Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-16
WASHINGTON BUDGET.
A New Quorum VIII be Reported 10
morrow Reap
pears In the HOuse-Death
of a Senator.
..ro-pAY's SENATE.

.'T0-DAYS SENATE.
Washington, April 16.-Chaplain Mil
burns prayer this morning was entirely
devoted to the death of the senator whose
funeral service engaged the attention of
that body. Senator Ransom, colleague
of the deceased, presented the usual reso-
luton which was adopted.
PENSIONS.
The senate committee on pensions,
which has been considering Senator
Aliens resolution req uiring the secretary
of the interior to report the names of
pensioners who have been dropped from
the pension rolls SINCE March 4, 1898,
have reported. The resolution requires
the secretary to give the number of pen
sioners whose names have been suspended
since March 4, 1898, the number of pen
sions which have been restored to the
rate to which they have been drawing up
to the time they were suspended, the num-
Der of times, postofice address and the
rate of pensioners whose pensions which
have only been partially restored, or not
restored at all, and the cause of suspen-
sion.
MKANE IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The supreme court to-day granted a
motion to advance the case of McKane,
appellant, vs. Warden Thurston, of Sing
Sing, and it was set for hearing April 23.
BREoKENRIDGE APPEARS IN THE HOUSE.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, appeared on the floor of the house
to-day for the first time since the famous
Pollard trial began. He arrived as the
chaplain was concluding his prayer and
stood with bowed head. Then he walked
across in front of the arena, grasping .
hand here and there. He wore smile,
but was evidently miserably ill at ease
under the ordeal. The urgent deficiency
bill passed the senate Saturday and came
back to the house to-day. Breckenridge
said he expected to resume charge of it;
also to manage the general deficiency bill
when reported.
DECISION REVERSED.
Supreme court, in the case of 8. d.
Wilson, treasurer of Routt county,
plaintiff in error, vs. the Haley Live Stock
company defendant in error, to-day re-
versed the decision of the lower court
Wilson is enjoined from selling 10000
head of cattle seized for taxes.
NEW QUORUM RULE AGREED UPON.
After session of two hours to-day the
Democratic members Of the house com.
mittee on rules agreed on new quorum
counting rule. 1t sunderstood the rule
provides for ascertaining quorum by
| counting the members present and not
voting and also for fning members who
absent themselves from the house. The
| new rule will be presented tomorrow.
POLITICAL.
In the midst of the general gloon
among Democrats resulting from the re-
cent elections, Congressman Swanson
Of Virginia, furnishes ray Of light
| vvh~A b. .ays l.. IS -;atesest 20 pnruhli
cans as we'll as Democrats.
ut is worth remembering" said Mr
Swanson to-day, "that the south will Ger
tainly send 129 Democratic members tt
congress. This means that the party ha
only to elect fifty more to have ma
jority of the house. We certainly ough
to be able to carry fifty districts through
out the rest of the United States"
THE GREAT CANAL.
Senator Morgan's report on the Nicar
aqua canal is ready to be reported.
states that the suspension of work has no
been serious loss, as the machinery an
buildings are still in good shape for a re
mption. Carefully revised estimates O
the cost of the cana, and work connects
with it makes a maximum total of $S7
100000. The report says that if cougres
delays action looking toward encourage
ment of the work, the company will hav
to either abandon the concessions an
lose the money invested, or except tn
offers made by foreign capitalists.
states that if the proposed loan is mad
it will give employment to $4,000 Ameri
cans.