El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-27
motion to adjourn BY etc q ls t.
charaes AaaInst Sneaker.

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Charges Against Speaker.
Charges of deliberate miscountinl
and mis-announcement of the vot.
followed from the floor. BlancharI
openly charged it and so did Carter
Clancy rose and delivered a persona
excoriation Of the speaker, denounc
ing Sedillo for repeatedly debating
the bill from the chair as he has
done on other bills" AM making
savage personal attack On the chair
his first break from the organization
The speaker subsequently stated t
the house that that criticism was
justifiably made.
The house was in an uproar con
stantly. Members were red in tenn
pers and red in the face. Checking
OF counts ofSthe standing vote reveal
ed that the general impression was
that the speaker had made an error
in the count. Tables which were
asked of all those who had counted
the men as they stood up claimed
the defeat Of the motion to Kill the
bill by from 2toa5 votes. AS one OBJ
server counted it the vote stood 20
against killing the bill and 20 for.
A mistake Declared.
AS the house finally recessed I'M
til tenIthis morning, the house broke
into excited and loud talking groups.
Friends of the Speaker while not as
sorting that this count had been cor
rect, insisted on the long reputation
of the speaker for political honesty
and said it wal simply a mistake. Men
like Blanchard and Carter asserted
that 1t was a deliberate case of gavel-
ing. Armijo loudly asserted that il
no way could be found to correct this
error, a new bill would be introduce
ed before adjournment today.
Dan Padilla and others insisted that
the speaker had given the count as
he saw it.
Would Go Limit.
Blanchard announced last might
that he was perfectly willing to draw
a resolution removing the speaker.
the chair pending a decision on
this question.
Carter this morning went further.
Il propose to rise to a question Of
high privilege affecting the dignity,
honor and credit of the house he.
said. II shall cite as a precedent the
of Speaker Sedillo himself
two weeks ago when, an hour after
the result OF a roll call, had been
declared, he permitted Baca, who was
active last night in shutting off
a recount, to question that roll call,
to correct an error which the clerk
had made and to secure a reversal
of action on a matter. Then | am
going to move to vacate all proceed
and expunge them from the
Journal, which would have the effect
of throwing the bill back on the oalen-
.ar without prejudice. We are going
to have a fair deal on this matter.
The speaker will find if he insists on
standing by his action last night that
he has lost the house. He may also
find that in saving the relatives graft
in this state, he has resulted in de-
half the administration pro-
gram for this session. There are all
group of republicans who think and
act pretty Independently any how and
they won't stand for anything more
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Speaker Sure He's Right. !
The speaker in conference with al
group OF friends last night made it
that he was convinced of the
correctness Of his count. 'iThe trouble
IS members sit down and stand up
a rising division and last night
there we're four who did So he said.
The same four voted on both sides of
The question during the various roll
so that the defeat of the motion
10 adjourn does not d%isprove the cor
rectness of my count on the vote to
kill the enacting clause. The vote
stood % to kill and 81 against. Even
hat was a surprise to me as expect
ID the bill had much less strength
han that. AS to the criticism that
debated the bill from the chair, 4
never said a word until invited to
10 so by a question from Mr.. Carter.
do not care a rye-straw about the
bill. / am perfectly willing It shall
De RECONSTRUCTED by any proper par
iamentary method
The prospects were that when the
house met this morning. the fight
would be renewed without quarter and
without gloves by the insurging mem.
1ers.
Otherwise Peaceful.
This battle Of an hour and a half
same as the climax to a session.
which had been peaceful on the whole.
rhe house had passed the Llewellyn
iii ID provide for burial at public
expense of discharged soldiers, the
ill permitting Villages Of 1900 to be-
,ome towns, the bin allowing towns
issue temporary certificates OF in
.lebtedness, one exempting farmers
paying a tax to sell their self
iaised garden truck, had receded from
is action on the substitute for the
translators bill in order to get en-
airport with the senate on that murh1
nilled proposition, had passed 4 bill