Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-02
1e|egTaphic Tidings
A BUSY DELEGATION.
A Systematic Routine of Work Laid
Out by the Delegates for Mr..
Joseph at Washington.
Committees Appointed to Present the
Various Claims of New Mex.
lco--The Outlook En-.
couraging.
New MEXICO HaADQuARrERs, }
No. ll12 New York Avenue,
Washington, April %. 1890. J

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Special Correspondence to the New Mexican.
THEY ATTEND CHURCH.
The New Mexico delegates all went t,
church yesterday and showed up at head
quarters fresh as mountain daisies at
o'clock this morning. Geo. f. Patrick, o
Silver City, G. H. Gildersleeve, Gen
Bowman, Col. Smith and Gen. William
son joined the colony last night.
PUBLIC PARK.
At to-day's meeting Mr.. Joseph pre-
sented letter from Mr.. Cooper, of the up
per PeCos, calling attention to the fact tha
sections II and Is in the proposed nation
al park were old settled agricultural dis
tricts, the homes Of many good citizen
and not at all suitable for park purposes
Mr.. Cooper suggested that the regior
north Of section II and lS was very beau
tiful and specially desirable for park pur
poses and quite enough to permit these
two sections to be dropped out. The
meeting appointed Col. T. B. Mills, Mr.
L. A. Hughes and w. G. Wrigley to re-
port on modification OF the park bill al
to these sections.
Capt Richard Dunn wrote Gov. Prince
from Chicago that he'd be there in three
days.
REPORT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
Gov. Prince and Delegate Joseph pre-.
sented a report assigning the work to be
done to various committees as follows:
Resolved, As soon as the bill reported
by the house committee providing for q
land grant court is printed, the congress
sional delegate is requested to obtain
copies for this delegation, and to endeavor
to arrange with Senstor Edmunds for a
consultation between himself and the
delegation.
A committee of five shall be appointed
to examine said bill and after its consid
Grafton by the delegation, to formulate
such amendments, if any, as it may seem
desirable to present to either house or to
the committee of conference
CEssIoN OF SCHOOL LANDS.
The congressional delegate is requested
to introduce bill for the immediate ces-
sion Of school and agricultural lands, and
on it's reference to obtain hearing by
the committee having it in charge, the
object being to prepare for the early re.
port OF such bill if the prospect for i'm.
mediate statehood fails. A committee
shall be appointed to examine all irriga.
ton bills and ascertain their situation IN
congress, and report thereon to the dele.
CATION also to consider what provisions
are specially necessary for New Mexico,
and Wether it will be well to ask for ma
tional aid to private enterprises by the
cession of right of way through public
,ands, or for a grant to the future state OF
arid lands in lieu of the swamp lands
donated heretofore to other states.
THE PARK QUESTION.
That the congressional delegate be re-
quested to obtain as early hearing as
possible before the proper committee on
the bill to establish a national park.
That committee of six, to include the
congressional delegate and the governor
be appointed to consider the subject of
statehood as the surest method of attain
ing several of the ends sought by the reso-
olution of the bureau OF immigration, with
q view to arranging for united action on
that subjectif possible.
That the action of the delegation as such
be confined to the above subjects, under the
resolutions aforesaid; but that MEN,
bers are at liberty to present their views
to committees and others on different
subjects as individual citizens of New
Mexico, and that the congressional dele.
gate be requested to facilitate such action
as far as he conveniently can do so.
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
That the governor be requested to mr.
range for the reception OF the delegation
by the president and such executive de-
partments as are connected with ts OBJ.
jects.
The above report was unanimously
adopted and the following
COMMITTEES NAMED:
National Park-Wrigley, Hughes.
Land Grants-Spencer, Bond, Alarid,
Victory, Cross.
School Lands-Axtell, Bahney, Patrick
Irrigation-Utter, Coon, Marmon, L.
W. Smith.
Alien Act-Gildersleeve, Williamson,
Smith, Alarid, Marmon.
Statehood Joseph, Prince, Glider.
sleeve, Stover, Trimble, Booth.
:. SILVER QUESTION DISCUSSED.
The question Of silver and lead was in.
formally discussed and Mr.. Joseph said
he was laboring for free coinage of the
former and duty of l y cents per pound
on Mexico lead ores. He had received
numerous petitions on these subjects from