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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
A measure titled Rinange bill is sent to conference amid doubt it will pass before closing hours. Lawmakers weigh potential concessions and timing as the vote nears.
The Santa Fe morning report notes seven votes opposed a salary-boost measure for assessors and collectors as the New Mexico Legislature nears adjournment. Amid a flurry of bills the council edits an education, charity, and general appropriation package, including University of New Mexico funding.
In a Bernalillo county split, the steering committee substitute to raise assessors and treasurers salaries failed to win governor approval. The chamber referred the measure again as debate heats over liquor regulation and a railroad commission bill before midnight.
The council approved a batch of house bills from the Steering Committee. Notable measures include House bill 214 by Blattman to fix accounting for clerks in district courts and House bill 268 by Tipton to amend Section 915 on juror compensation, with House bill 254 by Brice also discussed.
Governor Curry announced to the legislature the signing of numerous bills. The measures include good time allowances for prisoners, irrigation law changes for stockmen, mortgage release provisions, land grants in Rio Arriba, higher county mileage rates, bar association rules, theft in transit, property rights for married persons, townsite patent recording, bridge levy reforms, and related topics. Continued on page 2 column 1.
Paris and the provinces report widespread public service walkouts as telegraph and telephone operators join the strike. Premier Clemenceau refuses to offer terms while workers stay out. By evening Paris loses the last links to New York and Berlin, with malls and services disrupted.
Santa Fe March 1. Both houses kept session until midnight approving major measures. The Roberts election law, house bill No. 120, passed after heavy pressure and committee favor. Other actions include public land law revision, fish and game protections, Torrance county changes, and river project funding. A territorial conservation commission was created, and the general appropriation bill completed except for the deficiency item to be taken up next morning.
The New Mexico House approves twenty five council bills in a three hour session sending them to the governor. Notable measures include establishing a Spanish American normal school at El Rito and creating a Carey act land board, with various changes to banking, credit law, and marriage licensing. A key vote on one bill shifted from 12 to 9 against to 18 to 6 in support on reconsideration.
House Steering Committee battles over education reform as sessions extend late into Tuesday night in Santa Fe New Mexico. Dove of peace released in chamber as tensions ease and harmony returns amid caucus activity and protests over a point of order involving Mr Roberts and Speaker Miera.
Prominent Sierra county men report a plot to shift the county seat from Hillsboro to Cutter without Hillsboro input. The group praises Governor Curry for delaying action and vetoing the measure, while denouncing a real estate promotion scheme linked to Col Robert Hopper and Major William Henry Harrison Llewellyn. They warn of court battles if the bill advances.
The New Mexico House passed county local option bill 266 by a to 4 vote amid a crowded chamber. Supporters Brown and Baca argued for liquor regulation repeal. Blattman warned of more drunks in local option states and questioned readiness.
Santa Fe asked him on his return to wire Mr Chavez at 1100 Rarelas road Albuquerque to learn if it was safe to return to Hillsboro where Mr Chaves was hanged and burned in effigy recently with Colonel Hopper. Mr Turner laughed at any personal violence though acknowledged strong disgust in the county over his actions.
Washington reports no word reaching officials about the clash between Moros and Lieutenant Leonard Furlong's Philippine constabulary detachment. The Manila dispatch may refer to Bordong, possibly the Baldoon region, long unsettled with hostile elements to the Americans using it as a retreat.
A Mexican court discharged William G. Morse, son of the telegraph inventor, after eighty four days in custody for shooting an Indian laborer at Trinidad, Mexico. The court found Morse acted in self defense. Distinct report notes United States Steel Corporation 1908 gross receipts of 462,307,840 with 274,708 decrease in net.
Washington reports that the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee begin informal debate on the Payne tariff bill. Rep Payne aims for swift reporting with possible floor amendments and limited general debate, while Sen Aldrich schedules a Republican finance committee meeting tomorrow.
In Tahlequah Oklahoma the Wyeliffe gang members were acquitted yesterday of killing Deputy U S Marshal Jeune Gilstrap in 1906 after a sensational gun battle in Spavi naw hills. The desperados had been hunted for years and surrendered on Governor Haskells promise of a fair trial.
A DIN introduced in the Missouri House aims to sever foreign control by prohibiting foreign corporations from holding stock in Missouri firms. The measure targets Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil to enforce a clean separation and preserve local corporate ownership.
Four people were killed and thirty injured when a locomotive blew a washout pipe three miles from Wind SOP Steel station and rammed into the women's waiting room at Montreal. The victims include MS. MOXON of Montreal and her two children Elsie Villares, 12, and a 13 year old son. The engineer and fireman leaped to safety as the train plowed through the rotunda and collapsed a pillar. The husband, a CPR dispatcher, had come to greet them.
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