Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-15
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Meeting of the Officers and Executive
Committee of the American
Bimetallic Union.
BaICE-COLER BILL LACKS SIGNATURE
Senator Morgan Declares Himself on
Cuban Question-Congress Must
Take the Initiative in Behalf of
Cuba-Childers Confirmed.


Washington, Dec. 15.-A telegram re-
ceived at the war department to-day, an
ncunces the death at Bernardino Ranch
At, of 1st Lieut.. Edward G. Bullock, ol
the 9TH cavalry, from pneumonia.
B1META1L1o MEETING.
The meeting Of the officers and execu.
ti$ committee of the American Bime.
tasilc union began here to day for the
pW-pose of devising ways and means tc
cds binue work in behalf of the free and
Unlimited coinage Of silver at the ratio
IL to l, and incidentally to arrange fol
the resumption of the publication of the
National Bimetallist. 1t is stated, how.
ever, that the paramount business will be
toiarrange the details for convention Of
the silver leaders throughout the United
Stltes with a view of inaugurating a
comprehensive organization.
SESSION OF THE SENATE TODAY.
In the senate to-day Mr.. Hale, of Maine
reported the pension appropriation bill
without amendments and gave notice
that he would call it up tomorrow.
Che house concurrent resolution for a
holiday adjournment from December ~
to January was agreed to.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, presented the
credentials of Edmund Winston Pettus, as
senator from Alabama, for the term be-
ginning on March 4 next.
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, proffered a
resolution for committee of nine sena-
nf in al
The resolution directs the committee
thoroughly to investigate the extent to
which money was used in connection with
the recent presidential election either in
promoting nominations or influencing
the choice of presidential electors, and in
quire whether any such expenditures
were excessive, illegitimate, corrupt or
unlawful, especially to impure and ascer-
taia to what extent for such pur-
poses the owners of silver mines, gold
mines, bankers, manufacturers, railroads
or other corporations and millionaires of
all classes have made contributions, and
if any contributions we're made by any
persons or corporations residing abroad.
The resolution empowers the commit
tee to send for persons and papers and
directs report by the first Monday in
December, 1897.
Mr. Allen sent to the clerks desk and
had read several newspaper clippings
containing charges of irregularity in con-
nettion with the recent elections.
;'he resolution was referred to the COM
nistee on contingent expenses, Mr.. Allen
reraarking that he earnestly desired a
speedy -enart,4
boads passed, the house amendments be-
ing agreed to and the senate amendments
beng disagreed to. 1t now goes to the
president
Mr. Morgan made pro.Cu ban speech.
Mr.. Morgan said: ~ will confne my re-
marks to comments upon the facts stated
in She recent annual message of the pres
ideut and secretary of state. am not
able to discover that the president has
made any specific recommendations OF
Indication as to any action he deems it
proper or expedient for congress to take
with reference to Spain or Cuba; nor that
he indicated any course except the still
patient waiting that the executive pro-
poses to take. Congress, thus left to its
own initiative, must assume the RESPONSE
bility In this matter of the most serious
gravity"
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the trying situa
tion which required prompt action &c
save thousands of innocent people from
cruel and deliberate butchery. The reso.
luton of congress at the last session, he
said, gave the president the choice of con.
curing with the policy Of congress OF
delaying. The president chose delay. Th'
war had continued until it had reached
the final desperate stage of war of de
vastation and determination, with th'
people of Cuba as prey to those wht
have set aside the usual honorable usageI
of warfare and become robbers, cut
throats, assassins, rsvishers and pirates
Mr.. Morgan closed his Cuban speech al
ESQ p. m.
The senate then agreed to his resolution
calling for information on the Competito
and other cases.
PASSED OVER THE pREsrDENT's VETO.
The Allabach pension bill was passed
over the presidents veto in the senat'
to-day. Yeas, 41;nays, IL.
CHILDERS HAS BEEN oONEAhMHO'
The senate to-day confirmed the fol
lowing rominntions: John H. Rogers
dtstrict Judge of the western district o
Arkansas; VIM. B. Childers, attorney TO
TIE United States for the territory of Ne,
Mexico; Chas. G. Knott, of New Yorl
chief Justice of the court Of claims; Joh
E, Garland, district Judge for the dis
trict Of South Dakota; Benjamin F. Kim
berly, receiver of the Denver land Office
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TO, DAY.
The house to-day passed bill to trani
fer the rights of the Atlantic d Pacifi
Railroad company under the origina
charter to the mortgages upon thei
purchase OF the property. The bill a
drawn affected about 4O,O00,O0O acres Q
land granted to the company. A
amendment was adopted providing tha
az condition precedent to reoresnizs
tion. all claim to the land granted by tn
government djscent to the part OF th
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