Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

i hty from this iund 20 be paid actual
employees and the way In which the
ITEM gol throush the appropriation
bi'l at the last scsRiOn.
| BLANCHARD WITHOUT AWoFAla1V.
kErtllNS To SEAT IN TRIUMPH
FOrgiVen BY the speaker ana or
dered released from custody bV the
district clerk. Representative w. ~.
blanchard returned In triumph 20 the
house OF representatives shortly bs-
fore noon today. after having under
gone some twenty hours construcllve
Imprisonment In the custody OF the
sergeant
When tho house convened this
morning the reading of the Journal
| tained a somewhat fu.t account a.
Yesterdays ructlon which resulted III
The arrest of Mr.. blanchard ana ID a
Just possible that "A will MnderNo
some editing before Il IA finnliy sab
mittce ~ the hnsgse, FplloRinK she
prayer hy the chaplain DIR. C0omoy 81
Socorro aeked unanimous consent to
say few words, Ar. Cooney II an
irishmnn by birth and an American
by ndoptic" aud some two DAYS aRO
introduced resolution congratulate
arg the Emerald Isle ON the attain
inent OF home rule. bus Mr.. cooney
IN also diplomat and "a Arm believer
IN ahe policy OF keeping In the good
grnrcs Of the powers that be, just
al this moment the powey ia the
hoUNe appears 10 MIN 10 BE- Speaker
Raca.
Mr.. cooney laudod the speaker az
thorough and impartial presidina
officer praised his wisdom as a law
maAer and hnally inquired Il Hts
August Majesty would not consent 70
reconsider his action with reference
TO Mr. blanchard Mr. cooney asked
that all who felt az he did on the
matter should stand up. A few mem
Great" exclaimed the speaker.
Would he forgive Mr.. Biahohard7
OF course he would foralVs. All great
men forgave their enemies u not
the forgiving spirit one OF the atsrl-
outes Of greatness Ana II the speak
81 of the house OF representatives n
not great. who is9 what
Mr.. Cooney moved that q commit
tee be- appOinted 10 notify Mr..
blanchard OF his pardon and 10 escort
that gentleman back TO tho house
The house was agreeable 10 this pro-
gram and Messrs. COoney and Mich
OILS were named az the committee.
The committee retired TO perform
W. duty. IL searched the lobby. IL
searched the corridors. It searched
/ the attic and Il looked under the
stairs. Hut Mr. blanchard was not
W AN AWNMfff
wcarled hy l;s strenuous labors.
the committee nnally returned 10 the
house u reported that u regretted
So report that the missing membef
from lincoln county vas not 10 be-
i found
That's an right" exclaimed the
speaker. II know where ne IT, lie u
over In the district court with his al
torney pleading FOR release from his
constructive custody The house will
proceed 10 business"
The house proceeded 70 cheerfulIy
that every measure which came be-
/ fore Il during the morning VAS cheer.
tuily passed, including one hill and
an Important one which had emanat-
ed from the hated senate.
The speaker was right about Afr.
| blanchard Hn was Indeed over IN
the district court with his attorneys
arEuing before Judge Abbott upon a
writ Of habeas corpus granted on Pc
ttion Of Attorney G. c. 6atron. a
member of the house OF representa-
Il tiNcs and one % the two nlfa who had
i the courage or temerity 20 stand with
Mr.. blanchard in his clash with tho
speaker The other man with the
nerve was Mr., Burg Of Rarnalilio,
The lrst witness IN the habeaa cor
pus prOceedingn Was Martin serranO.
sergeant-at-arms Of the house, who
| described the circumstances ssiT-
rounding the arrest. Asked concern
ing the prisoner, Mr.. Serrano said. ~
turned him loose until 10 o'clock TO-
day to report 90 the house and see
/ what they can do"
Had YOU any warrant for his ar
rest inquired the court.
No SIR"
Was there any resolution of the
house under which thc speaker was
IactiuE 2"
| NO. sir
In response 20 a question b. AR.
ltarOn, the serkeantsat.AFulN ex-
planned that he arrested Mr.. nlanch-
ard ai HIS own scat N the house
speaking ~ the arrest the sergeant
said that Mg. blanchard had refused
g. be- arrested by the Clly marshal.
Then went and ordered him a. 40
down nnd he sat down" said ar. Ser,
Fnn0. Then the speakof ordered nae
20 arrest him ana take him aut nf
THE house Then he ordered lns ~