El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-27

No. - ~"~ N~~r 49, -r~-" M
1t had been an interesting debate
throughout The bill had baen reported
without recommendation but before
its author could get the floor Her
bert of Chaves surprised every one
by moving to strike out the ~enacting
clause. This was regarded as an alta
vism for a democrat and Carter said
so plainly, He remarked that the
democrats had always arrogated tc
themselves all the political virtue
and cleanliness in the state and that
a democrat was in poor figure when
he sought to perpetuate one Of the
states disgraces politically. Isidoro
Armijo followed with a speech Of char.
acteristic vigor declaring that nepo-
tism in this state among republicans
was a crime, that democrats had been
guilty of 1t but that was their bust
ness but for himself he proposed to
see to it as far as possible that the
republican party went on record to
end this abuse. 1--WE better sell the
elephant to the first circus that
comes along il we don't pass this
bin. he concluded.
A Victorious Scandal
Robertson, the democratic wheel
horse who had Just returned after
an absence of ten days, supported the
bill with the reservation that it did
not SO far enough because it failed
to include school directors. Pow
hatan Carter thought it was a step to
end fayoritism in public affairs and
a notorious scandal in New Mexico
and he was glad to see it come from
the republican side of the house.
Blanchard, who had been having a
day Of il anyhow, poured a little more
vitriol on The proposition by assert
ing that, having been told that after
noon by Baca that education should
absorb all the expense of the state,
he wanted to know what was going
to be done with the deserving Telativ- ,
es, OF poor office holders when this bill
turned them out in the cold.
The Prudent Nascarenas.
Mascarenas of course opposed the
bill because a man might have 20
sons and il he didn't take care of
them it would make trouble for .him.
@. d. Hunter said it was time royalty
and monarchical lines in public office
in New Mexico ended. Otaro aroused
great enthusiasm by breaking away
from the conception Of his people
additionally held as to patrimonial
aspects Of public office when he de-
clared that the duty of an office hold
er was to the people who elected him
rather than to his family. Vargas
made a speech in which he brought
in Abraham Lincoln and slavery as
a protest against e~nslaving the poor
sheriff by not letting him name all
his sons as deputies; Clancy spoke for
the bill and then Sedillo pulled an
article Of the constitution on the
thing, saying il would not hold wat
er.
SedfIlo Opposes IT,.
This was later discounted when
Barnes showed that the section which
Sedillo had read referred to the cleo
tive franchise; but 1t Offered an OPP
portunity for debate between the
speaker and Winston and further re-
marks, ELECTED by a question 'front.'
Carter; and before any body knew It.,
Sedfllo was making a rafting speech
against the bill which he said made
~ q urinle ~ DS lsiateu W hh Office
holder IN New Mexico and wound up
by saying 4 can stand it If you can.
If you can swim | guess T can"
Herbert and Barnes made speeches
against the bill, Barnes thinking it
too drastic and Herbert pouring IN
machine gun fire as last as ne could
turn the crank, while his Democratic
colleagues sat amazed az the spectacle
OF n OF their number leading the
fight,
Ortega tried 70 adjourn but the mo
ZION was OVERWHELMINGLY lost and
came the vote on the enacting
clause.
Both sides arose were counted
tnen with g celerity that y unus