Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections will Report i'll Favor of
Seating Powder King Dupont.
Villas VIOLENTLY ASsAILS The ROCKIES
So-Called Silver Bond Bill will Be Vot-
ed on in the Senate Tomorrow
Hills Fight on the Measure
Receipts and Expenditures.

Washington, Jan. 31.-The senate com
mittee on privilege and elections to-day
decided to report in favor of seating Du-
pont, Republican, as senator from Della
ware. The committee divided on strict
party lines, being five for to four against.
SILVER BOND BILL IN THE SENATE.
Whea the senate convened to-day the
silver bill had the immediate right of
way. There was very meagre attend
ance. Mr.. villas addressed the senate in
opposition to the bill and in denuncia-
tion of the silver mine owners of the
Rockies, who, he declared, were responsi-
BILE for the agitation for free coinage.
THE HOUSE TODAY.
The house adopted the election commit.
tees report on the contest of Rosenthal,
Republican, vs.. Crowley, from the 10th
Texas district, seating Crowley.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill.
TARIFF DETERMINATIONS.
The house committee on ways and
means to-day adopted resolution pro-
viding for an investigation of tariff dis
elimination against American products
and the effect of the repeal of reciprocity
laws. The resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota. Experts to
make the investigation are provided for.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
The forthcoming statement of the gov
ernment receipts and expenditures for
January will show the aggregate receipts
to be approximately $29,237, $50, and ex-
penditures, $32, 1895, ,43O, leaving deficit
for the month of about $3,459,16O and
for the seven months of the present fiscal
year about $13,S13,S75.
The receipts from customs for the
present month amount to about $16,38O,-
796; internal revenue, $11,O41,401; mis-
cellaneous, $1,8l5,472.
This IS decrease of about $1,0OO,OOO
in the receipts from customs as com pared
with January, 1895, and an increase OF
about $2,O0O,O00 in the receipts from in
ternal revenue.
As compared with last month, there is
an increase Of over $4,00O,000 in the re-
ceipts from customs and decrease of
nearly $3.50 900 in the receipts from in.
ternal revenue.
VENEZUELAN ooMn1ss.s9N AT WORK.
The venezuelan commission held its
regular weekly meeting to-day with all
the members present. A great p2rtloh
OF the session was taken up in consids[a,.
ton of matters touching on the merits ~
the oontrnyArsy- innlassi~rs - a--ss- 7---..il
ber Ut maps ana a quantity Of matter
sent from the state department in answer
to requests.
Up to this time the commission has not
received notice from either the British or
Venezuelan government of an intention
to avail itself of the invitation extended
to appear before the commission through
representatives.
Nothing has been determined yet as to
sending an agent to Europe to collect
evidence there for the consideration of
the commission.
II is said that this work could not be
intelligently undertaken until the mass
of matter already before the commission
has been thoroughly digested and q
knowledge acquired of just what gaps re-
main to be filled from European archives.
aoLDrTEs ARE DESPERATE.
Senator Hill and other gold standard
Democrats are exerting themselves to the
utmost to postpone vote on the silver
bill until after the date for the bond is-
sue February s, and they may succeed.
There is very little doubt the bill will
pass the senate, though it will go through
by very slim majority, probably not to
exceed three, or at most five. There are
certain senators on both the Republican
and Democratic sides who make propo-
sitions favorably to silver who will fly
the track when the test comes. These in
clude such Republicans as Squire, of
Washington, Mcbride, Of Oregon, Thurs
ton, of Nebraska and Baker, of Kansas;
Faulkner, Mills and Gordon, Democrats.
The margin is go close as to render the
silver men somewhat uneasy, as they
know the foe with which they have to
deal; still they count on success in the
senate.
WILL VOTE TOMORROW.
The senate agreed to vote on the silver
bond bill at o'clock tomorrow.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The president has returned to the
White house after q shooting trip down
the Potomac. He got thirteen geese and
ducks.