Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-16
WASHINGTON GRlS7.
Faulkner's Plan Gaining Ground
Going to Grover to Talk
It Over.
Voorhees, Talks a Little-silver Men
Are Smiling-National
News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.--senator Faulk-
ners amendment paving the way for a
comprsmise on the question of repeal is
likely to pass. President Cleveland will
be waited on at once by senators for a
conference favoring the compromise. 1t
will be represented to him that the bill
as contemplated by the West Virginia
senator can be readily passed through
both houses in twenty-four hours time,
and the present discussion over the
financial question ended for several
years. A careful canvass of the senate
has been made. Some senators who
while ready to vote for unconditional re-
peal, will also gladly vote for this amend
ment, as measure entirely satisfactory
to them. 1t might happen that there
would in this manner be votes enough to
| substitute 1t for the Voorhees, bill, and
thus end the fight happily.
| POOR SHOWING.
Gov. L. c. Hughes, of Arizona, has sub
mitted his annual report to the secretary
of the interior. He states that the con.
dition of the territory during the past
year has been only of average prosperity
though severe depression in some of its
most important industries was expert
snced. The shrinkage in the value Of sill
YER had closed almost all tho silver mines
in the territory. He estimates the loss
in range stock at 70 per cent, due to the
lack of rain.
! ENJOY THE SITUATION.
The president and his close friends in
congress realize that if the election law
repeal bill is taken up while the fight for
the repeal of the Sherman act is still in
the senate, it is pretty certain to com
plicate the situation and IN the end de-
feat the presidents schemes to crush
silver.
The silver leaders enjoy the predica-
ment Cleveland is in. They know full
we'll that his trouble will aid them in the
end. They are also elated over the fact
that even repeal advocates are how quiet
| ly admitting their defeat so far as the un-
conditional repeal of the Sherman act is
concerned.
| VOORHEES, PLANS.
Debate on the repeal bill has reached
point where the people are beginning
to expect something to be done. Mr.
Voorhees, being the chief engineer in the
matter, they naturally look to him to
take the initial step. In regard to the
situation VOORHEES, said to reporter that
he thought two weeks yet would elapse
before a vote Is taken. After that, if the
speech. making was continued it would
indicate q purpose to fllibuster, and he
did not believe that tactics for simple de-
lay could be long pursued. He was o.
the opinion that the silver men woult
show greater strength in their vote in op
position to the straight repeal bill thar
upon any other proposition which woult
1 be brought before the senate in connec
ton with the present legislation.
WASHINGTON wAlFs.
The Democrats finally mustered quo
rum in the house yesterday and the Tuck
er election repeal bill will be up on Mon
day.
Senator Higgins, (Rep.) of Delaware
addressed the senate yesterday in favo
of the repeal of the Sherman law. H
. favored its repeal because he believed i
potent cause for all the difficulty, bu
not the sole cause.
The appointment division of the In
terror Department has been instructed t.
prepare at once briefs of all application
for pension agents throughout the Unite
States. 1t is believed that the appoint
ments will be made within few days.
Special agents of the General Land Oh
fee have been appointed as follows: job
L. Root, Of vicksburg, Miss; Marsh Al
. kinson, of Mackenzie, Tenn; J. H. Scale
of Waco, Tex; Jonn B. Fay, Oakland
Nd, and William D. Saddler, Of Arkar
sas.