Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-01
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Voorhees, Silver Repeal Bill Goes
Through the House With
Whoop.
Adjournment Now Prpbable-Favor.
able Report on New Mexico's
Statehood Hll-Na-
tional Notes.

Washington, Nov. L. Gen. Tracey,
member of the house from New York,
says the final vote on the Voorhees, SEN
ate repeal bill will probably be reached
late this evening, andif so, congress will
be ready to adjourn If the president does
not send in special message ON the
Chinese bill and Hawaiian matters.
|. PASSED THE HOUSE.
The Voorhees, silver repeal bill, passed
by the senate, was laid before the house
at noon.
Congressman Bland, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, moved to refer the measure to the
committee on weights, coinage and meas
ures. At 2 O'Clock the house began
voting on this proposition, and it was
defeated by majority of 81, and Mr..
Wilson then called for vote on the Voor-
hees bill and it was passed, yeas 191, nays
81.
The president signed the repeal bill at
$40 o'clock this afternoon.
DAVE DAY GETS IN.
The president to-day sent to the senate
the nomination of David Day, the 'solid
muldoon" of Durango, to be superin-
ochuoAo VI UHo ooutherH Oto Anutan
agency.
NOMINATIONS.
The president has sent the following
nominations to the senate:
State-Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, to
be assistant secretary of state, vice Josiah
Quincy, resigned; James R. Roosevelt, of
New York, to be secretary of the embassy
nj ho Stoko nj ~
Henry White, resigned.
War-Capt. Edward I. Comegis, as
sistant surgeon, to be surgeon with rank
of major.
John A. Strickland, of New York, to be
assistant appraiser of merchandise in the
district of New York; Preston A. Griffith,
Of Nebraska, to be receiver of public
money at Sidney, Mob.
Chas. Belmont Davis, of PENNSYLVANIA,
Florence, Italy.
CUTTING DOWN.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas, introduced bills
yesterday to repeal the statutes that pro-
vide for the retirement of officers of the
army and navy, and stopping the pay of
all officers heretofore retired. Another
repeals the statutes providing for the re-
tirement of United States judges, and
provides that any person who has here
tofore resigned his place as judge shall
not hereafter receive pay.
THE SUPREME COURT.
The United States supreme court af-
frmed the judgements of the United
States court for western Arkansas and
eastern Texas in three out of four cases
Of convictions for murders committed in
the Indian territory. Three mon whose
sentences were affirmed afe Louis Holder,
murderer of John Bickford; Frank Col
lins, murderer of Randole Lovely; aud
Thomas Moore, murderer of Chas. Pal
mer. Robert M. Hall, convicted of kill
ing another white man named James
Yates, gets new trial.
WESTERN IRRIGATION.
The report of Colonel Richard J. Hin
ton, the irrigation expert who has been
carefully examining the sub ject for the
last six months throughout the west, has
been received. Mr.. Hinton says that in
spite of the hard times development of
arid lands is going on steady, principally
There is also great and surprising activi-
ty in parts of New Mexico, Oregon and
Nevada.
STATEHOOD. t.
Delegate Joseph of New Mexico pre-
sented to the House yesterday favorable
report from the committee on territories
on his bill admitting New Mexico as
state. The bill authorizes the people to
hold constitutional convention on the
first Monday in December, 1894. The
constitution then formulated is to be sub
mitted to the people for ratification the
first Monday of March, 1895. Under the
last census of the territory the state
would be entitled to one representative
and two senators. The state officers and
representative are to be elected at the
same time that the general vote is cast