El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-05-03


for the repair. improvement, mainten-
ance Of the public highways and
bridges SO as to facilitate the transpor-
tation of troops, equipment and food
supplies, and for the hauling, distri-
button and marketing of agricultural
and other crops and products"
COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION NAMED
AT O short session of the senate.
late yesterday afternoon, q committee
on emergency legislation, consisting
OF nine members, was recommended
by the committee on rules, and was
appointed by the committee on com.
mittees of that body. The members
are Senators Reinburg, Kaseman.
lBarth, Murray, LEA, Salazar, Smith,
Mersfelder and Esquibel, and Senator
Reinburg has been elected chairman.
lAll emergency legislation and all
communications from the governor
will be referred to this committee.
Foreigners Invited
This morning the senate simply
met and recessed until 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The house held a short
session, at which a resolution inviting
Messrs. Balfopr, Joffre and Viviani,
the representatives Of the allies now
in this country, to visit New Mexico,
was unanimously adopted.
Three Special Committees
On motion Of Representative
Barnes, Speaker Llewellyn was au-
thorized to appoint three committees,
on military, agriculture and appro-
lpriations, to consist Of 16 members
each, and these committees were
named this afternoon.
AT this mornings session Speaker
Llewellyn asked the pardon of the
minority members of the house for
having appointed only Republicans on
the committees named yesterday to
notify the senate and the governor OF
the organization of the house. He
said that he had just left a Republic
can caucus, and the Republicans had
Cooked so good" to him that he IN.
advertently named only mempers OF
the Republican majority. In closing
he declared that he was standing
squarely behind a Democratic presi-
dent. and that as far as he was con-
cerned there would be no politics IN
the present session of the legislature.
The Special Committees
The three special house committees
on appropriations, military affairs m
agriculture appointed by Speaker
Llewellyn this afternoon are as fou-
lows:
Appropriations: Gonzales, chair1
man; Barnes, R. A. Ortiz, York, Jose
d. Romero, Winston. Gaunt, Francfs,
Leyba, Mascarenas, Patricio Romero,
Garcia, Eaves, Baca, Stroud, Shaw.
Military Affairs: diversion. chair.
man: Upton, Wetmore, Gomez, Pedro
Sanchez, Gurule, Mares, Valencia,
Dills, Armijo, Leavitt, Mehlhop, L. g.
Ortiz, Patricio Sanchez, Bryan, Burch.
Agriculture: Jesus Sanchez, chair
man; Pardue, Santistevan, Roy, Man
uel Sanchez, Arellano, Turner, Otero,
Chaves, Algert. Wesley. Lewis, Luz
cero, Salazar, Griego, Livingston.
Volunteer Employees
At this afternoons session the
house adopted a resolution providing
for the employment of L. A. Hagey
as journal clerk for the compensa-
ton Of six dollars a day, and Jose
Monclova, Alfred Gurule and Roman
Lopez as pages at one dollar a day,
and accepted the offer of the follow
ing state officials to serve as legisla-
tive employees during the session with
out pay: Manuel Mares. capitol super
intendent, sergeant-at-arms; Frank
Curry, assistant; Antonio Lucero,
translator; Juan Ortiz, Of the corpora
tidn commission, assistant; Thomas
-G,J Kahn, deputy game warden, inter-
prefer; Walter Danburg, of the state
tax commission, reading clerk; Mrs.
Paul Hall, of the supreme court Off
ces, as enrolling clerk; Miss Vivian
Redding, state engineers Office, Miss
Ruth Bacon, attorney generals Office,
as ste%nographers.
: The services Of I. A. Ortiz of Santa
Rosa, who offered to act as interpre-
ter without pay, were also accepted.
In the senate the governors mes
sage and accompanying bills were
referred to the special committee on
emergency legislation named yester-
day. In the house the various bills,
transmitted by the governor, were re-
ferred to the three special commit