El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-04
SOCIALISTS ASK
LAND SEIZURE
Communication From Las
Cruces Read in New Mex
leo Legislature.


Santa Fe. n. NJ. May Seizure
Of all uncultivated lands. private
owned industries and mines by the
state Of New Mexico is urged Upon the
special session OF the legislature by
Socialists OF the southern part of the
state A communication from Social
lists, dated at Las Cruces. urging the
legislature to provide for the seizure
by the state of all unused lands. mines
and private owned Industries for the
purpose OF operating them, TO prevent
private exploitation. was referred to
the committee on economics.
Committee At Work.
House and senate committees are at
work on the six proposed legislative
measures submitted In the message
from governor W. E. Lindsey and en-
bodying the recommendations of the
war board.
Spanish Americans Delay Work,
The insistence Of Spanish American
members upon having all bills printed
in Spanish and upon their desks be-
fore final action. blocked the efforts
Of majority leader Barnes and minor
ity leader Pardue in the house to get
immediate action on emergency meas
ures submitted by governor Lindsey
and reported favorably by the com
mittees
No plea that every day. every hour
counts in the food production. was OF
avail. except TO gain the consent that
house bill No 4, providing for an ag-
ricultural agent in every county,
should have the preference as soon as
a copy Of the bill in Spanish, is on
every members desk
In the senate too, there were signs
Of dissent, and the forenoon was
given TO arguments by members Of
the war board for the necessity OF
the action proposed
Former Mayor Lea Appreciative.
At request Of senator Baird, a let
/ former mayor OF FL Paso. was read.
II expressed appreciation for the
creation OF Lea county. named in
honor Of his uncle. Capt. J. c. Lea.
Senator Lea also thanked the senate
and said he was proud to stand in the
reflected glory Of Capt. Lea
Special House Committees.
In the house speaked LleBellyn
appointed the following three COM
mittees to whom the six emergency
war measures were referred: Appro-
priations: Jose Gonzales. chairman;
Barnes. r. A. Ortiz. York, Romero,
! Winston. Gaunt, Francis, Leyba, Mas.
carenas, Romero. Garcia, Eaves,
deBaca, Stroud, Shaw.
Military affairs: diversion. chair
!
Sanchez, Alejo Gurule, Enrique Mares,
valencia, Oils. Armijo. Leavitt, Mehl-
hop, L G. Ortiz, Patricio Sanchez,
Bryan. Burch-
Agricultural: Sanchez, chairman;
J. Z. Pardue, Santistevan, Roy, Man
uel Sanchez. Arellano. Turner, Otero.
Chaves. Algert, Wesley, Lewis, CT
priano Lucero. Salazar, Greigo, Liv-
ingston.
House Employees DESIGNATED.
The Republican floor leader Of
fered the following resolution, which
was adopted unanimously on roll call
Resolved. that the following
named persons be employed by this
house for the special session thereof
in the following positions and salar-
les in addition to the designation Of
chief clerk and chaplain heretofore
made: Journal clerk, L 4. Hagey,
Sc q day; pages at 81 day, Jose
Eonclova, Alfredo Gurule, Roman LO-
PEI. to serve without compensation
upon offer Of state officials indicated;
sergeant at arms. Manuel Mares, su-
perintendent Of the capitol: assistant
sergeant at arms, Frank Curry from
the office of the Cattle Sanitary
board; translator. secretary of state
Antonio Lucero: assistant translator,
Juan Ortiz, from office Of State Cor
pOration commission; interpreter,
Thomas G. Kahn, from office of Game
warden; reading clerk, Walter Dan
burg. from office of State Tax COM
mission; enrolling clerk, Mrs. Paul
stenographer. Miss Vivian Redding.
from office OF state engineer, and
Miss Ruth Bacon from office Of at
torney general; interpreter, I. A.
Ortiz from Santa Rosa. who person
ally offered his service"