Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-05

Washington, Feb. 5.-The house COM
mittee on territories win vote next Nor
day On the bills providing enabling acts
for the admission of the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico to the Union.
BELLIaERENCY OF CUBA.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tlons to-day agreed npon substitute for
/" the resolution heretofore reported on the
question of the recognition of Cuba, and
authorized Senator Morgan to. report it
to the nate.
Iii as follows: "Resolved, By the SEN
ate, the house of representatives concur
ring, That In the opinion of congress
condition Of war exists between the gov
ernment of Spain and the government
proclaimed and for some time maintained
by force of arms by the people of Cuba;
and that the United States of America
should maintain a strict neutrality be-
tween the contending powers and accord
each all the rights of belligerents in the
ports and territory of the United States"
The committe also voted to make an
effort to take up the Cuban question in
the senate as soon as the urgent deficiency
bill and the resolution for the distribu-
tion of the appropriation bills can be
disposed of.
OPENING THE BIDS.
The secretary of the treasury to-day
opened bids for the purchase of $100,000,-
600 United States per cent thirty-year
bonds, received under the call dated jan
uary last.
The bonds, redeemable in coin, will be
-. a., nf nj
pies of that sum, as desired by the bid
ders.
Only United States gold coin or gold
certificates will be received in payment
At 8 O'Clock this morning the force of
clerks in the loans and currency division
began opening and scheduling the bids.
The clerks were not allowed to leave the
room until the time eff receiving the bids
closed, so that by no chance could any
information regarding the bids be pre-
maturely disclosed.
INTEREST IN TIE BOND ISSUE.
The interest manifested at the treasury
the present loan far exceeded that at
tending either of the others.
AS early as $3.50 O'Clock, prominent
capitalists from New York and other
eastern cities began to put in an ap-
pearance at the treasury.
The opening and scheduling of the
bids was conducted under the direc-
ton Of Assistant Secretary Curtis, by a
committee consisting of Messrs Morgan,
United States treasurer, Eckels, comp
troller of the currency, and Huntington,
chief of the division of loans and cur
rency.
All the morning bids came in rapidly,
and at II O'Clock the expectations of the
treasury oficiale were rising and predic
tions we're made freely that the loan
would be largely over subscribed and the
bonds bring good price.
At 1870 o'clock, the large crowd as
sembled about the secretary's door was
allowed to enter and all the available
space was soon occupied.
Secretary Carlisle entered at y o'clock.
The room was SO densely crowded that
it was with much difficulty he could make
his way to his seat.
OVERWHELMED WITH BIDS.
At 1915 D. m., Mr.. Eckels, of the COM
mittee, announced that up to that time
there had been received 3,7O7 bids, aggre-
eating $3sO,232, 500, for the new issue of
bonds, ranging from par to 81. .l9 and
fraction. Other bids not yet opened
would probably raise the number to 4,500,
aggregating $75,OOO,00O more.
Joe Pollitzer bid for 100000 of the
bonds at liza. In a note accompanying
the bid Pulitzer says: "This bid, at the
highest market to-day, is in lieu of the
offer of the New York World to head the
list with a subscription of $1.0O0,0oO to
the popular loan On the basis, which was
not adopted, of open subscriptions at
fixed and equal rates."
J.. Pierrepont Morgan, Harvey, Fisk q
Son and the Deuscher Bank of Berlin, as
syndicate, bid for $100,000,000 of the
bonds at $11O.6878.
Up to 1:4O p. m. 4,640 bids for $685.
$685. $50 had been opened.
CARLISLE PLEAsED.
The total corrected number of bids re-
ceived for the new loan is 4, 400, aggregat-
ing $558, 1859, $50. Secretary Carlisle was
greatly pleased at the brilliantly con-