Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-18
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Lively Debate in the Senate on the
Resolution Opening Uncompahgre
Reservation in Utah.
VEST CRITICISES The ADMINISTRATION
Important Bill in the House Concerning
National Banks-Bayard Censure
Resolutions-Providing for Ar
bitrating Labor Disputes.

Washington, March 1S.-During the
consideration in the senate to-day of the
resolution to open the Uncompahgre re.
servation IN Utah, Secretary Hoke Smith
was severely criticized by Messrs. Cannon
of Utah, Wolcott, of Colorado, and Vest
of Missouri
Mr.. Vest said that there had been a
time when cabinet officer who deliber-
ately disobeyed the law would have been
brought before the bar of the senate, but
il was now quite common for such Off
GERS to refuse to carry out the law.
Mr.. Vest said that opening up the as
phalt regions in the reservation would re-
suit in greatly cheapening the product.
Mr.. Vest continued that if the presi-
dent would hunt less ducks in north Caro-
lima and silver Dem ocrats in Kentucky, it
would be better for the country. He de-
clared that the refusal of public officers to
obey the law had become SO fragrant that
1T demanded the attention of the legisla-
tive branch Of the government.
Referring to the proposed action of
Secretary Morton in complying with the
seed resolution, Mr.. Vest said that it
an efficient distribution of seeds, but the
secretary would act in such way as to
place upon congress the appearance of
wasting the appropriation.
AS to the lTncom pahgre reservation and
Secretary Smith, he declared that the Sec
rotary and the president--actiAg on the
suggestion of the secretary--had decided
that congress did not know what 1t was
doing.
Mr.. Vest declared that there was dis
position on the part of the administra-
tion not to treat the people of the west
fairly, as if they did not know what they
wanted.
CRITICISED THE PRESIDENT.
He referred to the president standing
on the tresholds of rum.holes and places
of vice In New York and saying that the
people of the west needed missionary
aid. He had heard that the president had
later laid his heart at the feet of jesus.
He was glad TO hear it. He had feared
that the president had donated his adora-
tion to mugwumps and incense burners.
Villas PLEADED FOR TIME.
Mr.. Villas offered an amendment to ex-
empt tho asphalt lands from the opera
tions of the law opening the reservation.
Mr.. Villas pleaded for time to consider
the resolution. Its passage would be a
reflection upon the secretary and even
upon the president.
The UncompahgEe bill was finally laid
aside, being mate unfinished business.
Mr.. Thurston took the floor on the Du-
pont case. He referred sarcasticallY to
harmony shown on the Democratic side
by the discussion on the Utah resolution.
HOUSE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS AGREED UPON.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions decided to day to stand by the
agreement reached by the senate confer
ence and support the house Cuban reso-
lutions as a substitute for the senate
resolutions on the same subject
Mr.. Sherman, as chairman of the COM
mittee, was requested to keep the Cuban
question as we'll to the front as possible
and to get vote at the earliest possible
date.
BAYARD oENsURE RESOLUTIONS
The Bayard censure resolutions we're
called up in the house this afternoon by
Mr. Hit, of Illinois, who made q strong
speech in support of them.
Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, opened
for the opposition.
Representative McCreary was followed
by Mr.. Cousins, of Iowa, who supported
the ceneure resolutions
CONCERNING NATIONAL RANKS.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Brossius, of
PENNSYLVANIA, to authorize the establish
ment Of national banks in small cities
was ordered favorably reported to-day by
the house committee on banking and cur
rency. AS introduced, the bill provided
for the establishment of banks in cities
of 5000 inhabitants. but it was amended
to make 1000 limit. The bill provides
that in cities of 5000 inhabitants, banks
shall have capital of not less than $780,
900; in cities of from 1000 to 5000 popu-
lation, not less than $25,0o0 capital.
PROVIDING FOR ARBITRATION.
The house committee on labor to-day
entered upon the consideration of the
bill introduced by Representative Erd-
man, of Pennsylvania, in relation to ar
bitration between carriers engaged in in
terstate commerce and their employees.
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