Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-09

Washington, May 9..-The story of the
Breckenridge trial will be allowed to pass
through the mails. First Assistant Post
master General Jones has notified the
postmaster at Chicago that the depart
ment has no authority to exclude the
book from postal privileges. This does
not relieve publishers from responsibility
however, in case the U. s. district attor.
neo shall deem it best to take action in
the matter.
SANTA FE's NEW POSTMASTER.
The president to-day appointed Thos
p. Gable postmaster at Santa Fe. M. v
Mitchell was also nominated for post
master at Cisco, Texas.
CoxEY BEFORE THE LABOR COMMITTEE.
There was an unusually large attend
ance of the members of the house com
mittee on labor to-day, drawn largely by
the expectation that General Coxey
would be in attendance to speak on Rep
resentatlve McGann's resolution to ap-
point joint committee of the senate and
house to investigate the cause of the pre-
vaillng industrial depression.
Coxey presented a petition for the
Commonweal army that he and Browne be
permitted to address the committee in be-
half of the Coxey bill for the construc-
tion of good roads and for the issue of
non-interest bearing bonds. Coxey sup
plemented the reading of the petition
with brief statement and then answered
the questions put to him by the members
of the committee.
"There are," he said, "a billion dollars
worth of improvements throughout the
country to be made and there are millions
of men to make them. There is but one
thing standing in the way-that is the
lack of money. The passage OF these two
bills would solve the industrial depres-
sion and set all men at work." He asked
for SO per cent of the people the same
privileges that are enjoyed by per cent
the national banking class-who alone
are represented in congress.
This closed Coxey's hearing and the
general retired. j. E. Dean, member of
the executive committee of the Farmers
Alliance, followed with recital of the de-
pressed condition of labor.
NEW NOMINATIONS.
The president has sent the following
nominations to the senate:
Observation-Disclosures A. Covarrubias, of
California, to be marshal of the United
States for the southern district of Califor-
mia.
Interior-Charles H. Adams, of Nebras-
ka, to be register of the land Office at
Broken Bow, Neb.; Andrew j. Robertson,
of Nebraska, to be receiver Of public
moneys at Broken Bow, Neb.; Andrew B.
Leavitt, of North Dakota, to be surveyor
general of North Dakota.
Treasury-Arthur r. Thomas, of Illi-
nois, to be assistant surgeon, marine hos
pital service.
William Il. Herbert to be collector of
the port at Sandusky, Ohio.
LODGES SILVER SCHEME.
Mr.. Lodge has introduced an amend
ment to the tariff bill in tae senate of
which he gave notice some time age, pro-
vidipg that as against Great Britain or
any of her colonies duty double the
amount imposed in the proposed tariff
bill shall be levied and duty of 35 per
cent on all articles on the free list, such
duties to continue until Great Britain
shall assent to take part in an inter
national agreement with the United
States for the coinage and use of silver.
MINE ASSESSMENTS.
Representative Bell is receiving a
number of petitions in favor of exempt
ing miners from performing assessment
work on unpatented mining claims for
1894, as they claim the law exempting
work for 1898 was passed too late in the
season to do much good.
NATIONAL NOTES.
Internal revenue collectors report that
Cinnamon have in many cases registered
twice.
Frank P. Berksley has been appointed
a gauger in the Colorado internal revenue
district.
Eastern and western brewers are at war
over the tariff on barley. Eastern
brewers get barley from Canada and
want low tariff.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for statements showing the con-
dition of various national banks of the
country at the close of business on Friday,
May 4.