The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-20

DOES NOT RAISE ANY
QUESTION OF MOTIVE
Mcdonald Declares He Is Sat
isfed to Allow Documentary
Evidence to Speak for Itself
and For Him.


Santa We. N. NJ. Feb. fo.-~-oopefu-
or Mcdonald discussed briefly this
morning the femarkablh action % the
house % representatives yesterday ar
ternoon IN adopting the majority re-
port OF the committee on prfvlleEet
and elections upon the matter Of tho
second election ~ y. ". Boiuruuez
By which the house. was made 70 spc-
officially deny the acliot which Il took
on the 2ist day or January IN doclnr-
ing vacant the Sierra county aeat
Republican leaders last nlght ad-
mitted that the leaders IN the house
had made an unfortunate break
They said that The procedure would
have been 20 keep atill upon the Boz
iorquez matter and leave the resp
luton safely in committee.
The governor quoted chiefly from
the record. HIS statement follows
The house Journal Of January "a
contains the following entry concern-
Ing the report Of the cuinmlttee on
privileges and clccticnai
(" We therefore recommend that
tina house OF representatives declare
tn seat OF Francisco M Bolornuez
as member OF the house OF repre-
sentativas from the twtuiy-third dia-
trict. sierra county. vacant and ask
that further time be allowed the
committee 10 consider and doiermlne
the right Of said Antonio +. Chavez
to a seat IN this house
Later In the journal shere Is This
entry:
The speaker thereupon paired
Mr, sena with Mr.. floiorquez'
Further on this appears:
Thercupon MT. Medina moved
the adoptlC % the majority report
% the committee on prlvllcgca ana
elections which was carried BY tho
following vote.
II issued the proclamation calling
the election IN Sierra county about
10 o'clock In the morning OF January
20. In accordance with the require
ment OF the constitution Of the state
OF New Mexico In the Journal Of
the afternoon session OF January ~
appears the following:
he Il resolved by the houue Of
representatives Of tho state of New
Mexico that, Whereas vacancy has
becn declared In tho county of sierra.
In the twentv-third representative
district: and. whereas. Antonio 4.
Chavcs appears 10 have been elected
10 said seat: therefore. be 4 resolved
that the said Antonio T. Chavez he
and he hereby Il admitted 10 seat
In this house az a member thereof
from the county OF Sierra. state or
New Mexico. ON motion Of Mr.. cha
vez of Torrance. House Resolution
No. was adopted by the followins
vote
Il do not intend 10 speak very
much about this matter except from
the record. The record shows there
was vacancy when I called the spo-
clai election for Sierra county TO
elect a member of the house of rep
resentatives 60 I'M that Vacancy.
There Is no question about this Nc
one ran truthfuly deny a.
II assume that the house probably
overlooked that fact and made q
mistake when Il adopted the Boiof-
queE report. That is, assume that
many members Of the house MAY nol
have been well informed er had for
gotten what had occprrcd on JHnu-
AIRY ~ and 22.
when Mr., Boinrqucz appeared
the last time asklrg 10 be sworn IN
az member OF the state legislature
he had q regular, legal certificate 81
election based upon the resurns Of
tho election held February IN ac-
cordance with the proclamation Is
sued by me 10 fiIl the vacancy that
existed and which certificatc was
signed by the chief Justice OF the
state. the secretary of state and mS-
self.
Il wish TO raise no question a. y
motives or purposes, I am only stat
Ing the facts az the records hhor
them to be ana which cannot be con
trovegted or denied BY anyone. Tbs
resolution Of the house adopted yea
terday seems 60 impuee unworth,
motives to myself about which I hers
nothing 10 say except that | foilowts
the plain letter OF the constitution
only repeat AZ I already have said
that the records speak Tor them