was attacked in bitter
terms The man who was interpreting
Tor the senator had occasion to ask the
Lieutenant governor and pTesumab Bile
author of the article. the meaning Of
certain word which was in it. At this
the knowing ones smiled for the hUlmor
of the lieutenant governor being called
quoted on the floor Of the senate over
which he was presiding, struck deep.
Strong Opposition.
Mr.. Hinkle spoke briefly against the
continuance Of the force. saying that
ChaVes county was opposed to it.
Senator Holt attacked the mounted
police bitterly, telling OF a killing in
Las Cruces, which, he declared, was
felt to be entirely due to the existence
of the force and the actions Of one of
its members He asserted that the PEG
pie Of Dona Ana county were strongly
opposed to the mounted police.
On roll call the vote was as follows:
Ayes-Abeytia, Bowman, Burns, Clark,
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kle, Holt, Ilfield, Laughren, Miera, Ma
varro, Page. Romero. SulZer; total II.
NOes-Alldredge Barth, Mccoy, Evans,
Pankey, Walton; total 6.
The senate.
When the senate met a message from
the house announced the recall OF the
bill relating to the teaching Of Spanish
in normal schools The finance com
mittee favorably reported substitute
for the public monies act introduced
early in the session
Substitute for house joint resolution
was reported favorably- The act au-
thorizes q commission to select a state
seal Under suspension of the rules, II
was adopted, % to 0.
Under further suspension of the rules
house bill authorizing the employment
Of extra help by the land commissioner
20 defend contest suits against state
lands. was taken up and passed, q TO 0.
Rule Governing Lobbying.
The president had occasion to have
senate rule 81 read again. This time
he read the rule himself. The rule pro-
hibits lobbying on the floor At the
time several we'll known Republicans
were on the floor talking to members.
Senator Holt introduced a bill to take
the place of the lost, strayed or stolen
senate anti gambling bill AFTER ne had
stated the fact Of the loss Of the former
measure Of this nature. the senate
passed the substitute The vote was
A conference Of Republicans was an
nOunced for this morning at S-Sv, aIter
which adjournment was taken TO TINS
afternoon at $50
Committee Reports
At the morning session the consu-
tutional amendments committee faVor-
ably reported a substitute for senate
Joint resolution No. 10, reducing the
Terms of state Officers to two years
Senate joint resolutions Z and ., the
state and county short ballot amend
ments proposed by Mr. Page, We're re
ported unfayOTably, and the urSI N
come tax resolution. un1avorablys as
there had been another measure passed
which covered the point
Mr. Mabry said he hoped the cnalE-
man Of the committee was not with
holding reports on the resolutions Tor
direct election Of senators, prohlpltl on'
the recall OF state officers ana the
initiative, but he said 1t IN such a way
that he showed he knew these were
being withheld
Mr.. Holt declared that the majority
members We're anxious to hold a con
ference upon the measures before they
came out and that while they had some
matters to be considered, he SAID thaI
the reports were being withheld by the
chairman at the request Of the ma
MI Wabrv moved. ''for the sake of
regularity that the committee be m
structed to report these matters not
later than today.
Mr.. Holt declared that their with
holding was q mere matter or courtesy
and that there was no disposition 70
keep them back permanently or so
much as might hamper their passage
Mr. Mabry then withdrew his motion,
'aS a matter of courtesy AFTER EhaI
things proceeded in the usual har-
It DEVELOPED in the discussion that
the committee was unanimous Tor the
prohibition amendment
nh h1 II
sngrossed COPY Of the latest salary DILL {
which was passed Saturday. It was
signed by the president and was imme-
1iately reported TO house.
House bill III, the county bridge act !
and the house municipal leagues nav
ing bill, were also read and signed by.
the president
Commercial club and from the citizens |
Of Ricardo asked that the senate pass /
the Sumner county bill.
Senate bill 207. relating to the Ming I
Of chattel mortgages, was introduced /
by Mr. Ilfeld
The committee on constitutional /
amendments introduced joint reSoiu- 1
ton proposing an amendment TO the
state constitution which would make !
the terms Of state officers two years {
instead of four, but would allow them 4
to succeed themselves
A number of committee reports We're J
heard. including four from the cOnsti- 4
IutiOnal committee.
By unanimous consent. Mr. Page was !
permitted to introduce a joint resOlu-
lion looking toward the ratification Of /
the direct election Of senators amend
ment to the federal constitution.
TIE House.
The house met in the afternoon at l
2:35- Almost Immediately a message
from the governor was received an
the veto Of the district at
-orney bill.
The house recalled from the senate
the act requiring Spanish to be taught
IN normal schools
The following bills were passed:
charged by the secretary of state for
certain service; house bill "a. amend
ng section % Of chapter % OF the acts