Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-20
Majority win Give Democrats
Chance 10 Be Heard and
Then viii Apply the Axe in
the Usual Place,
SMITH AND MIERA MAY
BE ALLOWED TO TALK
In Spite Of Chairman Ey'S
Vehement Declaration in
Favor of Justice, Union
County Men Get the Cam
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO aoss'ra JOURNAL

Santa Fe, Jan 9-l'ireworks are
predicted in the house tomorrow af-
ternoon. The merits of the Union
county contest are to be threshed ont
ON the floor. and the democrats viii
be given full opportunity to present
their side of the case and to express
their opinion.
Representatives Smith and Miera
even viii be invited to sing their
swan song, and the oratorical display
may be expected to equal that when
characterized the expulsion OF Anto-
nio Lucero, now secretary of state,
several years ago,
The republican caucus tonight de-
voted two full hours TO considering
the contests from Union county. Rep
resentatiye Palmer. Of San Juan, and
Taylor OF Colfax, did not go into the
caucus, but il was explained that Mr..
Taylor had gone to Lamy to meet
Mrs Taylor and baby, who came IN
from Kansas City tonight. and that he
will stand with the party on all es-
sential propositions.
Plenty of Harmony.
There were heart-to-heart talks IN
the caucus tonight and pledges to Sc
crecy, and the session wound up more
harmonious than at any previous time.
The upshot Is that a majority of the
committee on privileges and elections
viii bring its report In tomorrow al
ternoon recommending that Toombs
and Vigil be given the seats of Smith
and Miera on the ground of gross IT.
regularities and fraud in Withholding
ballot boxes and ballots from Pre-
cinct Mo- 4 In Union county. So that
no election could be held. and moving
the polling places in four other pre-
cincts from their customary place. IN
one instance as far as thirteen miles,
disfranchising hundreds of voters who
were unaware of the change made
only a short time before election.
The house will then take up the re
port for discussion, so that each menu
ber may be fully informed on the EVIL
denee and the merits of the case, and
it may be late in the evening before
the vote is taken.
New Charge Against B0iorquez
The Bernalillo county and Sierra
county contests were not taken up by
the caucus or by the committee on
privileges and elections, If Boior-
quez. of Sierra county, is unseated,
it will not be on account of the dis
reimbursement of the voters of Ele-
phant Butte, but on the charge that
he Is not a citizen of the United states.
* Bejorquez can produce his citizen
ship papers. or otherwise prove that
he is q citizen, he is not likely to be
moested say the republican leaders
No open expressions have yet been
made as to the contest of Modesto =.
Ortiz, who has been on the ground
pushing his case
The two highway committees of the
house and the senate came to an
agreement tonight with those county
commissioners who had come to santa
fe for the purpose of formulating
good roads law The highway COM
mission will have to go, and so Will
the county road board, and power IS
to be restored to- the county commits
sioners In the matter of road con-
struction. but such construction is 10
be done under the expert supervision
of the state engineer and county en-
gineer.
To Consider Tax Bill.
The finance committee OF the sem
ate is to meet tomorrow afternoon,
and will begin work in earnest ON the
tax bin introduced by Senator Pankey
and the four tax bills introduced BY
Senator Clark.
Thus far. no official salary bill has
been drafted Senator Panlley will
tomorrow Introduce four important
bills. One Is earnishment bill ad
Nocated by the merchants association;
which failed two years ago It pro-
yides Tor the automatic collection
from wages and salaries of bona fide
Indebtedness, certain per cent Of
such wages or salaries TO be paid the