New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-09
CHURCH INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSY
PLAIN TALkALS0 TOUCHES FARLEY
SENATE COMPROMISE RESOLUTION is LANDSLIDE IN
BOTH HOUSES, INSTRUCTIONS ARE REMOVED BY
D1sHEARTENED VETS; DRYs WISH THEY HAD ASK
ED FOR MORE BUT WILL WORK HARD FOR THE PAS
SAGE
Another Week and Another Law.

Another Week and Another Law
The prohibition resolution went
through on creased track Mon
day of this week, to the complete
surprise of many who have been
watching the measure. The closes
observers of the trend of the dry
bill were not surprised, however,
the simple fact being that the much
heralded wet lobby weekend ant
gave up its fight for delay, having
secured compromise resolution
that suited the leaders of the drys
The drys as far as their state
leaders are concerned are thorough
iy satisfied with the measure, fol
they believe it will be passed at the
polls, whereas a more stringent Law
would not have chance under the
present conditions in New Mexico.
The Vote on Prohibition.
With so many factors focusing
favorably upon the passage of the
bill the maiorities could be expected
to be big, There were only four
dissenting votes in the Senate and
five in the House, The Senate vote
was l6 to 4 The House vote was
AZ to S.
In the House.
In the house Llewellyn did not
vote but it is understood that he
was pledged to make speech for
prohibition IL it had been necessary
Patricio Sanchez of Quay county
was the only other member of the
lower body not to vote. He ex-
planned that he had promised the
people of his district that he would
take no part in the prohibition fight
a unique situation among the peo-
pies representatives who were all
the targets of their respective con-
stituences before the bill was in
troduced They were being worked
upon by the drys and vets alike by
mail and newspaper articles from
home and by the personal visits of
interested parties.
Those in the house who voted
against submission of the prohibi-
ton question were Representatives
Basilio Griego of SanMiguel; Gle
mente Mascarenas of Taos; Jose G.
Romero of San Miguel; Anastacio
Santistevan of Taos; and Frank
Wesley of Grant.
In the Senate.
Those voting for the bill in the
senate were Senators Clark, Dun
favy, Esquibel, Gallegos, Kaseman,
Lea, Rev. A. v. Lucero, Mcdonald,
Mersfelder, Mirabal, Murray, Rein
burg, Salazar. Skeen, Smith and
Tufly.
Barth, who asserted that the mea-
sure was sham and spineless
compromise with the forces of dark
ness, voted against it. Baird, the
only Republican in the senate to
oppose the bill, said it left the way
open for bootleggers, Senator Ca
i,sch stated he was pledged to vote
for a prohibition measure, "but this
IS not prohibition measure" he
said. Senator Bryant also voted
against the bill
Absent from the senate on the
day of the prohibition vote was
Senator Gordon of Mckinley, also
Sanchez of Taos and Emiliano Lu-
cero. Senator Kerr who was pair
ed" with Gordon for the day, on ac-
count of the latter's absence, did not
vote
Rush Tactics Planned
It had been originally planned to
vote on the bill last Friday
when the question was made a
special order in the senate for 3
o'clock The resolution of Senator
Esquibel adjourning over until I
Monday of this week out of res
pect to the memory of Thomas D.
Burns, a former member of the
senate delayed the vote.
The expectation of the friends of
the measure was that it would pass
the senate with no obstruction, as
4 careful canvass of the members
had revealed that they were nearly
all favorable The issue was to have
been forced in the house on Fri
day Immediately following senate
action
AS a matter of fact, a more studied
opposition developed in the senate,
and threatened for a time the pas
sage of any prohibition bill, and in
the house it was comparatively easy
sailing.
What the Senators Thought
Barth lead a futile filliburter in
the upperhouse, and took large part
in the lavish use of oratory that
proceeded the vote. He claimed that
the bill wasmerely one that would
permit the selling of rubber sand
wiches in this state in the future,
while booze would be given away s
BY the same saloons that are now -,
,el1ing it. He blamed the temper t
lnce leaders for knuckling down to t
! compromise when they might have [
'irmly insisted on . bone-dry law. {