Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-08
STATEHOOD!
New Mexico's Enabling Act Goes to
the Preferred Calendar and Will
Soon Be Considered.

It Looks Like We Are in 1t, Thanks to
Senator Faulkner and the Demo-
cratic Caucus-Other
News.
Washington, Dec. S.-The friends OF
the territorial admission bills feel much
relieved over the action of the Demo.
cratic senatorial caucus In deciding to
place these bills on the preferred calen.
dar.
There has bean some fear lest the fact
that Arizona and New Mexico had each
elected Republican delegate to congress
at the last election would induce the
Democratic senate to decide against tax.
ing the bills up at the present session.
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the ter.
ritorial COMMITTEES, met the arguments OF
those who would have had the bills side
tracked for political reasons with the as
sertion that the result Of the recent cleo
tion could not be accepted as, in any
sense, an indication of permanent political
preferences on the part Of the people of
the territories.
IN THE HOUSE TO-DAY.
Less than twenty-five members were
present when the house was called to
order at noon to-day. In the morning
hour, Mallory Dem. Fla.) from the COM
mittee on interstate commerce, called up
the bill to promote the efficiency of
revenue cutters. The bill was considered
several times at the last session. 1t pro-
vides for the retirement of officers in the
service incapacitated by reason of in
firmities of age or physical or mental
disabilities. Mallory, English Dem. No.
and Covert (Dem. N. W supported the
bill, but it was antagonized by Clark, of
Missouri, whose deliberately avewed In
tentlon was to
TALK IT TO DEATH.
Clark's speech was a characteristic one,
humorous and audacious to the point of
sensationalism, and it kept the house in a
confusion of laughter, cheers and jeers.
The mornlng hour expired without action
and Brown Dem. Md gave notice that
on Thursday next he would call up the
contested election case of Williams vs..
Settle. The house then resumed the con-
sideratisn of the railroad pooling bill.
TO ENTREAT FOB PEACE.
Information has reached here that the
Chinese government will appoint an am
bassader to proceed to Japan and entreat
for peace.
THE RAILROAD FUNDING BILL.
Representative McGuire, of California,
will make vigorous opposition to the ef-
fort to tako up the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill. He will also contest the meas
ure on the floor, if Chairman Reilly sue
ceeds in having Speaker Crisp fix time
for the bill before the holidays.
Says Mcclure: ut is true the bonds are
about to mature and the government will
have to meet them. But it has been pay
ing interest on these bonds for years and
these payments reach
THE AMAZING FIGURES
of $5O,OOO,OOO, while the principal is
emily $27,OOO,O00. The main objection to
the pending bill is that it extends for
fifty years the absolute dominion of the
Pacific road over the traffic of the great
west"
Mcclure was asked whether, if congress
did not act, the Pacific roads would not
lapse into government control. Gun
doubted they will" said he, "and it would
be practical realization of the govern
msnt ownership Of railways. 1t would
not be necessary for the government to
operate them, however, unless private
interests refused to carry them on"
LOOKING OUT FOR cocH1r1.
Earl NJ. Cranston, of Denver, arrived
here to-day. He is looking after some
business before the supreme court.
ACTION OF SILVER MEN.
The presidents message furnished the
cue for something besides Dem ocratic
pslicy in congress. There is no disguis-
ing the fact that there is a strong senti-
ment of opposition to the president
among the Democratic members. Not a
few Of the statesmen who fell in the late
fight attribute in great part the sweeping
Democratic defeat to the course of the
administration and the Indifference of
the president to party interest. The
western silver men are ready to say some
sharp things against the White house and
the bond issue will furnish the text. Then
the currency plan may inflame the white
metal inHatiOnists. Several Democratic
enators--Cockrell, of Missouri, is one of
them--are preparing to take this tack.
THE INCOME TAX.
All the talk about defeating an appro-
priation for the collection of the income
tax is based entirely on Senator Hills
opposition and his ability under the sem
ate rules to make strong fight. But
the appropriation will reach the senate in
a bill that Mr.. Hill can hardly afford to
delay, much less defeat.
The appropriation of 100000 will be
made in the urgent deficiency bill, and
which will be one Of the first sent over to