Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-05
HOUSE PASSES BILL
FOR INVESTMENT
Of LAS VEGAS
GRANT FUNDS
Measure Having top It's Pul-
pose Completion of Biz luI-
cation System Goes Through
by Vote Of 80 To 10,
SENATE DIVIDES OVER
ANTl-GAMBLING ACT
Proposed Law to Prohibit Gard
Playing for Pdzes Of Any
Sort Causes Surprising Mix
Up OF Members,

Sort Causes Surprising Mix
Up OF Members,
Estate Capital ilurenu of uofn,nr iearnal
Santa Fe. March 4 Spectators va
the senate this afternoon were sur
prised to see senator Mfth lined up
ON Two minority reports With mrm.
beers of the majority. Those iu the
house were enlightened with speeches
an tho las Negas grant situation hv
Lieutenant Governor D. g. do nurd
and Herbert " clark. and we're eds
He'd hN the passage OF the hill relating
Go the management ot the grant funds.
The senate today concurred in the
house amendments "a the Rio Grande
improvement bill which now goes TO
the governor The day wns one OF
numerous events This morning the
house heard the reading of the tolc-
gram mude almost famous hN local
newspHprr This afternoon. IN addi-
ton 10 the occurrences chronicied
there was dimensiuu iu ihc ranks
of the republican mnlerity ln the sem
ate. arising over the anti-HnmhluE
act such q proceeding there has
been unheard OF heretofore After the
senate session conference of the rec
puhlicans was called aud senator Holt
1t is reported. declined 40 enter It. The
conference was not held Taking IL
altogether Il wns a busy day
Tho senate dissrnsiOn arose over "a
motion hy Mn Holt Go refer House
Joint Resolution 30 the statewide
prohibition resolution. to ttc commit
Ice ON constitutional amendments Mr.
Page wanted it tu go to the committee
an state Affairs Thev and others
tulked about Ii Tor few minutes and
then it Went to q vote Tho state nf-
fairs faction won the vote being as
follows 'yes- AbeKila Alldredpe.
hurns CLARK, irllepes Hart tlnkle,
Mlern. Navarro. raHc pHnkcN. BumcrU
and Walton Nayea- -ilurth Bowmnn
tumpton Duepn, Evans Holt llfeld,
l.AHghren Mccoy MuhrN and Sul2pr.
The second lone discussion nf the
dav was upon the adoption of a MIN
eiits report unfayafRhlp 90 The pas-
sAre OF tile nnii- gambling act
senator Barth was 'onH In this
pioce. he raised the curtain IN fnet
with statement that the bin was SO
drafted ms % prevent even a ghnc of
'old maid, if there WAS q prize offer
ed to The winner llO was one Of four
signers Of the minority report and
WINS quito energetic IN wanting Il
adopted
Senator Holt spoke for the blll de-
rlarng that " was impossible to draft
a measure which would actually pro-
hihi gambling fuf money yet would
not prohibit social gnmcs whore prizes
were giNen the winners. - do not be-
Hove Ia eurtailins the liberties. ur
perhaps hNd better snY, tho prNi-
teges of the citizen" he said. "hut
there comes a time when 10 a necrs-
anry 10 do this ta stop the abuse Of
those privileges at the hands of cet-
tuin people It ls time that u drastic
measure We're passed Those Who
have been $50 inclined have found n
loop hole Ia the laW of 1907 which |
believe wes one of the most snluiary
pieces of legislation ever enacted In
the state ! have been told thHt here
In town in "a single night not long ago
a man lost between $500 aud yi00 IN
mpfely shaking dice over oar
senator llatth opened The second
not with statement TINT he agreed
with almost everything Senator Holt
had said but thAt he WITS opposed to
this particular bill becnuse il would !
cor out thr games 81 cards usually |
played al home which he regarded aH
4 very valuable feature ~ home lite |
as Il kept ihe men ut homo niehtf
senator champion spoke Va fNvur Of \
the bill BE aaid lhat there were OBJ
ioatiOns to II Ha had heon pointed cot /
hy tho senator from lcfnalllln. but /
thnt IL WITS impossible la goi around (
these aud set huNe u pruhihltury bill
ihat would prohibit
Senator Mccoy spoke strongly in
favor Of the measure We remarked
.hat he believed ID was the right Kind
In legislation ana that Doe WIS glad lo
sec IL offered
The senate adjourned n the midst
lf Che discussion and without amy nes
lion being iaken on thc adoption Of
'ither report
ln the house. HH soon 0s the las Nes
fas grant bin, House fll 81 was call
sd up Mr. Chriaman offered sub
tiiute measure. THIS reduced the
mount Of grant funds which eould /
lo Invested iu securities of irrigation
PROJECTS on The grant to one. third ei
he amount ef money on hand 4
uhsidiary feature was that banks
where funds were deposited were %
ured to bid for them Nh Rogers
roanded the adoption Of the suhsli-
ute MI Lohnto moved TO table hul
his was out Of order, the substitute N
lot having been read. n WAS ordered
cad and then Mr. Clancy asked that
ho house hear Lieutenant Governor
3 q Dc l}acH relative to the stunt
lutter
The lieutenant governor spukt
rlefly upon thp history of the grant {
Is recent management which he said {
ias bad, and called the scheme en- /
odied ia the proposed act g wiz 4
at He told of a conference In room
4 Of he palace hotel made notorious
ist year and said thHt at this confer
nee substitute had been agreed
pen. He declared that the substitute d
nd not been written IN accordance
18th that agreement
Mr. de llaea then told q story ot
ow "A mon named Brown came 70 Las e
'ceas and contracted TO sell unoecu a
led lands of the grant He FIRST /,
uniraeied 20 sell $4,000 acres for
'hich ne pnid the neard sl25 per
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