Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-23
WASHINGTON BUDGET.
The Tariff Act Likely to Become Law
Without the Signature Of the
President.
How Carnegie Worked the Govern
ment Under Republican Rule
Senate Struggling for
Quorum.

washington, aug. Z3.-Ihe presldent
remains firm in his purpose to let the
tariff bill become law without his sigma
ture, although members of congress have
represented very strongly that should it
not have the presidential approval their
position on the stump would be very en-
barrassing. Among those having this
view is Speaker Crisp. The bill can not
become law without the presidential
autograph until Monday and the adjourn
ment of congress will hardly take place
before Tuesday.
SENATE LACKED A QUORUM.
Even before the reading of yesterdays
journal in the senate to-day the absence
of quorum WAS pointed out by Senator
Manderson. The roll call showed thirty
three members present, ten less than a
quorum.
The sergeant-at-arms' reports of forty
two senators who failed to answer to
their names yesterday, were that only
two were in the city and one, Senator
Voorhees,, was to ill too attend. The other
senators we're telegraphed to attend i'm
mediately. Up to 1925 o'clock only
bHlIUy-ANO bcuduOIo udu dII1fCus
Finding that it would be impossible to
get quorum the senate adjourned at
1:20 till tomorrow.
CARNEGIE SEVERELY SCORED.
Representative A. j. Cummings, chair
man of the house committee on naval af-
fairs, presented to-day preliminary re-
port on the investigation of the armor
plate billet furnished by the Carnegie
Steel company. The committee finds the
charges of fraud are sustained by the
evidence and scores the company severely
and recommends that fifty-nine suspected
plates which are in use should be tested
as the only method of proving their fit
ness or unfitness. The committee finds
that the government inspection was very
negligent.
AL out fifty members were on the floor
when the house met to-day to hear the re-
port ON the armor plate frauds.
Representative Cummings presented a
joint resolution to direct the secretary of
the navy to remove from the Monadnock,
Terror, Oregon, Indiana, Massachusetts
and Monterey specified armor plates and
subject them to ballastic test at Indian
Head proving ground and make speedy
report to the department on these tests.
WANTS FAIR PLAY.
Representative Stone, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, asked if the report did not
prejudice the Carnegie company and
called attention to the fact that no mem
ber of the minority was present. Mr..
Cummings said that the report was unani-
n, ouo1v o1aptad ond @bok Tho parrbliooo
minority did not sign the report but had
authorized him to make the report.
"What does the egentleman want ?" asked
Mr.. Cummings angrily. "Does the gen.
tleman want the Carnegie company to
buy the report?"
"Ths gentleman wants the Carnegie
company to hayo fair play, something,
which it has not had," replied Represen-
tative Stone.
The resolution was adopted without
division and the house adjourned till
tomorrow.
LIGHT ON THE CARPET INDUSTRY.
From reports received at the state de-
partment it appears that the United
States is shipping to England carpets to
the value of nearly half million dol
lars annually. These carpets are the
famous Administer supposed here to be
produced to perfection only in England.
ASPIRATIONS OF HILL.
Senator Hill expects to be the attorney
in the first case brought to test the con-
stitutionality of the provisions of the
new tariff law.
INVESTIGATION OF THE 1NDUsTRIALs.
The select committee on prevailing
distress appointed by the senate dur
ing the height Of the Coxey movement
has held but two meetings. Chairman
Villas said to-day that when the commit
tee was called into existence there was q
general feeling that owing to the pres
sure of the times and the persistence of
the industrials that it would be neces-
sary to formulate some measure that
would in some way meet the conditions,
but conditions changed SO quickly, he
said, that it soon became evident the
committee would not be called on to do
much.