Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-28
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WASHINGTON NEWS,
NEW MEXICO PosTMAsTERs.

NEW MEXICO PosTMAsTERs.
WAsHINGroN, d c., Marrh 28.-Tbe
following New Mexico postmasters have
been confirmed: II. q Williamson, AiDu- |
querque; Jacob Weltmer, Santa te.
Arizona: W. Archibald, Iavapai; !.
*. Corbett, Tucson.
Paw director: Tn mas IL, LOCKER, to
be chief of the bureau Of provision and
clothing and paymaSter general OF the
navy.
NEW MEXICO JUSTICE.
| The house committee on judiciary has
made favorable report upon The hi" To-
provide for al additional associate justice
of the supreme court Of the territory OF
New Mexico.
| DELEGATE JOSEPH OBJECTS.
The action of the house committee on
! territories in the case of the New Mexico
Till for statehood is not reished hy Dele
gate Joseph of that territory. The com
miltse, in effect, decided that if New Mex
leo is to be admitted at all this session it
must come IN under the constitution re-
Gently adopted by the citizens oi that ter
rltOry.
Delegate Joseph and some other Dem
ocrats are opposed to this constitution
They wonld rather have New Mexico re-
main territory than he admitted under
that measure. The consequence will he
that the Republicans, if they should
make any report ut all upon the
subject, will probably be opposed
10y Joseph and his brethren, but
then New Mexico has never had any
chance for admission since the Democrats
came out i'll public opposillon TO the con
stituiion and the recent proceedings be-
fore the committee. 1t was apparent to
all close observers in Washington that
the opposition will not amount to any
thing.
AN APPOINTMENT HANGS FIRE.
The Philadelphia Press has the follow
ing Washington special.
The senate Judiciary committee has not
yet reported the recess nomination of
William H. Whtenan to be associate
justice of the supreme court of New Mex
leo. 1t is understand that the commit
tee, by unanimous vote, has decided to
ask the president to withdraw his nomi-
nation. At the time it was made charges
we're brought against Whiteman of not
accounting for 81 800 which came into his
possession as attorney for citizen OF
Switzerland who died in New Mexico
The case was put in his hands by the
Swiss consul in New York, who failed TO
get an accounting from Whiteman.
When it was announced that White
man was q candidate for the nomination,
report o. this case, authenticated by the
Swiss consul of New York, was laid be-
fore the president. Wlileman came to
| Washington to meet the charges, and de-
clared that he had the money in an en-
velope in his safe and was merely waiting
10 fnd out to whom it legally belonged
before paying it over.
To satisfy the attorney general of the
truth of this, v hiteman asked that his
wife be leegraphed to open the safe, as
she was the only one who had the COM
bination, and show to any person deslg-
mated that the money was there. This
was done, the money was found in the
envelope and the appointment was made.
Some OF Nhtenan's opponents alter
ward came to Washington and declared
that the money in the safe had been bor-
rowed from friends and put there for the
express purpose of meeting the charge,
aud that it vas fterward returned to the
lender,
1t is reported that Senator Edmunds,
chairman of that judiciary committee,
caused an inve, ,tigation to be made, and
ascertained that this was true. He lald
the facts before the committee, which de-
cided to request the president to with
draw the nomination.
REPORTS FOR FARMERS.
Congressman Brosns has introduced
bill 10 appropriate $1,000 to enable the
department of agriculture to publish short
and popular statements of the results of
work at the agricultural experiment sta
ton for distribution among the farmers.
The reports must be issued at least once
in three months.
NEW EDUCATIONAL BILLS.
| Now that the Blair educational bill has
been defeated in the senate the house
committee on education, it is expected,
will 20 ahead and evolve measure OF
some kind. The chairman, O'Dohell, OF
Michigan, was friend of the Blair bill.
There is no lack of material at hand for
this purpose, for there are no less than
sixteen bills having for their purpose
temporary aid to schools, now before the
committee, the author OF many Of which
are southern representatives in the house,
There seems to be little doubt that
measure of some kind will be reported by
the committee.
"oPTIoNs AND FUTURES"
The house committee on agriculture has
authorized favorable report with the
amendment of Butterworlh, bill defn-
ing "options and futures" and imposing
special taxes on dealers therein.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
The general belief among army officers
Is that Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles will be
promoted to succeed the late Gen. Crook
as major general. Gen. Miles, while the
senior brigadier in rank, is the youngest
in his grade, and this consideration might
possibly Influence the president to pLss
him in favor of one of the junior generals,
but that is regarded as extremely unlikely.
For promotion to brigadier genera num-
Der of the leading colonies have been
mentioned. On account OF the great stag
nation in the promotion in the artillery
the president would doubtless like to select
colonel from that arm Of the service, but
as COL Horatio G. Gibson, OF the Sd ar.
tiIlery, who is the ranking colonel of ar