The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-19
Padilla To Vote For
The Suffrage Bill
Continued from paEc nne.l


verse report ~ ihe COMMITTEES served
{ O XIII the bill. Under the house rules.
Then the house passed house bill No.
~. which repeats the present In
come TAX Law. after having adopted
IN amendment adding the emergency
clause. Tie vote was "A for. none
against.
As proof that the house favors
some kird Of an income tax there was
Introduced and passed house bill No.
~. BY Barnes, to create "a commission
10 study income tax systems and TO
report 10 the governor not later Than
Jan. ]. This commission Is 20 conaia
OF 5 members. 70 serve Without pay
and { o be appointed by the governor.
not more than . 10 belong to one
political party. IL VIII be empowered
to administer oaths. examine wit
neasea, and for this purpose 70 EN-
pioy such clerical help M may be
needed. An appropriation OF 5000
ist made 10 cover expense. In ex.
planning why he took this course, In
stead OF supporting the Income tax
bill that had previously been intro
duced. Barnes said hat the matter
was too important To be decided with
such little time allowed for study.
lie said be had explained 10 the gov
ernor. the tax commission ad the
gentleman who had assisted In the
preparation of the biii. that IL would
be impossible TO act i~ntelligenily
without more tlmc for deiiberatiou.
Vote on the Barnes bill wns a for. 3
against. the unfaVorable Notes being
east b. Hunter OF Quay, Turner and
Wesley. Of Grant
Bills Pissed.
Muacarennf. OF Taos. and Barnes.
introduced q memorial asking con-
grcss 20 define the legal status or the
Pueblo indians. Epstein of Chuvcs.
introduced one asking the ongre
To grant All uureacrNod and unnp-
propriaied' lands TO the %honorably
discharged soldiers The memorial
WIS passed. 81 90 q, Barnes, orteEa,
Otero. Homcro, ROmo aud Tamony
voting against Barnes explained That
ne was In favor OF doing everything
possible for ire former soldiers. u
that he favored the plan. already
launched. OF having the public lands
coded hy the federal government 90
tho several public Land states, and
then letting the states e the lands
10 The former soldiers. This same
memorial was introduced In the scn-
ate by Bryant, OF Roosevelt, a re-
ferred 10 committee. The adjourn
ment of the house was until 10
O'Clock his morning.
Ia addition 20 passing the suffrage
resolution. the senate also passed
four senate bills, including he
public health hin, and concurred In
house. committee substitute Tor house
bill No. 2. This ast named hill b.
the first one 20 be made ready for
the governors signature, as the last
step necessary 10 make u a law. ~
o. the bill authorizing the new county
Of Hidalgo 10 make a special levy to
nny FOR the tfanHcrihing OF the rec
orda The vote on this hiii was %
for, none against. which make tho
emergency clause effective.
An nve OF the bills ana the suffrage
resolution were reported %favorabiy
by the committees just a Few min-
uies before pueanEe, and were pnHeed
under q suspension OF The rules.
Bin No. 1 Passed.
Senate aill No, 4 was passed by lS
10 3, which killed the emergency
clause. on the original roll call,
Baird. bryant Calisci. Chrismun,
Dunluvy, Kerr, Lea. A. v. Lucero,
Mcdonald, Merafeider and Smith.
voted against. when the tie was nn-
nounced. tho choir voted In favor.
and then Baird and Cbrisman asked
10 change their vote from mo" to
yea This bill authorized n salary
81 81 900 a year for an assistant adj
iutant general, ti,2Vo q year for a III