Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Protecting American Interests in the
Orient-IncOme Tax Case in Su-
preme COurt-Teller a Prcsi-
Dental Possibility.

Washington, Mch. 6.-Secretary Her,
best has received the following cable
gram from Admiral Carpenter, command
ing the United States naval forces on the
Asiatic station, dated New Chang, March
g.: "The Japanese general has notified
foreigners of his intention to occupy this
port. All contingencies provided for.''
New Chang is one Of the treaty ports on
the Gulf of Pc Chill, above Port Arthur.
Early in the winter the United States
gunboat, Petrol, was stationed there and
as the season closed and the river became
ice-bound she was placed in the mud
along side of an English man-of-war to
protect her from the ice when the spring
freshets came down. She was reefed and
machine guns placed SO as to command
the approaches to the vessel, which was,
in fact, transformed for the time into g
fortress to serve as place of refuge for
foreigners. The town had been occupied
by the Chinese as one of their bases Of
army operations against invading Japan
ese. 1t is one of the first treaty ports to
fall into Japanese possession.
INCOME TAX CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The preliminary arrangements for the
argument in the income tax case were
made in the supreme court to-day in the
presence of an array of distinguished
counsel such as has seldom been seen in
court. There are three cases, viz: j. G..
Moore vs.. the commissioner of internal
revenue; Chas. Pollock vs.. the Farmers
Loan & Trust company; Lewis H. Hyde
vs.. the Continental Trust company. The
proceedings were opened with a request
from the attorney general that the gov
ernment be allowed to be party in the
argument and that the three cases be con-
solidated. Both requests were granted.
Ex-senator Edmunds, Judge Shellabarger
and j. W. Wilson appear for Moore.
Pollock is represented by Clarence A.
Ward, W. D. Guthrie, Charles Steele, Jos.
II. Choate, Charles Suthward and B. H.
Bristow, while H. B. Turner appears for
the Farmers Loan g. Trust com pany, and
James @. Carter and William G. Gullinger
for the Continental Trust company. 1t
is believed that the argument will con-
sumo the remainder of the week.
TELLER POSSIBILITY.
LII OoAuCOUiOu WILL Uuo eltCGlOu Oh
president protein of the next senate Sena-
tor Teller's name has been favorably
mentioned. A member of the senate in
speaking of the matter says: "There
seems to be tendency to ulite upon
western man, who, while nominaIly a Re-
publican, would be certain to command
the support of the silver men and of the
Populists in the senate. Such man has
been found in Mr.. Teller, of Colorado.
1t is urged in his favor that he is within
the Republican party lines, and is very
earnest Republican on most of the funda.
mental principles of that party and that
he has always been sound on the protec-
tive tariff question. He is regarded as
the strongest man, politically, in that
great region of the country between the
Mississippi and Pacific ocean, and it is
said that he would be certain to COM
mand the support of all the silver sena-
tors and of all the Populists, and there
are no Republicans who would be dis
posed to vote against him." Mr.. Teller
is much talked about, but it can not be
said that any decision has yet been
reached.