Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-10
WHAT BECAME OF
EMERGENCY CLAUSE
ASKS MR., LANCHARD
ATTEMPT ON PART OF MAJOR LLEWlLYN TO CONTINUE COAL OIL IN
vSTGATl0N IS VOTED DOWN BY HOUSE DESPITE HIS VALIANT E
FORTS But IT CALLS FORTH new FACTS FROM LINCOLN MAN.
Mr.. T00MBS THINKS PEOPLE ARE
ENTITLED TO SOMETHING NOW

LOST-One perfectly new, up to
date emergency clause, at one time
attached to bill to abolish the of'.C
of coal oil inspector which left the
house in good repair and has Il
since been seen Anyone having any
knowledge of the Whereabouts of fhls
amendment will confer favor upon
one, w. E. Blanchard of Arabela, Lin
coin county, New Mexico, present ad
dress care house. legislature now in
session.
1t being inconceivable that any ole
possessed of sound Judgment, shonlc
have any particular use for an emer-
gency clause, the strange disapp2A"
ance of such an article OF Legislation
as related by Mr. Blanchard in tie
house this morning during the attemp
of Major Llewellyn to resurrect th'
coal oil inquiry, has greatly added 70
mystery that is one of the sense
tions of the present session,
No one knew that an emergency
clause was missing until Major Lie
wellvn announced at the noon hour to
uay that there would be a session OF
the special coal oil committee at | p.
IN,
Mr.. Toombs objected. He moved
that the committee report progress
and that it be discharged from fur
ther consideration of the case on the
grounds that under the opinion OF the
attorney general. the state could mo-
recover any money anyhow. MI.
Rogers asked him if it were not equal
ly true that the attorney general mad
held that an investigation into the oi
flee, once ornamented by Malaquiae
Martinez, was perfectly proper.
Then Mr.. Blanchard hurled hi
bomb. He said that there was even Il
more important matter for the com
ln;ttee to investigate if it tqst like ia
vestigating. Then he told the story
OF the missing emergency clause in all
its horror.
According to Mr.. Blanchard, bil
passed the last legislative house ab-
olishing the Office of coal oil lnspec-
tor. To make the measure more EN-.
phatic and realistic, the house has,
pinned thereto, one full grown, active
emergency clause and passed the
whole works at the same time. The 4
the bill went to the senate, passed tLe
senate and went to the governor But
somewhere between the senate, thu
house and the executive Office, the
emergency clause disappeared and 1t
k,iy ytn,, hot
Mr.. Blanchard wanted the coal o.:
committee to probe. According to Mr..
Blanchard, if the emergency clause
was stolen, secreted hidden, changed,
torn up or otherwise mutilated or dc
faced, then the guilty person had bee /
guilty of felony. No opinion of tn
attorney general could save; no re
port of progress could delay his CAV
tain punishment
But the house did not enthuse owe.
Mr.. Blanchard's mystery. In fact
there was not single outburst of in
of the emergency clause.
The house took the cold. calm view
Of the matter, that the woods were
full of emergency clauses and that one
or two being lost did not matter much
anyhow. So Mr. Blanchard's motiou
vas voted down and the motion by
Mr.. Toombs that the committee report
progress and quit, was endorsed bv
the house.
The mystery of the missing eme.'
fency clause will remain a mystery
throughout the ages; the coal oil in
vestigation has ceased to be- BIT
in justice to Major Llewellyn be il
said that he actually did ask the COM
-nlttee to meet at / p. m today. It
was Mr.. Toombs who baked. Mr.
Toombs said the session was drawing
to a close and that there were many
more important matters to be con
sidered.
IMPORTANT TAX BILL
is PASSED BY HOUSE.
After series of amendments had
been defeated, the house this morning
passed H. B. No. 227-which gives the
state board of equalization power to
fix the value of property for taxation