Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-08
WASHINGTON GRIST.
Utah's Statehood Bill Called Up
HOke Smith Denounces Sen
at0r Voorhees,.
Waite's Schemes Attracting Attention
Department Of Justice
National Notes.
HOKE AND DAN.

Washington, Dec. s.-Much bitter feel
ing has been engendered between Sen
ator Voorhees, and Sec. Hoke Smith on
account of the farmers action in the pen
sion matter. Hoke's paper calls Voor-
hees "cheap demsgogue" and scores
him daily. The fight is spreading and if
the president sides with VOORHEES,, Smith
will probably resign as secretary of the
interior.
wAITE's CRAZY SCHEME.
The scheme of Gov. Waite, of Colorado,
for state silver coinage, is receiving some
attention here. The treasury department
officials say the plan is not practicable at
all. The Post devotes half column edi-
torial to tho Salida convention and says
the plan ID looked on with great disfav or
and is opposed by the national govern
ment.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The annual report of Attorney General
Olney has been submitted to congress.
The attorney general reports the volume
of business of the federal courts largely
and rapidly increasing. The number of
criminal prosecutions pending in the cir
cult and district courts of the United
States July l, 1898, was 1886, as against
3,80S pending in the same courts July l.,
1892, while the expenses of United States
courts exclusive of judges salaries) in
cured and paid for the fiscal year 1898
were $4,52S,675, as against $2,754,733 in
curred and paid for like expenses during
the fiscal year 1892
The report of the solicitor of the treas
.ury shows that the whole number of suits,
penalties, fines, ETC., decided or otherwise
disposed of during the year was 6,6S8.
The whole amount in which judgments
were obtained, exclusive of DEGREES re-
naming, was $494, ,979.40, and the entire
amount collected from all sourcess, $780,
4O4.77.
Considerable space is devoted in the
report to discussion of the Indian ter
ritory and an omission by the former ad-
ministration to call attention to what
may fairly be characterized as NAL ad-
ministration of justice there.
To-DAY's HOUSE.
To-day was rather Ii, ely in the house.
The committee on banking aud currency
AOpolCCu Dlll plofluluS tHdt UHo UdA
upon certain issues of state bank notes
be suspended.
Representative Kilgore, of Texas,
called up the bill for the admission of
Utah as state.
The point of no quorum was made and
Kilgore moved call of the house.
Dingley, of Maine, demanded the yeas
and nays. The motion prevailed; yeas,
1856; nays, 80.
Talbot, of Maryland, introduced res
olution calling upon the ways and means
committee to at once bring in the revised
tariff bill; also directing the banking
committee to report a bill providing
financial relief 80 that the Democratic
party may redeem it's pledges.
KILLED AT LAST.
The Bankruptcy bill was killed to-day;
the enacting clause stricken out in the
house by a vote of: Yeas Ill; nays 81.
NATIONAL NOTES.
Senator Cullom has introduced bill
providing reasonable receiving, forward
ing and delivery of freight traffic by one
railroad to another at through rates.
Delegate Rawlins, of Utah, has intro
duced bill to extend the time of making
proof of desert lands for five years, and
the fee of ST per acre on the
lands for the year 1894.
The president has made the following
Samuel A. Cunningham,
postmaster at Golden, Colo; William L.
postmaster at La Junta, Colo;
Joseph B. Doe, of Wisconsin, to be as
siat q nj cacrntarv of unr
st. Louis merchants are asking con-
0ress to readjust the tariff rates between
this country and Mexico, setting forth
that the latter power is friendly disposed
coward the United States and urging re-
,iprocal trade relations.
Congressman Pence and Bell, of Colo.
RADIO, have called the attention of Secre-
'ary Smith to the necessity of deciding
;he matter of the Baca land grant survey
n Saguache county, so that the mining
claimants may have their rights deter
mined.
Hawaiian Minister Thurston left yester-
lay en- route to Honolulu. He goes of
,is own accord. Before leaving he made
call on Secretary of State Gresham. Tho
ecretary of legation says no significance
8 attached to the minister's departure.