Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-25
Senate Passes Number of
Measures Advocated by the
State Bar Association, One
of Them important,
PROVISIONS OF ABSENTEE
VOTERS LAW EXTENDED
Senator Lea of ChaveS Is Civ
en- Scare Over Proposed
New County LegiS|ationi
Long Sessions Order of Day
fBy II. l.. ID. McAllister, Staff Core
Spondent)

SBy II. l.. ID. McAliister, Staff Core.
spondent.)
Santa Fe, Feb. 24.-The steady
grind of work on which the legislature
started yesterday to finish the busi-
ness that must be transacted in the
next two weeks, continued today. II
was the first Saturday since the ses-
sion began that either house has done
any real work The house today held
two sessions, morning and afternoon
and the senate an afternoon session
which continued until dark.
In the senate the passage of num-
Der of bills advocated by the State
Bar association, including one re-
Vising the code of appellate procedure,
was the most important business
transacted. The features of the house
sessions We're the passage of a bill
extending the provisions of the absent
voters law to cover practically all
possible cases of absenteeism on cleo
ton day, and the defeat of the bill
providing regulations for the holding
OF primaries.
The primary bill mad come from
committee with an adverse report at
of the committee was adopted without
discussion. At the afternoon session
Mr. Sanchez, of Quay, moved to re-
consider the vote by which the ad-
verse report was adopted, but his mo-
ton was defeated by a party vote of
23 to 16.
Lea Gets Scare.
The resolution introduced by Sem
to- Geiiegos iusi : fnes ate- stnat
this afternoon, created furry of ex-
citement in the upper chamber and
caused Senator Lea, of Chaves county,
to become visibly agitated. The reso
luton recited the obvious fact that a
great volume of work is still to be
done and that the time in which to
do 1t Is growing shorter with each
passing day. and in view of all the
circumstances it resolved that the
senate should not from now on con-
slider any legislation providing for the
creation of new counties.
InaSmuch as the Lea county bill in
the success of which the Chaves coun-
ty senator is very much interested.
had just been transmitted to the sem
ate after being passed by the house,
the effect of the Gallegos resolution
would have been to set at naught all
the hard work that has been done by
Mr Eaves and his associates Of the
mouse in getting. the new county bill
through. Hasty conferences were held.
with the result that the resolution
was so amended as not to apply to
any pending legislation, and was then
passed without dissent
Two Nevy CnuntipS
Unless the senate should recedc
from the position taken in this reso-
luton there will be no new county
carved from Mora and San Miguel
counties, as has been planned by
some members, but at that the pros
poets are that after this session of the
legislature there will be twenty EIGHT
counties in New Mexico instead of
twenty-six.
The de Baca county bill is now
ready for the signature of Governor
Lindsey. the house having concurred
in the senate amendment at Fridays !
and the signatures of the Of |
ficers of both branches of the legisla- |
ture having been attached to the bill
today. Lea county has excellent pros
poets of getting through the senate.
For some reason not readily apparent, |
but probably with view to promot-
ing dissension among democrats, the |
republicans of both houses have come |
to the conclusion that it is good poll
tics to give the people of the plains
a new county, and it seems to be IN
the stars that the bill will go through.
Also, while Governor Lindsey has
given no intimation regarding his po-
stion in the matter the general belief
Is that he will give his approval to
both the de Baca and Lea county bills.
Discussion of School Bill.
An interesting discussion grew out
Of the debate in the house on H. B.
214 relating to tax levies for public
schools and limiting expenditures for
rural schools. An amendment by Mr..
Mares would, If adopted, have pro-
pided for the teaching of English and
spanish in the public schools and
liked the minimum salary of first
grade teachers at SIS month and
hat of third grade teachers at s55 a
month.
Mr.. Gonzales thought the minimum
salary provision would weaken the
schools of the poorer districts which
,ould not afford to pay such salaries.
Mr.. Pardue favored the amendment
because he believed that teachers
should be encouraged to master both
anguages Mr.. Barnes also spoke In
avor of the amendment calling atten-
ion to trade advantages that are be-
ng lost to the people of the United
States because of lack of knowledge
If the Spanish language. The amend
nent was lost by vote of 8 to IS
md the bill was then passed by vote
" 81 to ~.
A message from Governor Lindsey
o the house announced that he had
igned the juvenile delinquency bill, /:
me of the measures advocated by the
State Federation of Womens Clubs. I
md the bill is now a law.
In the Senate. I.
The following bills were taken up
n third reading and passed; Il