Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-19

/ casions to inject political revolutions
] into the proceedings, and were usu-
/ ally parted An earnest co-opera-
/ ton on most of the measures was the
rule rather than the exception, and
probably because of sheer monotony
several of the republicans INDUCED
at times in a mild form of insurg-
ency. On such an occasion a bill to
| abolish the office of state commits
sioner of insurance, was passed IN
the house, but when the governors
nomination of Mr.. Mirabal to the of-
flee was received in the senate The
house FASTENED to recall the bill
On February ! Isaac Barth, rem
resenting Bernalillo, San Juan and
Sandoval, was unseated in. favor of
| Chrisman. republican, whom a re-
count of the votes cast two years ego
| proved to have been elected
Appointments.
| Besides some forty board appoint
ments received in the closing days of
the, session the senate has confirmed
| the following state officers named
| by the governor:
/ Tidel Ortiz, San Miguel, suparin-
| tendent of penitentiary.
| George S. VanStone, to succeed
| himself as state bank examiner.
CHARLES Springer, who has COM
| pleted with credit two-year term
on the state highway commission,
was appointed to succeed himself for
a siX-year tenure. incidentally Fu-
gene Kempenich of Valencia county
becomes chairman of the cimmis-
sion, which may have the important
duties of administering over $40
100000 for New Mexico roads in the
next two years,
Thorn Gable, former incumbent,
was made game and fish warden.
Remigio Mirabal of Mckinley
county, for insurance commissioners.
Leslie A. Giilett, formerly with the
United States reclamation service and
with long experience as an engineer
in New Mexico, succeeds James A.
French as state engineer by appoint
nent of the governor. and by an
pointment of the highway commits
sion becomes highway engineer as
we'll
DO Sheridan of silver City is the
rev state mine inspector
OF the committee appointments
that of Jose D. Sena as director of
the state tax commission, and Thomls
r. Catron on the state boundary
commission are the most recently an
nounced. A number of apnoint-
n"htS 70 bodfus created at TINS SeS-
sio1: Will be recess appointments
Conferences.
The session just closed was legis-
lature of conferences. The governor
even before he took office informally
called stockmen together to get their
ideas IS to what could be done TO re-
lieve conditions resulting from drouth.
beneVlhg IN budget, he started TO
prepare one ana worked in his offices
from the beginning teno of the term,
Where at stared intervals he inter-
viewed the heads OF state departments
one by one ana went thoroughly into
thelr appropriation needs.
MS pan 10 ilrsh the afduous work
by fepruary was interrupted by the
uhtlihely uea'n OF ms oiuest son LUIS,
az Las vegas IolloWing relapse from
influenza. ioWeVer the governor
competed ms work and had time TO
call the educators OF the state togeth-
er and was one of the speakers at
thelr two-day session. He surprised
tnein by declaring Tor more progress
sVe laws IMAM they thought could be
OBTAINED ana worked Tor the laws
when are now accomplished facts
win the Zeai Wilich former country
.. iiooi tee'Chei LOUIS ioi MS proies-
sion.
me governor cailed representatives,
OF 4the state palk ASSOCIATION to DIS
cuss seVerai measures they DESIRED FOR
stanillzlig pahKlhg practice IN the
state Iney were passed.
ne calleu the mining men together'
ana composed de1cate SITUATION al
yer lneetlns OF harmony ana frank
aiseussloh' win the result that the
state mas petter NINE tax law man
pelore ana VIII nave a stlll better
one wheil the suoJect is STUDIED IN de-
tai py the commission created by the
ieglslalure.
Interested IN drainage the governor
neaueu parry OF inspection Whlch
ihaue an automoblie trip along the
entire central Rio Grande valley, ana
70 FL faso, ana afyer taking with