Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Senator Gallinger Submits Proposed
Amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
PROPOSITION TO ADJOURN ON MAY 2
Session of the House Devoted to Friv.
olous Personal Explanations-Sal-
aries of Letter Carriers
Carlos Reservation.

Washington, March Ex-senator Sher-
man presented favorable report on the
resolution authorizing ex-President Ben
jamin Harrison to accept the decorations
conferred on him by Brazil and Spain
while he was president.
Mr.. Sherman asked immediate action.
"Let that resolution go over" inter-
posed Mr.. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska.
One objection was sufficient to prevent
immediate action.
Hsl.Gallinger, Of New Hampshire, pro-
posed an amendment to the constitution,
to be known as article XVI, providing
that neither congress nor any state shall
pass any law res pecting the establishment
of religion or prohibiting the free exer-
else thereof, or use the credit of the Unit
ed States or of any state or any money
raised by taxation for the purpose of
founding, maintaining or aiding any
church, religious denomination or religi-
ous society, orany institution, society or
undertaking which is wholly or in part
under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.
PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT.
Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, offered the
following:
"Resolved, By the senate and the house
of representatives, That the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house
of representatives be authorized to close
the present session by adjourning their
respective houses on the second day of
May at 2 O'Clock p. M"
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations.
The senate turned to the consideration
Of the legislative appropriation bill.
SESSION OF TIE HOUSE TODAY.
There was dash of excitement in the
opening of the house to-day.
Mr.. Bartlett, Democrat of New York,
rose to question of personal privilege
to deny the statement that he had fur
nished the campaign circular used by Mr..
Mr.. Sulzer, Democrat, of New York, a
few days ago in an attack upon Mr.. Glib
son, Republican, of Tennessee. He de-
nounoed the charge as libel and a lie.
Mr.. Boutelle, Republican, of Maine,
also had question of privilege to pre-
sent, he said, in connection with the COLI
loquy between Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama,
aud himself, during the debate on the
confederate disability bill yesterday.
"During one of those gusts of fervi en-
thusiasm which occasionally sweep over
the house," he said, 'and almost drive us
into war with England and Spain, the
house yesterday undertook negotiations
with the southern confederacy for peace.
/ made few remarks and several gentle
me1 we're anxious to give me instruc-
t..uns,"
He then read from the Congressional
Record to show that Gen. Wheeler altered
the record so as to say that "many Dem
ocrats voted for the bill to retire Gen.
Grant," instead of sail the Democrats" as
the official notes reported him.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Boutelle said,
the vote on the Grant bill was 1913 to 79.
He added that So of the 70 votes against
the bill were cast by ex-confederates. He
moved that the record he corrected and
without objection 1t was SO ordered.
SALARIES OF LETTER CARRIERS.
Representative Sperry, of Connecti-
cut, from the postotfioe committee, has
reported to the house bill agreed upon
by the committee fixing the maximum
salary of letter carriers in cities of more
than $4,000 population at $1,000 per year
tants at $1,000 per year. This would,
says the report, put the service on q more
stable foundation, and the benefits in
tended to be derived from the civil serv-
ice would be realized in part, should this
bill become a law.
SAN CARLOS RESERVATION.
The secretary of the interior to-day
sent to the house the agreement nego-
tiated within the Indians of the San Carlos
reservation in Arizona for the relinq uish-
ment Of part of their reservation. He
also submitted the draft of bill to carry
it into effect.
ARBITRATE LABOR TROUBLES.
The house committee on labor to-day
decided to report favorably the bill in
troduced by Representative Erdman in
relation to arbitration between mail car
riers engaged in interstate commerce and
their employees. The measure has been
advocated by the representatives of the
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