Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-01
Senators Smith and Clark
Differ Over Time Necessary
for Consideration of Land
Commissioners Bill,
LLEWELLYN AND PARDUE
STAGE BOUT IN HOUSE
Speaker and Minority Leader
Almost Call Names in Hot
Debate Over Parliamentary
Ruling,
(By II. l.. ID. McAllister, staff Core
Spondent.)

Santa Fe. Jan. 31.-The dove OF
peace which has been lowering. not
to say swarming, over the third state
legislature since is opening session on
January ., lost several tail feathers
today. Some of the damage was done
in the senate and some in the house.
The bird escaped alive, but retired TO
its roost late this afternoon in a
somewhat disfigured condition.
The senate waters We're stirred up
by Senators Smith and Clark. while
Minority Leader Pardue and Speaker
llewellyn put on the main bout in
the house. Senator Smith was impa-
tent because his resolution calling
upon the land commissioner for cer@
tain pertinent information regarding
the latter's office had not been re-
ported from the committee on public
lands, and he said some things which
4 ue"d 2enatn" .-fncrk u s9y gana
other things Mr.. Pardue wa
tretted because he was cut off while
in the act of debating compara-
lively unimportant resolution and he
said some things which caused a lot
of other things to be said. Altogether
it was delightful afternoon.
Tch Smith Resolution.
Senator Smith INTRODUCED his resolu-
ton regarding the state land commits
sioners office early last week. and
ondeavored to have it passed at that
time under a SUSPENSION of the rules,
Lut was voted down. the document
being sent to the committee on pub
lie lands instead Today he asked
that the resolution be withdrawn
from that committee, declaring that
il had not been printed and that the
committee on public lands had rot
given it any consideration.
Senator Clark. expressed surprise at
Senator Smiths motion. which he
opposed on the ground that the com
mittee should be given more time in
which to consider the resolution, and
that the cost of the investigation
asked for was a matter that required
careful deliberation. On the roll call
the motion to withdraw the resolu-
ton from the committee was lost ny
vote of to 13, Senator Lee voting
with the republicans. In the mean
time Chief Clerk Giddings has ex-
planned that the resolution was now
in the hands of the printers in Albu-
querque. ...
After the defeat of the motion to
withdraw, Senator Smith asked unanl-
nous consent to revert to the order
of introduction of bills in order that
he might introduce his bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for an audit of the state
land office. Objection was interposed
by Senator Clark, which caused Sen.
ator Smith to declare that such an
objection was 'unheard Of. This,
however, did not cause Senator Clark
TO withdraw his objection, and the
incident was for the time being, at
least, closed.
Row IN the House.
The trouble in the house partook
very little of partisanship, but was
more in the nature of a sharp per-
sonal difference between Mr.. Pardue
and Speaker Llewellyn over a ques-
tion of parliamentary law.
When S. j. r. 8, calling upon the
governor for information regarding
certain escheats, came from the COM
mittee on judiciary with favorable
report, the report was adopted as a
matter of course, without debate or
division. Immediately thereafter Mr..
Barnes of Bernalllo moved to sus-
pend the rules and have the resolu-
ton read the third time in full pre-
paratory to its passage. and this mo-
ton also carried without opposition.
After the reading of the resolution a
motion was made that it do now
pass"
Speaker Llewellyn thereupon put
the motion to a viva voce vote-for
what reason is not entirely clear-and
then without pausing. ordered the
clerk to call the roll on the passage
of the measure. Before the roll call
began, Mr.. Pardue rose and began to
debate the merits of the resolution,
but was called to order by Speaker
Llewellyn, who ruled that he could
not address the house after the roll
cali had been ordered, except by
unanimous consent. Mr.. Sanchez of |