Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sensational Passage Between Messrs.
Chandler and Allen in the
Senate.
Consideration of the Free List Com
pleted-Lumber and Logs Free
PETER on Salt.


addressed the senate briefly after the
opening of to-day's session in support of
the resolution instructipg the committee
on postoffices and post roads to report
back postal savings bill.
After some bills of local interest had
been passed, the tariff bill was laid be-
fore the senate for consideration and the
discussion of the free list was resumed,
the pending question being Senator
Peffer's amendment to strike salt from
the free list and place it on the dutiable
list. The present duty per 100 pounds is
8 cents. Senator PETER explained that
personally he favored free salt, but his
constituents, who we're interested in salt
manufacturing, believed that they would
be injurionsly Infected by placing salt on
the ereo LIST.
AMENDMENT LOST.
The amendment was lost by vote of
"a to 33.
SENSATIONAL EPISODE.
rather sensational episode occurred
at 1890 p. m. in the senate when Sena-
tor Allen, of Nebraska, moved to put all
lumber on the free list. Senator Chand-
ler charged that the Nebraska senator
had made bargain with the Democratic
side to obtain it in consideration of his
vote on sugar. The announcement that
he had not yet made up his mind how to
vote on the bill was threat and in get
ting this amendment adopted he was
| com mpleting a bargain. Senator Allen
| retorted that his vote and his action were
| CLc- IL, - l.
Senator Allen subsequently obtained
| the floor and replied to Senator Chand-
ler's remarks that be (Allen) would not be
deferred from his purpose by senator
who had put himself in the attitude of a
baboon on every possible occasion.
FREE LIST COMPLETED.
| The senate by party vote decided to
put logs and lumber, including dressed
! lumber, on the free list. The free list
was completed at 1:30 this afternoon.
| The finance committees amendment
restricting the free entry of raw silks,
such as are not manufactured in any way
was agreed to.
When paragraph 64, relating to sugars
was reached it was expected that debate
would occur, but none took place. Sen.
ator Aldr1ch merely demanded yea and
nay vote on the finance committees
amendment to strike this paragraph from
| the free list, where it was placed by the
house. The committees amendment car
ried by a vote of 80 to 20, the Republicans
except Senator Quay voting solidly
against, and the Democrats for it. Sen
ator PETER, Populist, of Kansas, voted
with the Republicans and Messrs. Kyle
and Allen, Populists, voted with the Dem
ocrats.
| LOOKING FOB FOSSILS.
The secretary of the interior ha!
granted permission to the management
! of the New York Museum of Natura
History to allow its representatives t.
the Uncompahgre and Uintah lndlai
reservation, Utah, to obtain fossils TO-
exhibits.
The Ute Indian bill will now have tt
take It's regular course in the senate.
On account of the objection of Senate
Villas, when Teller tried to get it up tn
bill will 20 to the committee on Indial
affairs, and there will likely be figh
over the measure in this committee. Thi
may prevent favorable action this ses
sion.
NEW MONEY ORDER FORMS.
To all of the 10000 and odd none
order postoffces in the United States tn
postoffice department is now sending tn
new forms of money order blanks. The
are being sent at the rate of about 10,
900 day and the work is expected t.
continpe about week longer. Abou
700 new money order Offices will be es
tablished throughout the country at tn
beginning of next month.
ALBUQUERQUE MEMORIAL.
The vice. president to-day laid befor
the senate a memorial of the Commercial
club of Albuquerque, N. M, against tn
removal of portion of the Southern Ut
Indians from Colorado to New Mexico.