Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-03

Octaviano A. LarraZolo, succeeded a.
the governorship, and that during the
reconstruction legislative session. a
dozen members of the house and sew
eral of the senate were members Of
the bar. for upon them fell the task
of formulating the legislation that the
rev era demanded. member Of
this association, Hon, A A. Sedillo,
was elected speaker of the house, and
was later appointed a university re.
gent, while floor leadership fell 10
other members of this association.
Lieutenant Governor BENJAMIN T.
Pankey, who presided over the sem
ate, also studied law in his youth and
was admitted to the bar although he
lever engaged in active practice How
the qualities of leadership in men like
Governor Larrazol", find recogmtlGn
even beyond the boundaries of tho
state, was forcibly demonstrated only
last month WIN he was elected nresl.
dent of the league of public land
states and was chosen to head all tn"
public lands still held by the federal
government be ceded 20 the states.
Two Lawyers in Senate.
New Mexico Is represented in u
tnited States senate by two members
of its bar, Hon A. B. Fail and Hon.
A. A. Jones, the latter member uf
this association, and it must be graf
flying to us that both are acknowl-
edged among the national leaders of
the day.
The election of asst November Of
course, brought office to quite a mum
Ter of others of the 412 members of
the bar in New Mexico Hon. Herbert
+. Reynolds succeeded Hon. Richard
II. Hanna on the state SUPPER bench,
be tn being members Of this associa-
ton. The nice district judges are all
faembers of this association, they
being Hons. Reed Holloman, NJ C.
Mechem, M. f. Hickey, Edward
Mechem, r. r. Ryan, C. r. Brice.
I. ID. Lieb, S. G. Bratton and David
j. Leahy. or the nine district at
torneys elected and one appointed
since our last annual meeting, seven
are members of the New Mexico Bar
association. O. o. Askren elected at
torney general of the state, is mem
Der, and so Is one of bis assistants,
Harry S. Bowman. The legal adviser
to the governor, Felix Baca, belongs
to the association. The state institu-
tons and their activities are largely
in hands that have legal talent to
guide them. Even the state board ot
education now has two lawyers upon
ii, and boards like that of the museu,n
of New Mexico doing far-reaching
work that makes the name of New
Mexico favorably known even abroad,
consists with one exception of mem
bers Of the bar. On the board of uni
versity regents there are two attor-
reys and but recently, Luis Armijo,
a Las Vegas attorney was named to
the governing board of the military
Institute. Among other special honors
that have come to members of the
New Mexico bar the past year might
re enumerated the appointment of a
committee on uniform legislation
consisting of District Judge Reed Hol-
loman and Attorneys Felix Baca ana
s. B. Davis, Jr
Other Important Appointments.
Under legislation enacted to facili-
tate the collection of delinquent taxes,
number of attorneys have been APP
pointed and these have formulated 4
uniform methods of pro
cedure. Former United States SEN
atof Thomas h, Catron has been nam
ed on the state boundary commission,
Mayor p. p. Davis of Santa Fe, has
teen appointed judge advocate gem
eral of the National Guard; S. B.
Davis. Jr., has been named special
counsel of the San Juan water users,
Judge Holloman has been appointed
on the mining tax commission: j. NJ
Hervey served as special counsel in
the Santa Fe bond case, cause cele-
bre. which resulted in conviction due
to the firm stand taken by Governor
w. e, Lindsey and his legal adviser,
r. c. Reed, who discovered the fraud |
A. r, Jones of the State Taxpayers
association; Attorney General o. o. |
Askren, District Attorney j. H. Crist, |
Governor o. A. Larrazolo who re |
fused assent to a compromise, and |
other members of the bar. During
tie last general political campaign.
George Craig, a member Of this assoc
'lation, was the republican state