Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-11

Conference.
Washington, Jan. 11.-Represeptative
Hit, of Illinois, a recognized Republican
leader in the house on foreign affairs,
said to-day that he fully agreed with the
president that the Hawaiian islands
should have the benefits of telegraphic
communication with the world at large,
but was strongly opposed to putting
their cable facilities under the control of
any government but that Of the United
States. He favors subsidy for the
Hawaiian cable.
EMPHATIC DENIAL.
An emphatic denial is made by all the
Democratic members of the house COM
mittee on rules of the reports that Presi-
dent Cleveland had authorized one of
them to make known that an extra ses.
sion of congress would be called if the
currency legislation was not affected by
the present congress.
SILVER CONFERENCE.
Gen. A. j. Warner, president of the BIZ
metallic league, admitted to-day that a
conference of leading bimetallists from
different parts of the country had been
held in this city recently. He said: "It
was the decision of the conference that
strong and growing sentiment is mani
Testing itself of uniting the friends of BIZ
metalism into bimetallic party and to
appeal directly to the people on the
money issues alone. The consideration,
which seems to be leading to this result,
is the widespread conviction that there is
no hope of restoring the bimetallic
standard through the Republican or
Democratic party, as now controlled, and
on the other hand it ls equally impossible
to accomplish this result within the lines
of the Populist party, or to unite on the
Omaha platform those in favor of re-
storing the bimetallic standard as it was
before 1878.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
The president to-day sent to the senate
the following nominations:
Observation-Disclosures Bullock, George
town, Colo.
War-Lieut. Col. William Winthrop to
be colonel and assistant judge advocate
general; Major Edward Hunter, Judge
advocate, to be deputy judge advocate
general with rank of lieutenant colonel;
First Lieut.. Herbert Crowder to be major
and judge advocate.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The ways and means committee of the
house met to-day. No positive con-
illusions were reached beyond their refer
ence of several questions to sub.com-
mittees, and favorable report on the
bill, exempting from duty exhibits at the
Baltimore exhibition in 1897. The ac-
tion of the committee was looked upon
as significant in indicating that no tariff
legislation would be pushed this session.
Representative Wilson etated inform
ally that the revenues of the government
had shown a promising increase since
the woolen schedule went into effect.
The resolution of Mr.. Pence, of Colo.
rado, asking the secretary of the treas
ury to inform congress as to the advisa-
bility of increasing the beer tax was
voted down without q division, and an
unfavorable report will be made in ac-
cordance with suggestion by Mr.. Tars
ney that requested information, was fully
covered by the annual reports of the Sec
retary of the treasury and the commits
sioner of internal revenue.
The bill of Mr.. Money, of Mississippi,
for
INCREASING THE BEER TAX
was referred to the subcommittee on
revenue.
Mr.. Wilson's bill to take off one-tenth
of the differentlal on sugar, was also re-
ferred to a Subcommittee.
Mr.. Whiting requested correction of
an error in the tariff law as to hemp and
carpets. Mr.. Reed objected with the sar-
castle statement that the law was all
errors. The proposed correction was re-
ferred to a subcommittee.
OLIVE EATERS.
The consumption of olives in the
United States is increasing rapidly as a
result of immigration of large numbers
of people from southern Europe within
the past few years. The fact is enlarged
upon by the United States consul at
Cadiz, Spain, shows that the value of the
olives sent to the United States from the
one province of Seville last year was
$328,ss4, and the quantity was about
10000 bushels. This years crop is
about 25 per cent short The consul
says the duty of 20 per cent imposed by
the new tariff bill will not materially
affect the volume Of imports, and that
the treasury will not be clear gamer by
the amount.
TO TEST THE CANAL BILL.