Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-04
NATIONAL NEWS.
Want to Abolish the Pueblo Indian
Agency-Excitemen in Congress
Senate ana House.

Washington, April 4.-The Indian al
fairs subcommittee in the preparation o
the annual Indian appropriation bill i
making radical changes particularly il
the reduction of expenses for administer
| ing the affairs of the bureau. One is t.
abolish five Indian inspectors who receiv,
$4,000 per year. Amendments are pro
posed prohibiting on Indian reservations
a plurality of Indian wives, providing
that white men marrying Indian women
shall not be permitted to reside on reser
vations; proposing that the school term
for Indian children in reservation schools
shall not exceed five years, and in ma.
tional industrial andsatraining schools OF
contract schools four years. An amend
ment is also pending for the abolishment
of the Indian agencies in New York and
also of the Pueblo and Jicarrllla agency
in New Mexico. Indian lands, should it
is asserted, be given free water for every
privilege. An amendment having this
object in view will be offered to the bill.
The Indians on the Jicarrilla Apache
reservation in New Mexico are very poor,
and an amendment will be offered au-
thorizing the secretary of the interior to
sell the timber on their reservation and
invest the proceeds.
To-DAY's HOUSE.
By a vote of eight to five the house
committee on banking and currency
decided to-day to report in favor of
subjecting greenbacks to state and
municipal taxation. The bill was intro.
duced by Representative Cooper, of In
diana, and is regarded as an Important
one, bearing on the general currency
question.
Representative Gametti introduced a
resolution to-day providing for holding a
conference of the nations of the western
hemisphere to draft treaties looking to
the remonetizing of silver.
Filibustering was resumed in the house
to-day to prevent the unseating of
Hilborn, Representative of California.
The Dem ocrats were several votes short
of quorum.
Willborn, Republican, of California,
was unseated in the house this afternoon
by vote of 10 to 10.
KEARsAaE COMMANDER FOUND GUILTY.
Commander Heyerman, who was COM
manding the Kearsage when she was
wrecked, was to-day found guilty by the
court martial of negligence in suffering
the vessel to be run upon the reef and
stranded, and inefficiency in the perform
ance of duty. He was sentenced to be
suspended from duty for two years on
waiting orders.
To-DAY's SENATE.
The senate has passed the bill permit
ting horse racing in the District of Col
umbia during certain seasons, but pro-
hibiting pool selling and book-making.
Senator Allison resumed his speech
against the tariff.
WIDER USE OF SILVER.
Senator Wolcott has presented the fol-
lowing resolution which he will call up
tomorrow: "That the president be re-
quested to enter into negotiations with a
view to encouraging our commercial rela-
tions with China and other Asiatic ooun-
tries, and with the Republic of Mexico
looking to coinage at it's mint of standard
Mexican dollars under some proper agree
ment as to seigniorage metal and amount
of said coinage and report his negotia-
tions to the senate"
A HOT TIME IN THE HOUSE.
At 4:15 p. M, roll call on the passage
of the Bland bill the over veto was unex-
pectedly precipitated in the house carried
great disorder. The vote was interrupt
ed by disorder. During suspension of
The roll call heated controversy occurred
between the speaker and Mr.. Reed. Reed
was ordered to take his seat.