Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-13
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Utah's State Bill Passes the House
with a Whoop-Good Prospects
for New Mexico.
A New Southwestern Rairoad-Num-
erous Nominations-Silver Bill
Postponed.

Washington, Dec. l3.-1he president ls
unlikely to reply to the senate resolution
on the Hawaiian question to-day.
UTAH's BILL PASSED.
In the house to-day the bill providing
an enabling act for the admission of Utah
to statehood was taken-up and passed by
practically unanimous vote.
NOMINATIONS.
The following nominations sent to the
senate:
Interior-Daniel A. Carpenter, of Ten
nessee, to be pension agent at Knoxville
Tenn.
Justice-Charles Fl. Simonton, OF South
Carolina, to be U. 8. circuit jadgx Of the
.4th judicial circuit; Charles Pariange, oil
Louisiana to be U. s. district judge of the
eastern district Of Louisiana; Charles D.
Fullen, of Iowa, to be attorney of the
United States for the southern district of
Iowa.
Treasury-Carl l.. Green, of New Ham p
shire, and John Herrick, of Virginia. to
be second assistant engineers in the re-
venue cutter service.
Navy-Commodore Francis II. Ramsey,
to be chief of the bureau of navigation,
navy department.
To be registers of land Offices Henry
D. Ross, at Prescott, A. T.; William p.
Wolff, at Dardanelle, Ark; John P. Glen
denning, at Harrison, Ark; Jessie Ross,
at Camden, Ark; Andrew F. Smelling, at
North Yakima, Wash.
To be receivers of public money--Ed-
ward R. Monk, at Tucson, A. r.; Benja-
min Crowley, at Little Rock, Ark; John
A. Bunch, at Harrison, Ark; David Dixon,
at Camden, Ark; Terence Martin, at
Fargo, S. D.; John F. Hughes, at Pierre,
s. D.
TO be Indian agents-George Sloan, OF
District of Columbia, at Quapewa agency
I. T.; Henry W. Mellon, of Indiana, to be
commissioner in and for the district OF
Alaska, to reside at Juneau City.
STATEHOOD PROSPECTS.
Senator Duboi thinks that New Mexico
Arizona and Oklahoma will be admitted
this session. He will support their bills
and thinks that the Democratic senators
will vote solid. He does not know the
positions of Senators Teller and Wolcott,
but believes they will vote for admission
Even if they oppose the admission OF
New Mexico, Dubois thinks they can not
prevent it.
SILVER.
A meeting of the committee on coin
age, weights and measures has been
called for to-day to consider BANDS free
coinage bill. Some of the silver men
discourage the idea of agitating the mat.
ter at this time but if pressed, will vote
to support the bill.
Later-With Bland's consent the coin
age committee to-day postponed till
January the consideration OF the free
coinage bill so as not to antagonize ths
tariff proposition.
Blands insists that the silver bill will
be passed during this session.
FINISHING TOUCHES.
The ways and means committee is
again in session to-day considering the
tariff bill. 1t expects to give the finish
ing touches to the internal revenue sched-
ules this afternoon.
IN GOOD CAUSE.
Dubois in the senate and Carey in the
house spent large portion of the time
yesterday in laboring with the Republi-
cans to withdraw their opposition to the
territorial admission bills.
OTIS CONFIRMED. .
Among the combinations reported yes,
terday is the one of Col. L. s. Otis to be
brigadier general.
HEADED For NEW MEXICO.
The bill granting the Kansas & Okla
homa Southwestern railroad right-of-way
through Oklahoma passed the house this
SCORED CLEVELAND.
Senator Frye, of Maine, addressed the
senate on the Hoar Hawaiian resolution
to-day sharply criticising the president.