Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-13
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WASHINGTON MATTERS,
ROMERO CONFIRMED.

ROMERO CONFIRMED.
WAsuINGToN, Feb. l3 The following
nominations we're confirmed by the SEN
ate:
Robert Adams, jr., of Pennsylvania to
be envoy extraordinary and ihlnlstei
plenipotentiary to the United Stat ol
Brazil, now credited to the Empire ol
Brazil.
United States ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS +.
Fow Ter, Wyoming; W. Cole, southern
district of California.
United States Marshals-G E. Gard
southern district of California; Trinidad
kur,-ro, for New M-xico.
The president las sent to the senat'
the nomination of Emory Z. Humphrey,
as surveyor general Of Colorado.
TIE NExr CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
The house committee on elections by a
patty vote decided to recommend that the
house unseat Pendleton and seat Akin
son as representative from the lst West
| Virginia district.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
For an hour and half the senate in
ext cutive sess on listened to speecht
in opposition to tile confirmation of the
Nominations of Mr.. Moran to be com
mis sioner of Indian affairs, and Mr..
Dorchester to be superintendent of ln'
,iian schools. A vote will probably be
taken at tie next executive session.
CHANDLkR's IMMIGRATION BILL.
Senator Chandler has prepared bill to
regulate immigration into the United
States which is vOlumnOus and COM
prehensive measure and Intended to In
'lude the best feature OF the various bills
now pending.
TO CHECKMATE THEM.
The bill introduced yesterday by Con
gresham Wckham, of Ohio, providing
that the repres sentalives in tie sd con
gress shall be elected from districts hay-
Ing the same boundaries as now c"nstl-
tuled has attracted much attention here
to-day. Wickham and his Republican
colleagues from Ohio are particularly in
terested, as that state is on the eve OF be-
ing ieremandered in the interest of the
Democracy aud Wickhan's district is one
that is unfavorably affected by the redis-
tricting bill already proposed.
and he finds III section of the first article
of the constitution a satisfactory and sntl-
cient basis for his measure. The bill will
be pushed vigorously.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
Postmaster General Wanamaker before
the house committee OH postotfices and
post roads discussed fully the proposition
l,ie f,rt l. a i,,hl Sl,y, I
by the government OF limit ed postal
telegraph. He submitted plan p'Ovld-
ing ior lease by the government lor ten
years of the wires for carrying on busl
ness and for the delivery OF teegrams by
carriers in the first delivery following the
receipt of each telegram. The scheme,
he insists, is practical and free from OBJ
jectlOns.
MILITARY METHODS.
With view to encouraging soldiers OF
the regular army to re-enlist and to he
come more cohtented with their occupa-
ton, the secretary of war has authorized
the PRONUNCIATION of a general rider grant
ing To gooh men on re-enlistment within
one month OF date of discharge a furlough
for three Or tour months, according to re-
moteness of station or other pertinent cir.
cumstances.
The re enlistment may be at the station
at Whlch discharged or at any other mill
tary post or recruiting office. Men re-en-
listing ut depots of the general recruiting
service will be permitted to select the
troop, Company or lattery for hlrh they
enlist, provided it is not already full.
The iurlough will be granted b. the post
or d. pot commander, and will authorize
the person to 20 anywhere i'll the United
States.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The senate passed q resolution con-
graduating the people of Brazil on the
formation or Republican form OF gov
ernment.
In the senate a resolution inviting the
king of the Hawaiian islands to send Il
delegate to the Pan n.Amerlcan congress
was passed.
The house committee on territories de-
cided to report favorably Delegate Carey's
bill for the admission Of Wyoming as I
state. The committee also authorized
favorable reports on the bills provld
ing far an additional associate justice
in each of the supreme courts of Idaho
and Wyoming.
The senate naval committee has or
dered favorable report upon the bill t,
transfer the revenue marine to the nava
establishment.