Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-01
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WASHINGTON MATTERS.
POPULATION OF THE L. S.


WASHINGTON, July l.--supt. Porter, in
an interview in the Post tomorrow, will
state that the population of the Unite d
States is "a 800 900. The complete official
returns will be in within thirty days.
The population of the United States by
the census of 1880 was SO, 0,055, ,7S3.
OUR FIFTH JUDGE.
The senate has passed the house bill
providing for an additional justice of the
supreme court of New Mexico.
ASKING CONCESSIONS.
The Democrats are trying to trade on
the national election bill. They have
proposed to the Republicans in the senate
that they will cooperate to bring about
prompt action on the silver, tariff, appro-
priation and other general bills, so as to
bring about adjournment of congress be-
fore the end of July, provided the Repub-
licans will not ask to take up the elections
bill at this session and permit it to lie
ever in the senate committee. Republi-
can senators have been asked to confer
on the subject.
SILVER CONFERENCE.
Owing to Judge Walkers absence no
meeting of the senate and house silver
conferees is likely to be held till Thurs
day, and ii may 60 over to next week be-
cause of the recess on the 4th. Senator
Teller is quoted as saying:
1.-The conference committee will, in my
judgment, agree promptly upon meas
ure which will provide for the purchase
Of either $4 500, 900 worth of bullion ore,
preferably 4,5O0000 ounces. | am con-
tident that the latter proposition will
meet approval The certificates to be
issued upon the bullion purchased must
be redeemable in lawful money, and |
am sure that the senate conferees will
not recede from the position. If they do
there will be no trouble in the senate"
In opposition to the statements OF vari-
GUS congressman that there will be fail
ure to agree, it may be said with confid
ence that the pressure of the administra-
ton for results has made itself very
strongly felt in both the senate and house,
and that there is very little doubt that it
will require few meetings of the committee
of conference to agree upon such measure
as will secure favorable vote in both
branches of congress.
REPORTS ABOUT BLAINE.
There are reasons for believing that
there is considerable foundation for
the report that Secretary Blaine is
thinking of rendering to President
Harrison his resignation. The re-
port is that the contemplated resignation
grew out of what is considered by the
secretary lack OF Endorsement of his
commercial reciprocity plan of treating
the tariff question. Sec. Blaine stated to
friend the day or two Immediately fol-
lowing the transmittal of his letter to
congress that he visited the president
three times before the latter consented to
write letter to accompany the docu-
ment, and then it did not indorse the
plan of commercial reciprocity as against
the adoption of the Mckinley bill. 1t is
said that Sec. Blaine is awaiting action of
the senate upon his proposition, and ex-
pecting a crisis which will call for him
to take some kind of action to reimpress
congress with his opinion, when he will
resign. No information one way or the
other can he obtained in official circles.