Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-21
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WASHINGTON MATTERS,
MORE GAS THAN WORK


WASHINGTON, July 2l.-IIon John M
Thurston, of Nebraska, is at the Arline
ton. He is inclined to discount tn
strength OF the Farmers alliance move
ment in Nebraska and says its inspira
ton is not from the masses of the farm
ers, but from dissatisfied and disappoint
ed politicians, who hope to ride into DOW
er on the wave.
APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED.
Representative Henderson, of lowe
from the committee on appropriations
reported to the house the general def
cheney appropriation bill, the last of the
regular appropriation bills.
AFTER TIE L. p.
Mr.. McRae (Ark.) has introduced a
Joint resolution directing the secretary Of
the interior to suspend the issue of ma.
tents Tor lands to the Union Pacific rail-
way until the adjustment of the debt due
the United States from said company,
and authorizing the attorney general to
institute such legal proceedings as NAV
be IN his opinion necessary to subject
lands granted to and held by said com
pany to the payment of the debt due the
United States. Referred to the commit
tee on public lands.
DAY FOR LABOR COMING.
Speaker Reed has promised TO give q
day to the committee on labor for the
consideration of bills before that commit
tee. The eight-hour bill and the alien
contract bill have been considered bv the
committee and favorably reported.
Ibe senate to-day resumed considers
tlon OF the sundry civil appropriation bill. |
An agreement to strike out the $72O, 600
Tor Major Powell's irrigation survey and
to repeal the irrigation clause of the act
OF october 2, 1888, has been reached.
THE SUGAR DUTY.
Senator Pierce has proposed an amend.
ment to the tariff bill providing that after
one year from the passage of the bill the
president in his discretion may direct that
she duties on sugar imposed under the laws
now IN force be re-imposed as against any
nation or country failing to enter into ad-
,quate reciprocal relations with the United
states regarding the agricultural products
II this country and the presidents direc-
ed to pursue such negotiations as NAV be
leemed necessary to secure by treaty or |!
the unrestricted entry into any
9ch country OF the agricultural products I
# the United States.
WORK ON THE NEW ELECTION Bill.
The Republican members of the senate s
ommittee on privileges and elections re- t
umed consideration of the federal cleo 8
on bill. They desire to complete the Y
reparation of the measure SO that it NAV Ii
e submitted to the caucus early this b
eek. u
THE CoNFIsCATED MORMON FUNDS,
The house Judiciary committee listened
arguments by Judge James Broadhead, n
st. Louis, in opposition to the senate q
III providing for the application of for 8
lted Mormon church funds to the SUD- q,
ort OF the common schools in Utah. ~
ldge Broadhead contended that the bill " =,
IN violation of the general law respect- "
g charities, in as much as it proposes to VI
vert from its legitimate purpose moneys
described in aid of certain charities. He
cid that although certain of these chari- Il
IS have been declared illegal yet there b.
ere others among those specified, such nj
the support of Mormon schools, which st
uld legally receive the funds as property re
the hands of receiver. He held that m
e passage OF the bill is unnecessary and dl
IL prejudice the final decision of the M
urt. W.