Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-19
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senator Carter, of Montana, will Dis
cuss Amended Tariff Bill on
Monday.
STATEHOOD BILLS BEFORE COMMITTEE
Cuban Question will Come Up in the
Senate Tomorrow - Interesting
Time Anticipated in Republican
Congressional Caucus

Washington, Feb. 19.-Mr. Carter, ol
Montana, has offered resolution in thu
senate to re-commit the tariff bill an6
has given notice of speech on the cub
ject next Monday. It is presumed that
he will explain the position of the silver
men who voted against taking up the bill
last week
The house committee on territories
voted to-day to reconsider the former
vote against the Arizona and New Mexi.
co statehood bills, thus leaving them
still before the committee.
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS IN THE SENATE.
The senate agreed to take up the Gu.
ban resolutions at Q clock tomorrow.
Mr.. Lodge presented to the senate a
resolution directing the finance commit
tee to investigate and report on the cir
cumstances attending the sale of the
United States bonds during 1S94,5 and
the disposition of the proceeds of such
sales. The resolution went over.
1t is substantially the same as the reso.
luton which lost it's parliamentary status
yesterday by Mr.. Hills speech occupying
the debate up to 2 O'Clock.
The senate has passed the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
TOUCHING GRANT PATENTS.
The house to-day passed the bill to ex.
tend the five years. time within which
suits may be brought to annul patents is.
sued under railroad, Mexican or other
special grants.
Amendments were adopted limiting
the application of the act to "rallroad and
wagon road grants" and the following
provisions were made: "That no suits
shall be brought nor shall recovery be
had for lands that were patented in lieu
of other lands, covered by grant which
was left or relinquished by the grantee
in consequence of failure of the govern
ment to withdraw same for sale or entry
The substitute offered by Mr.. McRae
to repeal the act of 1891 was defeated by
vote of ~ to 149.
MORGAN GETS MORE BONDS.
The following announcement was made
by the treasury department to-day: j.
p. Morgan Co and associates, under
their bid for 100000, 900 of U. s. 4 per cent
the recent circulars of the secretary of
the treasury, are entitled to receive bonds
of about $4,700,000, in addition to those
of which they have already been notified.
The exact figures can not be stated until
the returns from the various sub.treas.
uries are fully verified.
APPROPRIATION BILLS,
Two appropriation bills, the military
academy and pension bill, passed the sen.
ate yesterday. An effort was made to
amend the military academy bill by in
creasing the number of cadets by two
from each state, ninety in all, but after a
debate Of three hours, the plan was de.
feated. The pension appropriation car.
rying $l42,00O,000 past after ten minutes
debate.
In the house the agricultural appropria.
tion bill was passed. 1t carries $685.
1913. The section of the revised statutes
for the purchase and distribution Of 'srare
and uncommon seed," which Secretary
Morton declined to execute in the current
appropriation law, was repealed, and the
appropriation for seed was increased
from $l300OO to $15O,O0O, and its execu.
tion is made mandatory upon the Sec
retary.
INTERESTING TIME ANTICIPATED.
call has been issued for joint eau
Gus Of the Republicans of the house and
the senate tomorrow night to select
members of the new congressional COM
mittee. The legislative program may be
broached with view to concerted action.
The house leaders are anxious that the
tariff bill be taken up by the senate. 1t
is probable that there may be an inter.
esting time at the caucus.