Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-16
Rules Are Suspended and
Measure Authorizing Gov
ernor to Offer Reward Is
Rushed Through
SALARY BILL GOES TO
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Holt Objects 10 Headlines in
Journal in Remarks Made
on Question Of Personal
Privilege,

Santa Fe, Feb l5.-The mouse SCI
q new record today for speed In pass
ing a bill II was House Bill 236. by
Mr.. Montoya. OF Sandoyal, introduced
this afternoon. authorizing the gov
ernor to offer ana pay a reward OF
$500 for the arrest and conviction OF
the murderer or murderers of Can
dido Chavez. of Sandoval county; ana
within ten minutes of introduction
the bill had been passed unanimously
under suspension Of the rules.
Chavez was killed on February :
while on his way from Cochiti to
Bland. The footprints of moeeasins
around the body indicated that the
murder was committed by Pueblo
Indian.
Altogether, two bills we're passed
BY the house and four by the senate
today. but only one of these goes to
the governor, that being House BIZ
S5 by Mr.. Renehan. which passed the
senate unanimously and which pro-
sides an appropriation Of Sl,0S0.05 10
pay insurance ON national guard ar
m0ries.
ltOll ODlfttS 10
In the senate Mr.. Holt arose to a
question OF personal privilege, speak
ing as follows:
Mr. President. In the Albuquer-
que Morning Journal of Saturday,
think il was, there appeared IN the
headlines statement 10 the effect
that | had said that House Bill No
So had been tampered with in. the
house. The subject-matter under that
headline did not. however. contain
any such statement. and ] feel that
in Justice TO this body, as well as 10
the honorable house Of representa-
tives, and to myself, attention should
be called to it. ] think the members
Of this body will bear me out in stat
ing that there was no Intention ana
no mention that the bill referred to
had been tampered with in the house
of representatives: but on the con-
trary that through some mistake
there had been incorporated therein
certain Language which was not IN
the amended bin as it passed the sem
ate
"And now, upon another subJec;
which appeared in the daily papers
few days ago There was Published
what purported to be a copy of let
ter of DR.. Ladd, president of the ag-
ricultural college, in which 1t was
suggested that | was mistaken in GER
tain statements which ! made on the
floor of the senate in the course OF
my remarks relative to a conversation
between him and myself. / can do
no more at this time than to reiterate
my former statement and to assure
you that my recollection is very clear
as to the substance of that converse
ton, and that ! stated the substance
of that conversation correctly. There
was further conversation at the same
time between Dr. Ladd and myself,
which 1t is not necessary at this time
TO state; but | merely want to reiter-
ate that what | said was a correct
statement of the conversation had be-
tween Dr. Ladd and myself in my Of
flee, and If Dr. Ladd were here pres
ent | think | could refresh his mem
ory upon that question::
Dull Day i'm Senate.
only one bill was introduced in the
senate this afternoon 1t Is a new
uidlt by Chairman Clark of the fl
rance committee, of the act for the
creation OF "A state tax commission. II
Is numbered Senate Bill 12f. and was
ieiei RCD 70 the committee on finance.
me finance committee reported ad-
Ferse'y on senate bin S5. providing for