El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-06

that / am ready to carry fun response
bflftv for my conduct in this matter.
and I am ready TO do so without sug-
gestfons from any man in the lobby.
whatever the cloth he may wear, ana
whatever the tongue he may speak
Lea. of ChaVes. moved 10 recommit
the resolution. his motion being sec
onded by Calisch. OF Quay Skeen, or
Eddy, moved 10 amend that the COM
r1ftree be directed to report at the next
session. Mcdonald inquired TO know
whether Skeen meant the session on
the following day or two years from
now. Dunlavy. Of Santa Fe. spoke IN
favor of recOmmittins, with instruc-
tions to report al the session OF mex
day. Kazeman. Of BernalillO. said that
TO instruct to report the following day
would be to allow too little time Tor
the committee 10 do any real work
Clark Opposes Delay.
Clark said he hoped the motion 70 re-
commit would not prevail for the rea-
son that he believed that every MEM
her had already decided what his vote
would be: that the legislature had been
in session almost a month with com
mittees holding almost daily meetings.
that further consideration of Few
hours by the committee would pro
duce no important results Lea eN-
planned he desired 10 recommit Tor the
sole reason that the Prohibluonlsts de-
sired to amend the resolution ryant.
DunLavy. Lea. Skeen and Smith, Dem
ocrats voted TO recOmmit with instruc-
lions to report at the next session
Baird of Otero- was the only Republi-
can voting with the Democrats Four
teen voted against Gordon J. Lucero
and Sanchez were absent.
Motion to Pass Carries
On the motion 10 pass the resolution.
Barth spoke at some length. principally
on the contention that this resolution
viii not really prohibit and ne did not
propose to compromise by supporting
p measure which would not bring about
an Improvement over the present status
of the liquor traffic lie resented the
statements, which he characterized as
SANDERS TO the effect that the Catholic
church has been opposed TO prohibition
He declared this resolution would
make il possible for saloons and res
taurants to sell rubber sandwiches for
a dollar and = half apiece. giving a
bottle of whisky with each purchase
Clark said the clause prohibiting the
manufacture or sale. for sale, barter Or
gift. would make such transactions i'm
possible. Clark said he hoped no real
friend OF temperance OF prohibition
would vote against the passage OF the
resolution. since it was as good as
olution was carried by Is 10 I, only
Baird. Barth. Bryant and Calisch vot-
ing against.
Senate Chamber Packed.
The senate chamber was packed a
great many standing all through the
session. II was late when the senate
adjourned and the majority OF the peO-
pie did not know that the resolution
had been passed to the house. and
consequently there were not many Wis
itors present when Gonzales, of Dona
Ana. moved the rules be suspended and
the resolution passed Before this mo-
ton was put there was a motion to
adjourn this motion being beaten
There was then a motion TO refer to
the committee on constitutional amend
ments, then another to table. both of
which failed of passage. There was
only a little discussion, after the bill
had been read in full. preparatory to
passage. though several OF the repre-
sentatives deemed ii necessary to ex-
plain their vote The roll call showed
the astounding result that only five
had voted against the resolution These
five were GriegO and Romero. OF san
Miguel: Mascarenas and Santisteven.
Grant. Democrat. Otero. of Torrance,
was not present Sanchez. OF Quay,
asked to be excused. explaining that he
had been elected on the pledge that
he would not vote on the measure
There were ~ votes IN favor
The resolution. as passed by both
houses. is the same as published in The
Herald of Monday of last week. with
the statement that il would be the one
hat passed The time of holding the
election to vote on the amendment has
not been agreed upon The consensus
Of opinion here is that the amendment
viii be carried by an overwhelming ma
iority. Superintendent Farley said
Monday:
I'VE are exceedingly well pleased.
The passage Of this resolution is a
great victory for us"