Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-23
The NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Senator WOlcOtt's Resolution Oh Sub
ject of International Currency
Conference.
Investigating Pacific Railroads-Land
Court Continued-Senator Ran
som Appointed Minister
to Mexico.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Morgan
has introduced a resolution authorizing
the senate committee on Pacific roads tt
sit during the coming recess for the pur
pose of continuing it's Investigations
relative to the relations of those roads te
the government. The committee is au
thorzed by the resolution to make per
sonal examination of the roads and Other
properties of the bond-aided Pacific rail
way companies and their branches ant
the country through which they pass Of
is Immediately tributary to their income
with view to ascertaining their presen
status and ability to pay their indebted
ness to the United States and how thai
indebtedness can be adjusted and paid.
SENATOR RANSOM SUCCEEDS MINISTER GRAY
The president to-day nominated Sen
ator Matt. W. Ransom, of North Carolina
to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Mexico.
RESCUED MISSIONARIES.
Secretary Herbert has received cable.
gram from Admiral Carpenter, command.
ing the Asiatic squadron, saying that the
gunboat Yorktown returned to Chez Foo
yesterday with thirteen missionaries
rescued from places of danger. The flag.
ship Baltimore and the Charleston are
also at Chee Foo.
APPROPRIATION FOR DENVER MINT.
Senator Wolcott introduced an amend
ment to the sundry appropriation bill
appropriating 100000 for the purpose
of purchasing site for the Denver coin.
age mint and beginning the erection OF
the same.
PROTEST AGAINST POOLING BILL.
memorial from the Idaho legislature
was presented today protesting against
the pooling bill as plan to place the
railroads in the hands of a vast syndicate
and thus crush competition under the
iron heel of monopoly.
TARIFF AND INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS.
Senator Voorhees,, chairman of the
finance committee, presented q compre-
hensive reason for investigation by the
committee of the effect of the tariff and
internal revenue laws.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY CONFERENCE.
Senator Wolcott (republlcan, Colorado)
then came forward with a proposition
authorizing the creation of an American
commission to act with foreign countries
should they take the initiative in the
matter of holding an international money
conference. The plan was offered as an
amendment to the sundry civil bill. 1t is
as follows:
"Whereas, If the president of the
United States, upon invitation of Ger
many or Great Britin or any other gov
ernment of Europe, shall determine that
this government shall be represented at
any International or other conference to
be held with view to securing interna-
tional fxity of the relative
VALUES BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER
by means of common ration between
those metals with free mintage at such
ratio, he shall be authorized to request
the attendance of commission to be ap-
pointed as hereinafter provided so as to
attend such conference in behalf of the
United States; the number of such com.
missioners shall be nine; the president OF
the United States shall appoint by and
with the consent of the senate said COM
missioners prior to the adjournment of
the present congress, three to be men,
bers of the senate and three of the house
of representatives. If, after the adjourn
ment of this congress, there shall be any
vacancies in said commission by death,
resignation or otherwise, such vacanies
shall be filled by appointment by the
president" The amendment makes
available $10O,O5O for the expense of the
commission.
OUGHT TO BE SATISFACTORY.
ut is satisfactory" said Senator VOL
colt, ito those who are for bimetallism
and it should be satisfactory to those gen.
tlemen who talk for bimetallism and vote
against it and who wait with ravished
eyes to see what England does" He asked
that the amendment 90 to the finance
committee.
Senator Hale suggested that as the
sundry civil bill was soon to be consid-
cred there should be no delay in getting
the amendment from the finance COM
mittee and to the appropriation COM
mittee.
UNANIMOUsLY CONFIRMED.
Senator Blackburn moved an executive
session and the nomination of Senator
Ransom as minister to Mexico was forth
with confirmed by unanimous vote.
THE LAND COURT.
The legislative, executive and Judicial
appropriation bill as reported by the
committee to the senate carries an
amendment CONTINUING the ri. 8. conrt of