Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
DRY AMENDMENT is RAT
flied By HOUSE; ONLY
ONE DISSENTING VOTE

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for word from the senate and when
the word came they expressed sur
prise
1t required just thirty minutes for
the house to convene and rush the
resolution through to final passage
The speaker raped for order, roll
call and prayer was had and the
prohibition resolution was then start
ed on It's hurried journey to passage
Moves to Suspend Rules.
Barnes of Bernalillo called up the
motion, the author Baca of Santa
Fe, being temporarily absent Mr.
Barnes moved that rules be dispensed
with, that the resolution be read
twice by its title. once in full and
| finally passed This motion was sec
! onded by Melhop, the democratic
whip, and was carried with a loud
chorus of ayes.
While the resolution was being
read in Spanish, Baca reentered the
chamber and the reading was inter
! rupted to inform him as to what was
taking place. The Santa Fe member
then remained on his feet during the
entire reading ready to move the
! final passage of the measure. Az
soon as Interpreter Romero finished
! the Spanish copy the speaker recog-
nized Baca who moved final passage
stating that he once got in bad" by
introducing a prohibition resolution
at state convention and that nc
now hoped to get in good through
the same procedure. He asked q
roll call on the resolution.
Roll call showed almost unanimous
passage. Wesley, democrat, voted no
Powhatan Carter, Epstein and Coz
Howard were absent and not voting
Torty-five members voted aye.
II seems that the house had con
vened for no other purpose and a:
soon as the measure was adopted, 9
motion to adjourn until O'Clock
was entertained and carried.
House Employees Changed.
The house was late getting down
| to business this afternoon. The onl!
matter to come W was the appoint
| ing of employees. A list submitted b,
! Judge Barnes changing a few from
the names given out last night wa
! adopted. SiXto Chaves and lsidor'
Lucero We're appointed enrolling
clerks for thirty days. Miss Black
share was eliminated from the list o
| stenographers and the names of Mis-
| Adela Muller and Miss Catherine
! Chavez were substituted to serv'
thirty days each. C:cola Lucero ant
| Crulio Aragon. recommended a
clerks, We're appointed stenGraphers
Miss Vincent Martinez was appointed
\ postmistress to serve the last thirt.
days.
The committee on seating member
reported that duty performed. will
the democratic minority seated on thu
right side of the chamber,
| Representative Armijo introduced
a resolution requesting the speaker t
notify the general office Of the Anti
saloon league of the passage by tn
house of the resolution rati.ying tn
| national constitutional prohibition
amendment. The resolution passed
unanimously.
Col Jose d. Sena today presented
to both Lieutenant Governor Panke
4 and Speaker Sedillo handsome gavel
made by the pupils in the manua
training department of the Santa F.
high school. Both presiding officer
accepted the presents with appro
pirate talks.
The house adjourned until 2 o'clocl
Monday afternoon.
The appointment of Alfredo Mon
toya of Bernalillo as sergeant OF tn
mounted police for Sandoval count.
was announced today by Governo
Larrazolo.