Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-08
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Numerous Consultations Over the Tar
iff To-day and an Agreement
Nearly Reached.
Populist Allen Has an 1dea-Machin.
cry and Labor-The Kicks
Impeachment.

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and Vest, of the tariff conference, and
Senators German and Smith, acting or
behalf of the conservative senator's, it is
understood, decided today that the time
had arrived when the conference should
end, either by an agreement or disagree
ment. Senator Jones, after the morning
conference, said that if it was the pro
gram for the senate conferees to ask tc
be dismissed he was not aware of the
fact. He did not deny that the senate
conferees might ask to be discharged
but he did not think that such request
would be made to-day.
SUGAR ON THE FREE LIST.
The Republican steering committee Of
the senate discussed to-day the PROPOSE
tion to make sugar free. The opinion
was expressed that by putting sugar on
the free list the votes of Louisiana senat-
ors would be lost to the bill, but Senator
PETER might vote for it.
proposition to put sugar on the free
list will receive the support of nearly the
entire Republican side.
| TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
| When the tariff conference adjourned
for recess the air was full of rumors,
among them being one statement that an
agreement was to be reached at the after
noon session. A leading conservative
senator said that the house must take the
responsibility of risking another vote on
the bill in the senate. There seems to be
determination on the part of the senate
to force decision one way or the other
during the day, but the issue may be
further delayed.
LOOKS BETTER.
Senator Jones said at 1926 to-day that
he thought the tariff conferees would be
able to report an agreement tomorrow.
Chairman Wilson and Repr esentative
Montgomery Joined Speaker Crisp in his
private Office early this afternoon. Chair
man Wilson was evidently in hopeful
mood.
Out of the many conflicting reports it
became evident and was so stated by
those most intimate with the conferees,
that an agreement might be reached to-
morrow. Representative Strauss, of New
York, who is closely associated with Mr..
Wilson, gave it as his opinion that there
would be complete agreement by Sat
urday at the latest.
A COMPROMISE IN SIGHT.
Senator Smith, who has been in consul
tation with the senate conferees this
afternoon, said that he expected the full
committee to be called together to-mor-
row and the bill reported to be a COM
promise, the sugar schedule announced
last week to be part of the agreement.
To-DAy's SENATE.
In the senate to-day the house bill to
reimburse r. Fl. Nebeker, late treasurer
of the United States, for $1,000 paid by
him to make good a shortage when his
office was turned over to his successor,
was passed.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Allen, Populist, Of Nebraska, "to prevent
professional lobbying" which was re-
ferred to the committee on labor.
SMELLING COMMISSION.
On motion, Representative McCann's
resolution instructing commissioner of
labor to investigate the effects of machin-
cry on labor, wages ETC., was agreed to
in the house to-day.
THE RICKs AFFAIR.
Representative Bailey, of Texas, from
the committee on Judiciary, as matter
of privilege, presented resolution in
the house to-day providing for::an investi-
cation by that committee Of the charges
against A. j. Rick, U, s. Judge of the dis
trict court of Northern Ohio. Represen-
tative Grosvenor criticised the resolution
as piece of indecent haste. He submit
ted that Judge of the district court
should be treated with as much Difference
as man charged with being drunk and
disorderly. Bailey replied that if Gros-
venor were friend of Judge Kicks he
would want the charges Investigated i'm
mediately; if there was taint on Judge
Ricks' judicial ermine it should be wiped
out or else he should be removed,
The resolution was agreed to without
division.
AFTER OLNEY.
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, has
a petition bearing 10000 signatures for
an investigation of the course taken by
Attorney General Olney during the recent
strike, looking to his impeachment.
A NOMINATION..
The president to-day nominated Dixon
Buchanan to be receiver Of pubic moneys
at Sterling, Colo.