Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-08
When Effort to Force Reptile
Press on State Is About to
Succeed, Constitution Is
Found to Stand in Way,
WOMEN PLEASED WITH
RECOGNITION RECEIVED
Theodore RouaIt of Las Cru
CeS Appointed Game War;
deni Charges Against Rio
Grande Republic Are Refuted
'srtc,.l o,sr.rc. TO MORNING. JOURNAL

SPECIAL oisPArcn TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, March 1.-THE big piece
of work accomplished by the legisla-
ture today was the passage by the
senate of the good roads BILL amend
ed committee substitute for s. B. l47,
by the committee on highways. The
republican caucus Of the senate wres-
tied with the measure several hours
and although it had received the O. X.
of Governor Lindsey, it took consid-
cradle persuasion to overcome opposi-
ton to it, but the caucus finally gave
Its consent to the passage of the
measure. 1t was considered IN the
committee of the whole, section by
section, and several republican lead
ers not members of the senate were
given the privilege Of the floor. 1t
was supper time before the bill was
finally finished. Smith, of Union
county, alone voted against it,
Considers Nominations.
The republican caucus tonight con-
sdered the appointments sent in by
Governor Lindsey, to which he had
added during the afternoon the names
of Cleofes Romero, of Las Vegas, for
superintendent of insurance to sue
ceed Jacobo Chaves; Theodore Rou-
alt, of Las Cruces, for game warden,
and Thomas Hughes, of Albuquerque,
for penitentiary warden, as well as
the boards of dental examiners, the
Spanish American Normal school at
El Rito, water commissioners, miners
hospital al Ration, and state board of
health. The message with the ap-
pointments sent this morning was re-
called for a correction change of
the name of BonifaCio Montoya to
Atanacio Montoya, on the state board
of education.
Some opposition developed against
two of tho board appointments. but if
is believed that speedy confirmation
will be made.
Club Women Pleased.
Club women are especially pleased
that the governorgaVe places TO three
women on the state boards. The
caucus also considered the capitol eX-
tension bill and the boundary COM
mission measure.
The house, Lnder a special order, is
considering tonight the Llewellyn-
Gonzales suffrage measure, II. &. $50,
granting women the privilege to vote
in presidential elections and on bond
issues. The republican caucus agreed
on the passage of the measure with
only three members voicing opposi-
ton. An attempt will also be made
to resurreCt the resolution submitting
Woman's suffrage amendment to
the constitution.
Tho senate passed the important
Reinburg educational bill, S. B. 115,
by vote of 90 to 0. 1t killed Senate
Bill 2l4, by Mlrabai, a public land
leasing bill, and addressed a memorial
to congress asking for reparati0n to
New Mexico's roads for damage
caused By heavy army trucks LaSsing
over them.
II. b. 259, relating to district pro-
hibition, was passed.
The senate finance committee today
heard the charges against the Rio
Grande Publishing company that it
had received state college money for
publications not yet delivered. State
college officials and other witnesses
denied the charge.
The governor affixed his sigma
ture today to council substitute for
II. b. 1l9, creating the county of
Lea. notifying both houses to that
effect.
Sanchez Libel Bill.
The house spent considerable time
this afternoon debating Fl. B. 1882,
the Sanchez libel act repeating Sec
tions 1880 and 1872 of the compiled
laws Of 1915. Sanchez declared that
the act is not aimed against decent
newspapers, that it would not pro-
T., lob; tIa
truth, and would punish none for
publishing a lie unless it could be
proven that the lie was published
with malicious intent. York sarcas-
tically urged the house to pull down
the window shades expel all report
ers, exclude all visitors, talk only in
whispers and carefully refrain from
hurting each others feelings.
Speaking more seriously he said
that he even favors the repeating OF
the legislation that prohibits newspa-
pers from accusing legislators Of cor
ruption He said that the New Mex
leo press Is scared already and is
afraid to express it's opinions, that
he had vainly sought in the columns
of the newspapers for guidance, in
the legislative deliberations but that
thus far he had found no such guild
ance, and that, therefore he is op-
posed to making the moose already
placed upon the books any tighter.
Legislature Always Wise.
Pardue demonstrated against the
reckless manner with which the
house is passing vital measures,
members voting without knowing
what they were voting upon. A rep
resentative sitting in hach Of him
scored Pardue for saying
that the Legislators did not always
know what they were voting upon.
He claimed that such statement is
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