The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-19


SANTA FE. Feb Ia.--rhc woman'~
suffrage resolution viii be brought to
the floor Of the house this afternoon.
and il believed to be certain OF pas
aaue Dan Padilla. who has been one
of the leaders Of the opposition. has
announced he will vote Tor tifc resolu-
tion. lie declares he will do this, nat
because he believes In suffrage, hut
because the fulfnlmcnt - the party
pledge requires that he support the
resolution. The senate passed tnc
resolution yesterday afternoon by n
vote of ~ 20 Q.
Asa further effort 90 pave the way
Tor iust income taN law the house
this moruiua introduced a resolution
to submit o.. constitutional amendment
90 poruat graded tax on Incomes.
Section one Of Article Of the con-
s'itutlun provides. taxes levied upon
tangible property shall be in proper
ton 10 the value thereof and taxes
shall ho equal and uniform upon sun.
jrcts ~ taxation Of the same class"
To Invite Pct~iang.
House JOINT Resolution No. Invites
General John !. PershinE 10 attend the
commencement exercises ~ the milf
tary institute at Roswell 90 receive
tho distinguished service medal that
WIS awarded to him 20 the regular
session. and which he has not been
able To come 10 Santa Pc to receive.
Presentation b. Co De made hy Gov
i.arrazolo with proper ceremonies
The morn ng session ~ the senate
was five minutes IN iength, which wns
ipnr enough 60 XII The bin tu an.
prourialr money ror the back paN
and Expenses ot ih" soldier H"iti"W"nI
board The house passed this bin yes
forday morning The senate intro
ducod and referred To the finance
committee bin tu reimburse the WI
ter reservoirs income fund This s
designed 10 replace tho money cN-
pended hy the soldier settlement
huifl ana which the federal court
has held was not warranted hy the
suratltution or tine enabling act.
senate Ratiflcs Suffrage.
Doubt as 90 the fate of the suffrage
amendment in the senate OF tho
fourth New Mexico Legislature. Boz spv-
,tat session. was eliminated Mcduos-
day afternoon when the resolution
TatIfyinR the national amendment
wHH passed hy the vote of II =" D..
This action followed tho favorable
report by the committee ON coustitu-
uoual amendments.
Senator ChriHman, as chairman Of
the committee, read prepared
spccch IN favor Of ratification. Sena-
tor smith. of Union. declared he
wanted To say word ln favor be-
fore thrrvotD was taken. lie said that
the senate ought to pass that suffrage
resolution, then Immediately adjourn
and go home tie added that if the
executive office were now filled boy u
IA d. .IH.H che
sion here at this unr, making usr-
less appropriations 10 increase taN-
es"
senator Ramon Sanchez. Of Taos
speaking In spanish, made an impus-
s.oued plea for rejection of the rcau-
lition.
presiding OFFICER OF the senate then In
guircd whether there were no further
remarks Upon receiving no further
responses he then remarked Some
at you are missing mighty good
chance to get iu right with the Wo'
mon'
Those voting against We're; Gale
gus. Emiliuno IucorO, Mirahal Suln'
zar aud sanchez. when the vote wu'
announced there was some applause
from the galleries, which were lill"'
uriuciuaily with women, senator
t,alcrns protested against the up
pnuse as not showing proper respcc
Tor th, dignity of the senate.
Income TaN Riii.
while this was being accomplish
cd I'm the senate, the house was XII
ing the income taNI hili A ih'
morning session "Wednesday III" com
uittrc unfuNorahlN reported ihlN hil.
In order to avoid u test "t slfcnkl
M that time. Speaker Scdillo left IN
stand and made a brief argument u
Tuyor Of the measure, ana then, h'
unanimous consent made the h'l
epccin, order Tor o'clock Tn" ac
ZION OF the house in adopting the nd
tCdntinucd on pagc two'l