Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-10-21
WASHINGTON GRlSY.
Silver Compromise Finally Fixed Late
This Afternoon Admin
istratiOn Smoked Ont
of Its Hole.
Voorhees, and Cloture- Senate Con-
frmations-The Miners Act
National News Notes.
CLEVELAND s'smoKED QUIZ

CLEVELAND "sMoEED QUIZ
Washington, Dot. 21.-"Compromise is
surrender" declared President Cleveland
last week, "and I am opposed to it,"
To-day the Democratic steering COM
mittee of the senate say that compro-
mise measure will be ready for the senate
on Monday or Tuesday and that the
president will approve the bill.
HARD AT IT.
The Democratic conference committee
began its fourth days session this morn
ing and made another effort to agree
upon silver compromise scheme salts
factory to the majority of the senate.
s The chic. dispute was over the date
to be 'nxed~for the repeat of the purchas
ing clause of the Sherman act, The
ADMINISTRATION SENATOR'S
want to fix the date of repeal at July
1894, and the silver Democrats insist that
it shall not be repealed before July 1896
1t is expected that this difference will be
adjusted before night, and that compro.
mise measure will be framed aud ready
to be laid before congress by Monday OF
Tuesday at farthest. =t
AGREED AT LAST.
Later, 2 p. m.-The silver compromise
was finally agreed upon this afternoon
The purchase of silver is to cease one
year hence, October, 1894. The bond
question has been eliminated from the
measure, and a steady stream of senators
has been flowing into the committee room
all the afternoon pledging loyalty to the
measure.
A QUESTIONABLE DECLARATION.
The silver senators are also signing a
document agreeing to support this COM
promise bill, but some of them do so
under protest. Senators Teller and VOL
colt are against the measure, but it is
said they will not fight it.
To-DAY's SENATE.
Senator Voorhees, cloture resolution
was not called up in the senate as expect
ed to-day, because there is no "morning
hour" on Saturdays. twould not come
up in the regular order of business, and
Senator Voorhees, declined to force it or
ask its consideration.
Instead the repeal bill was further con-
sidered, and Senator PETER talked all the
session to listless and lnattentive
audience.
COMPUTATIONS.
Among the nominations confirmed by
the senate yesterday are the following:
James T. Kirbreth, of New York, to be
collector of customs for the district of
New York.
j. Rockwell Fay, Jacob Schoenhof and
William Kinney, of New York, to be as
sistant appraisers of merchandise in the
district Of New York.
james b. Stewart, OF Brooklyn, to be
consul at st. Thomas, West Indies.
George Keenen, of Madison, Wis, to be
consul at Kiehl, Germany.
Alex L. Pollock, of Salt Lake, to be
consul at San Salvador, Salvador.
Stephen Bonsale, of Maryland, to be
secretary of legation at Madrid.
Charles DENLY, jr, of Indiana, to be
secretary of legation at Pekin, China.
Col. Anson Mills, U. s. A., to be COM
missioner of the United States on the
Mexican international boundary commits
sion.
Charles Rumley, of Montana, to be
melter of the assay Office at Helena,
Mont.
George ". Click, of Atchison, Kas., to
be pension agent at Topeka Kas.
Commodore George Brown, to be rear
admiral; Capt. Edward E. Potter, to be
Commander Mortimer L.
Johnson, to be captain, and large num-
Der of other minor naval promotions.
Postmasters: Texas-William B. Par
son, a Nacogdoches; James II. Messimer,
at Itasca; William K. Ayers, at Kaufman.
]. Halbert, at Tempe.
AN OKLAHOMA ACT.
The president this morning signed the
act granting Oklahoma settlers the right
to commute homestead entries.
LAND PATENTS AND INDIANS.
The Indian agent at Tulalip, WASH, has
submitted his report to the interior de-
partment. He says intoxication is the
predominant evil among the Indians.
The evil will grow, he thinks, because of
the decision of the courts that an Indian
holding patent to land is citizen. He
on account of this that law
be passed holding that when patent is
given it shall not confer citizenship upon
an Indian.
..t NATIONAL NOTES.
Mr.. Curtis Of Kansas; has introduced
bill to discontinueth office of collector
Of customs in large number of ports.
The receipts from them Afe less than the
At Brazos thRastes are about
81 900 and the expenses $4,000.
The gold reserve yesterday was $780,
966,O73, a decrease of 2$l0,616,0OO since
Oct. /. The cuffency balance has in
creased $SOOOOO0 this month, it now
being $21, $780, 900, of,which $1s,OOO,OO0 is
made up of subsidiary silver coin. About
$4,000, 600 more is being used in replacing
worn coinnge, leaving very small work
ing balance. The receipts of the govern
ment this month to date have been $10,-