ESTANCIA NEWS-HERALD
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Estancia, Torrance County, New Mexico, Thursday, March 20, 1919
Volume XV No. 22
LEGISLATIVE
Santa Fe, March 17. A
Democratic amendment to the
Mounted Police Bill asking
that returned soldiers be em
ployed by the state as members
of that police organization was
rejected by the Republican
members of the lower house of
the legislature. A strong de
bate followed the offer of the
amendment in' which Dem
ocratic members accused the
majority of desiring to use the
Mounted Police organization
for political purposes only. It
was also held up to the Repub
lican majority that this was the
first . opportunity which had
confronted them to make good
their many promises to the re
turning soldiers. The politi
cal nossibilities of the Mounted
Police appointments were too
great for the Republicans,
however, and they defeated
the amendment which the
Democrats offered which
would have found employment
for some thirty of the state's
returning heroes.
Suffrage went down to de
feat in a New Mexico legisla
ture for the fourth time, the
knockout blow being struck by
the Republican machine of the
lower house. Although fore
warned by one of the party
leaders that defeat of the suff
rage bul would heap an ir
reparable sin upon the ma
jority members, those
members dealt the blow
which put Susan Anthony
down for the full count. In
the course of the warning
aforementioned the majority
leader stated that he "hoped if
the Republican members voted
the suffrage bill down, that the
party would lose the next state
election." Democratic mem
bers who voted solidly for the
measure took the cue and as
sured the Republicans that the
next state election would be
lost by them anyway.
