Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-04
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
House Ways and Means Committee
Decides to Make Adverse Report
on Butler Bond Bill.
Sen. GORMAN DISCUSSES BATTLE SHIPS
Maintains That Condition of Federal
Treasury Does Not Justify Building
of More Than Two of These
Ships Now.

Washington, June 4.-The house com.
mittee on ways and means, by vote OF
10 to 2, decided to report the senate bond
bill adversely. The vote was as follows
Against the bill: Republicans-Din
of Maine; Payne, of New York; Dalzell
of Pennsylvania; Hopkins, of Illinois
Grosvenor, of Ohio; Russell, of Connectl-
cutt; Dolliver, of Iowa; Steele, of Iu-
diana; johnson, of North Dakota; Evans
of Kentuckr: Tswney, of Minnesota
| Democrat and
Cobb, Of Missouri. -------4
For favorable report: Democrats
McMillin, Of Tennessee; Wheeler, of Ala
bama.
Absent-Messrs. Crisp, of Georgia;
McLaurin, of South Carolina, both of
whom, it is supposed, would have voted
for favorable sport.
! The Republicans spoke of the bill as a
Populist measure.
Mr.. Grosvenor made motion for an
adverse report, which was carried after
Mr.. Wheeler's motion for favorable re-
port was voted down.
Chairman Dingley prepared the major
ity report and Mr. Wheeler will make one
for the minority.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TO-DAY.
The house, by vote of 1853 to 33, to-
day seated George W. Murray, colored,
contesting the seat of Mr.. Elliott, Demo-
crat, from the black or shoe string dis
trict of South Carolina, Party lines
we're strictly drawn, save that Mr.. Parker,
Republican, of New Jersey, voted in favor
of Mr.. Elliott. Mr.. Murray was sworn in
amid Republican cheers.
SENATE ON BATTLE-sH1Ps.
The conference report on the naval ap-
preparations bill was taken up in the SEN
ate to-day, the pending question being
Mr.. Quays motion that the senate recede
from the amendment reducing the nun.
ber of te-ships from four to two.
Mr.. German said that two questions
we're involved: One, was it wise to order
four battle-ships when the defects of those
already ordered had been disclosed and
the board was in session to consider i'm
provements in constructions; the other
question was as to the expediency of this
large expenditure at time when there
was financial stringency.
II am always in favor of fair in
crease of the navy" said Mr.. German,
"but I am unalterably opposed to build
ing four ships now, considering the con-
dition of the treasury and the improve
ments being made in naval construction"
The senator spoke of the charges made
by Messrs. Chandler, Tillman and other
senators that the manufacturers were rob-
bing the government numerically. If
this charge was true, the officers of the
government we're not doing right in not
reporting the fact to congress and work
on ship building should be stopped
CHARGES NOT CREDITED.
Mr.. German did not believe that any
investigation had shown that Secretary
Whitney or Secretary Tracey, the great
secretaries of the navy, who contracted
with the Carnegie & Bethlehem works,
had made improvident agreements. The
| senator considered the contracts wise and
beneficial.
Mr.. Chandler asserted that the informa-
tion before the naval committee showed
that the cost of the production of armor
plate at the Carnegie & Bethlehem works
was less than $500 per ton and that by
combination they charged the govern
ment $3.50 and $500 per ton.
Mr.. Quay's motion to recede from the
battle-ship reduction amendment was de-
feated, II to 33, as follows:
Yeas, Republicans Messrs. Aldrich,
Brown, Carter, Davis, Dubois, Gear,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Loge, Mcbride,
Mitchell, Perkins, Platt, Quay, Shoup and
Wilson; Democrats-Mr. Morgan.
Nays, Republicans = Messrs. Allison,
Chandler, CLARK, Gallnger, Hale, Morrill,,
Nelson, Pettigrew, Prltchard, Sherman,
Teller and Warren; Demoorats-M -Messrs.
Bate, Berry, Chiffon, Cockrell, George,
German, Harris, Hill, Jones (Arkansas),
Lindsay, Mills, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh,
Smith, Vest, Villas, Walthall, White; Pop
ulists-Messrs. Butler and Peffer,2.
The items Of the ships and armor we're
committed again to the conference.
A partial concurrence on the Indian ap.
preparation bill was agreed to-22 to 20
It covers the plan of establishing Indian
citizenship in Indian Territory, to be
executed by the Dawes commission.
Mr.. Pettigrew, Of South Dakota, In
charge of the Indian bill, then sought tc
have the remaining items in the disagree
ment, including that Of Indian schools
sent ba,k to the conference.
sEoTAB1AN SCHOOLS AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Lodge, OF Massachusetts, moved tt
recede from the senate amendment or
sectarian schools. The house suspended
the appropriations to sectarian schools
, but the senate amendment gave unit
. July l, 1898, for the change.
3 The motion to recede was defeated
Yeas, II; nays, 81 as follows:
Yeas, Republicans = Messrs. Brown
! Chandler, CLARK, Dubois, Gallinger, Lodge
). Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill,, Platt, Teller
= Warren, Wilson; Democrat Mr.. George
i Populists Messrs. Batter, Peffer.
J. NAYS, Republicans Messrs. Allen, Gar
ter, Davis, Hansbrcugh, Hawlsy, Mcbride
i. Pettiprew, Sherman, Shoup; Dem ocrats-
, Messrs. Bate, Berry, Chiffon, Cockrell
a Faulkner, German, Harris, Hill, Jone
!. (Arkansas), Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell, Nor
e gan, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Smith, Turpis
4 Vest, Villas, Walthall, White.
q The bill was passed granting the right
9 of.way through the Fort Bliss militar
a reservation to the El Paso d Northeast
8 ern Railroad company.
h PACIFIC RAILROAD FUNDING BILL.
/ Mr.. Gear, chairman of the Pacific raj
d roads committee, rose to make STATE
. ment as to the Union and Central P'
), cifc funding bill. He said that $l15
d 900, 900, were due to the government an
o the debt would matore at an early dat
. It was incumbent on congress to tax
some action to protect the interests {
It the government. For this reason, B