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Show NEW MEXICAN" SOLONS ALL SPEAK ENGLISH. SANTA FE, N.' M.. Jan. 20. The thirty-fifth thirty-fifth Legislative Assembly ot New Mexico Mex-ico convened yesterday at noon. CoU t. F. Chaves was -elected president of 'the Council and Nestor Montoya 8peaker of the House. For the first time in the history his-tory of New Mexico every member of the Council speaks English fluently. The first official act of the House was the appointment of a committee to draft a memorial to Congress for Statehood and of gratitude to Senator Quay for his work for Statehood. Gov. Otero's, message read In the afternoon, after-noon, recommends free text-books for publlo schools, a local option law, and the creation of the offices of Insurance commissioner, traveling auditor and irrigation irri-gation commissioner. There Is a surplus in the Territorial treasury of S&0,000. |