El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-09
GANR| |Nt5 BILL.
PASSES HOUSE
General Pershing Invited
to Santa Fe on Feb
ruary p.

santa Fe. y n. Feb. S.-House ball
1 50. 10y representatives Gonzales and
I I-leweIlyn. of Dona Ana county. to pro-
/ Libit gambling. passed as reported to
! day. despite efforts i'm the house TO
| amend the bill The bill, should it be
I come law. Will hake legal the offer
! ing of prizes or favors At card parties.
I which is prohibited under the present
law
/ some OF the opponents o. the bill
claim 1t does not remedy the condition
which the trainers intended it to
remedy For one thing. 1t is stated
: that the new bill will permit a player in
/ a game of chance to testify against the
keeper or operator of such game. with
out discriminating himself. since the
law applies only to the keeper or oper-
ator Of such game
Pardue. Democratic floor leader. said
he voted for the bill in the hope that
IL would catch some of the women
gamblers The passage of the bill was
by the vote Of 80 TO =
Invitation 10 PerSbing-
Mai Gen John J. PerShing. comman-
der Of the punitive expedition sent INTO
Mexico. Is invited by the third New
Mexico legislature to visit Santa Fe. on
I Washington's birthday The preamble
/ OF the resolution extending the .nXl-
tation sets out the distinguished mill
tary service which Gen PerShlns mas
: rendered TO his country
Text of Resolution.
Therefore. be 1t resolved by the
legislature OF the state of New Mexico.
that the thanks of the people of New
; Mexico are extended to Maj Cen John
J. Pershing in recognition OF the dis
tinguished services rendered by MN as
a soldier in the army of the United
States: that an invitation be. and Is
hereby. extended TO him TO be present
al the commemorative exercises 10 be
held in the capital on the anniversary
of the birth OF George Washington. /
Feb. -. at which time and place
medal be presented to Gen Pershing
a. an expression Of the regard and es-
TEEN in which he is held by the peo-
pie of New Mexico.
BE II further resolved. that the pre- |
siding officer Of the senate and The /
speaker OF the house of representa-
/, tives are hereby directed TO transmit |
this joint resolution to Maj Gen John
!. Pershing and make arrangements |
Tor his proper reception at the capital I
OF the state
short senate Session
Resolutions formed the principal or /
Ger of business in the house. while the !
senate found nothing TO warrant !
session of more than an hour
House resolution number three calls !
on the state corporation commission /
for the essential points OF its work !
since the commission was created The |
EGS0lullOM Was lAiA ny
sentative Algert Democrat 1t re- /
quests q statement OF what the COM /
mission has done. IN general way. |
toward effecting general revision OF /
freight and passenger railroad rates; /
and If no such revision has been ef- I
fccted. an explanation OF the failure or 4
delay Second. for a statement show
ing how the rates in New Mexico COM
pare with rates in other states served 4
by the same railroads. with particular /
reference 10 rates on coal Third. for
4 statement as to what has been &C
cOmplished in the matter OF liking de-
termining and regulating the charges
and rates of express, telegraph. tele- I
phone. electric light and other trans
portation and transmission companies |
and common carriers
Constitutional Amendment.
House joint resolution number i, by
representative GaunL proposes an
amendment to the constitution to fix
the time of electing county officers on !
alternate years with the general cleo
lions.
House joint resolution by representa-
tives Sanchez and Leyba proposes an
amendment TO the constitution to pro-
vide interpreters for the sessions of the
legislature. The Algert resolution was
referred TO the committee on state af-
fairs. the other two TO the committee
on constitutional amendments
Spirited Discussion.
The unfavorabl BILE report Of the ju- I
dietary on Bryan's old age pension bill
precipitated the most spirited and one
Of the nsost amusing debates that the
house has had this session Represen-
tatiVe Barnes. chairman OF the commit
tee, explained the position of the COM
mittee by saying that the bill is not
il correct form, the legislation is bad.
and no tribunal has been established to
pass on the merits OF claimants under
the bill Bryan then spoke in defence
of his measure, declaring il would fill
his heart with sadness 10 think Of any
poverty stricken old person going to
~ ST eli
cad IN thin clothes. because a great
state had been too niggardly to pro-
vide aid ! am here to uphold the arm
of humanity. he Numbered and !
would not deny q full stomach TO those {
old timers who blazed the trees for US"
Barnes then interposed the objection !
that he did not believe 81 a month Z
would 20 far toward guaranteeing full
and warm clothing. Stroud /
then rose and declared he would have !
been ashamed to introduce a bill pro-
viding such sum. and that he would
be ashamed to be caught voting for il (
Curb Commissioners.
Barnes then pointed out that TO pass
this bill would be to put a curb on the
power which the county commissioners
now have to dispense charity. This bill !
would limit the giving to 81 a month.
however great the need, while under
tne present laws some discretionary !
power may be used. Bryan was given
PERMISSION to speak more than the al
lotted number OF times. and the last (
time he said the committee members
rad prevailed on him to reduce the !
amount that originally was in the bill. l
You cultured lawyers know how TO
lake hold Of the reins and set US farm
ers aside" he complained
Judge !. II. Dills of Chaves. more
than so years of age. rose to explain
his vote at the CONCLUSION of the roll
,al and just as the speaker was about
10 announce the vote You are out Of
)rder," speaker Llewellyn ruled. Take
your seat" Judge Oils sat down. As r
ne sat down. he remarked: Il never ,
viii be in order with this speaker The
-emark was brief but il carried en- =
1hasis which showed that il came di- !
'ect from the judges heart. Thereby !
[ leads TO the belief that later on the )
-enerable judge may be heard from.