Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-08
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
District of Columbia BillSO Modified As
to Cut Off Appropriations for Sec
tartan Institutions.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES DECIDED
Teller Wants Bank Reserves Kept at
Home-Turpie Supports Calls
Radical Cuban Resolutions in
Strong Speech.

Washington, April 8.-The District OF
Columbia appropriation bill, recommitted
by the house on account Of the aid car
ried by it to charitable institutions, was
to day considered by the committee and
remodeled so far as it applied to private
institutions.
All the items for private and semi
private institutions, which have hereto
fore depended largely upon the govern
ment for support, we're stricken from the
bill. In piece of these lum;, sass of
S94,700 equal to the total of the various
sums, is added for the care OF the poor
and such charitable and relief work as
has heretofore been provided for by d.
rect appropriations, to be extended by
the district commissioners, either under
contract, or by employing public insti-
tutions for the district.
The amendment ends with this clause:
THAT no part of the money here appro-
priated shall be paid for the purpose of
maintaining or acquiring, by payment
for services or otherwise, any church or
religious denomination, or any instltu-
tion or society under sectarian or re-
ligious control"
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES DECIDED.
-Four contested election cases were de-
cided to-day by the house elections com.
mittee. In only one case was the report
adverse to the member now holding the
seat, that of Murray VS.. Elliot, 1st South
Carolina district, which is favorable to
Murray. The others we're: johnson vs..
Stoken, 7th South Carolina district;
Kirby vs.. Abbott, 4th Texas distric; Rat
cliff vs.. Williams, 9th Mississippi district.
HAWAIIAN CABLE RESOLUTION.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions again considered the Hawaiian cable
resolution to-day and again adjourned
without reaching a conclusion. The dis
position now is to await the action of the
house committee, which has the question
in hand.
NITRIC SYSTEM ADOPTED.
By vote of 119 to117 the house to day
passed the bill to adopt the metric system
of weights ana measures in all the depart
ments Of the government after July l,
1896, and to make it the only legal system
after January l, 1901.
ARIZONA LAND LEASE BILL LAW.
The act originating in the senate, to
authorize the lease of lands for educa-
tional purposes in Arizona, to- day became
law without the presidents approval.
This particular measure was early framed
to meet certain objections made by the
president to the original bill, vetoed by
the president.
BANKRUPTCY BILL COMPLETED.
The house committee on judiciary to-
day com pleted its work upon the bank
ruptcy bill, and decided to report the bill
to the house this week. The measure is
based on the old Tory bill, which has
been before congress for sveral years.
SESSION OF THE SENATE TO DAY.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, gave
notice ia the senate that he would take
up the immigration bill the 10th inst.
The bill WAS passed granting pension
of $50 monthly to the widow of Major
Gen. Chas s. Hamilton.
Mr.. Teller requested that the bill re-
quiring national banks to keep their
reserves in their own vaults be referred
to the committee on finance.
gestion of money in the large eastern
cities, growing out of the fact that the
law permits bankers to keep their re-.
serves in New York drawing interest, thus
taking funds from local use.
He regarded this as very detrimental.
He was informed that Is per cent of these
funds were used in stock speculations,
not in legitimate business.
He urged the finance committee to de-
wise some method of reform.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, agreed
with Mr.. Teller that reform was nec-
essary. In his opinion the banking law
should be amended 80 as to prevent the
payment of interest on the reserve de-
posits in all cases.
Mr.. Morrill,, chairman Of the finance
committee, said that both senators were
mistaken, as banks of standing did not
pay interest ON reserve deposits.
Mr.. Hoar insisted that they did. Bos-
ton banks, he said, paid 8 per cent on
outside deposits.
The bill went to the finance committee.
Mr.. Turpie, Of Indiana, was then
recognized IN support of the joint reso-