Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-02-26

right to give a full report of all coal
oil inspectors.
By Mr. Toombs; Now Mr.. Chair
man, | don't want to say anything we
ought not to say. | don't feel that we
are a political committee and my
friend talking about politics. don't
believe this investigation should take
its course along lines that would be
called political.
BY Major Llewellyn: ! will say
this. While | concur in what the gen.
tleman from Union county has said
and while | believe this committee
should rise above politics, above par
tisanship, and | believe this commit
tee will do that, at the same time
believe the suggestion made by the
gentleman from Sandoval county is a
good suggestion and if you have no
objections | will ask that the secre-
tary call upon the governor of this
state, and | might add secretary, to
furnish this committee with any in
formation or annual reports or any
thing else they have in their posses
sion. Perhaps the gentleman from
Sandoval may have not intended to
bring politics into it, but we have
had lots of politics in New Mexico.
BY Mr.. Baca: | just referred to
that on my limited knowledge in that
business.
BY Mr. Rogers: The law specific
ally defines the duties OF the coal oil
inspector, among other things that he
shall inspect all coal oil and products
of Coal oil, naptha aud illuminating
oils of that class and that he shall
make annual report to the governor
of the amount. kind, quality and for
whom he inspected each gallon and it
allows him TO charge commission.
His report should also, under the law,
include a report OF the commissions
that he has received and from whom
and | take it that those reports that
he should file annually with the gov
ernor would show what has been done
in the Office and it seems to me that
all those reports would be a starter
at least for this committee to begin
with and ] take it that what has been
said in calling upon the governor for
those reports would give us start
to begin to work upon.
1t has been suggested to me that
perhaps we would not have, during
the present session of this legisla-
ture, now upon the last two weeks
almost of the session, we would not
have time, perhaps to make this in
vestigation thorough during this term
and it was intimated we ought to set
a hearing after adjournment OF the
legislature. But remember, am not
asking for delay if this committee
thinks they can perform this duty
and perform it well, and like all duties
that men should undertake, they
should work upon the rule that the
thing that's worth doing is worth do
ing we'll, and make an investigation
before we quit If we can and you
see fit and it is the sense of this COM
mittee to begin the work now in the
session with the expectation either
to finish or not to finish, | shall at
tend every meeting called by the
chairman and render what assistance
can and perhaps that is the sense OF
this committee, that we begin this
work. take it that if there should
be some things that could not be
found and gotten at, some records,
some reports, some oral evidence,
during the term, it might necessitate
reporting probably the resolution
carries with it the proposition of in
vestigating and reporting to this leg
islature, does it not Mr. Chairman?
BY Major Llewellyn: Yes.
BY Mr.. Rogers That being the
case then we would have to perform
that duty. am just reminded of
that. 1t just comes back to my mind
that the resolution carries that with
it.
By Major Llewellyn: think the
suggestion made by Mr.. Rogers is a
good one, as l understand it, to in
struct the secretary to, in addition
to the resolution and the motion of
the gentleman from Sandoval that
the secretary acquire, if he can, from
the state officers any evidence that
may be in existence; where reports
are missing we may, to the best of
our ability furnish oral evidence to
supply what is missing, if anything
is. l am not here to say anything is
missing at ALL | am not here, gen.
tlemen of the committee, to make any
charges against anyone particularly;
we are here to start this investigation
without fear or favor, bias or preju-
dice and to investigation to the end
that the people of this state may
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