Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-04

measure, fastened to explain that for
! his part he never thought that the
! disappearance of the bill was other
] than an accident. Major Lleweliyn al
most lost his temper during his speech.
! He proceeded very calmly until his
explanation was ended, then he turned
redder than ever and in his excitement
he hurled the bill onto the floor. The
! interpreter recovered it.
scdilSo Voices Protest.
! Speaker Sedillo also took eXcep-
! tons to the article and, calling Mr.
| Blanchard to the chair paid his re-
! spects to the New Mexican. The speak
| er said there are some newspaper men
who would injure their best friend
in order to write a good story. He
| said the story insnuated that the gov
ernor of New Mexico. the speaker of
| the house, II. o. Bursum, John Tombs
and others gathered in the speakers
office to concoct a scheme to change
or delay the health bill. He said that
the story might be funny, but it was
! false and insulting and if the writer
did not know it was false it is his own
fault, as the meeting to which he re-
| ferred was public and several persons
] had been present. He declared that
the New Mexican, while claiming to
| be republican, appeared to be just the
reverse. Every item concerning the
legislature reflected a different spirit.
He said that it seemed to try to make
a joke of the Legislature, and articles
might be light and spicy. but they
they were also filled with monkey
ISM He declared that the article
charged serious offense, and he
] ct
such practices before he put his foot
| in it."
| When the speaker ceased speaking
| the house recessed for fifteen MIN
| utcS. 1t was believed that some ac-
| ton I'm regard to the matter was i'm
mlnent, However, when the members
were again called to order the matter
was not mentioned.
The house called on the state
boundary commission for report on
its activities, by passing a resolution
TO that effect without opposition. The
resolution commands that the report
| be made to the governor and the state
auditor, showing the work done by the
commission, showing all monies eX-
pended and to whom paid A similar
resolution was introduced in the SEN
ate, but was not taken up.
Would Abolish an OffiCc.
The house went on record as favor
ing the adjustment of the office of
superintendent of insurance, by a vote
of 26 to 10. The bill was recalled
from committee by a vote of 81 to IA
, after one attempt earlier in the SEES
sion had failed.
II. r. No. Al. providing that 80 per
cent of the road tax be turned over
f,,..
passed by the house. This is one of
the bills for the immediate relief,
which has been endorsed by the New
Mexico League of Municipalities.
The senate passed d number of
bills, including S. B. No. 49, an act
providing for cooperation with the
United States in settling soldiers on
public lands; bill settling the rights
of citizens of Colorado and New Mex
leo to waters of the La Plata river;
II. E. prohibiting the displaying of red
and black flags. or any anarchist in
sigma; an act to create a board of
dental examiners and an act amend
ing the law of conspiracy.
At a night session of the house the
article printed in the New Mexican
regarding the health bill again came
to the forefront Mr.. Lyons, city ed
ltOf or the New Mexican, SAID TO nave
written the article in question is also
clerk in the house and after his
story had been so roundly criticised
on the floor of the house this after
noon, Mr.. Lyons turned in his resig-
nation as clerk. The house tonight
refused to accept it, whereupon Mr..
Lyons claimed that he had been vim
dicated
The house tonight passed a bill by
Dan Padilla to abolish the road tax,
% to 10, and passed fourteen local
road bills.
The senate finance committee did
not meet yesterday, consequently the
Pennington Albuquerque road bill
was not reported. Senator Kaseman
said tonight that the committee would
meet tomorrow morning and undoubt-
edly report the bill out. 1t is be-
lieved that the measure will pass.