Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-19
WASHINGTON GRlST.
The Administration Tariff Bill at
Last Before the House
Wilson's Report.
Wayne McVeagh Named for the Ital-
ian Mission-Peffer'S Plea for
the Nations Destitute.
THE TARIFF MEASURE.

Washington, Dec. 19.-When the ways
and means committee met this morning
Mr.. Wilson announced that the majority
report was ready to be laid before the
members. He said the report had been
given to the press, 50 that its reading was
dispensed with as the members will see it
in the afternoon papers.
The Republican members of the COM
mittee will meet tonight to perfect their
report. The finishing touches will be
added by Congressman Reed tomorrow
and it will be made public on Saturday.O
The report says the experience of this
and other countries has shown that a de-
crease in tariff duties Immediately
operated to such enlargement of com
merce as to rapidly make up the loss
threatened by the reductions, and that the
important change in the bill proposed
from the present law is the substitution
of advalorem for specific duties.
PRESENTED AT LAST.
Chairman Wilson and his Democratic
associates presented the new tariff bill
in congress to-day. The opening para
graph Of the majority report reads:
"The American people, after the fullest
debate ever given by any people to fiscal
policies, deliberately and rightly decided
that the existing tariff is wrong and un-
just"
The argument that follows is lengthy
and exhaustive, dealing with tariff legis-
lation from 1916 and its effect on ma
tional industries.
STATE BANKTA
The Democrats seem moro divided than
ever on the repeal of the state bank tax.
While it is evident that the majority Of
the committee is against repeal the bill
may be reported to the house in order TO
give an opportunity to discuss it. The
Republicans will not vote for repeal but
will be glad to have the bill reported as
they believe they can make party capital
out of the discussion.
OPENING THE RESERVATIONS.
The committee on public lands yester-
day afternoon considered the Fort Lewis
reservation matters. The chairman pre-
sented general bill throwing open for
settlement all abandoned reservations
having more than 5000 acres. Under
existing laws for the exemption of prop
erty for the government thousands Of
acres are under the protection of the Sec
retary of the interior. The bill met the
approval of the committee and will be
favorably reported.
THE MESSAGE SIZED UP.
This morning the Post in commenting
on the message of the president on the
Hawaiian affair, says hard things regard
! ing it. Among them it says: "It was
ex pected that the president would make
Blount's report the corner stone of his
Hawaiian policy, but with calmness
that it would be faint praise to call
sublime he speaks of Blount's one-sided
affidavit as being an accurate, impartial
| investigations" The Post adds that nine
tenths of the message is merely repeti-
tion of we'll known facts.
ToDAY's SENATE.
In the senate to day the nomination of
Jordan to be postmaster at Denver was
confirmed.
Senate. PETER made strong speech
advocating the passage of bill appro-
priating $6,500,OOO to relieve the existing
destitution throughout the country.
The house bill to repeal the federal
election laws was taken up and Mr.. Berry,
Democrat, made speech advocating its
passage.
VAN ALIENS SUCCESSOR.
The name of Wayne McVeigh, of Penn
sylvania, was to-day sent to the senate as
minister to Italy.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The house to-day went into committee
of the whole on the deficiency bill, the
pending question being Holman's amend
ment to limit the operations of the spe-
cial pension examiners. Holmans amend