Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-07
THE WASHINGTON BUDGET
House Warming Up Since the HOli-
days--COmbinatiOn to Control
Employees Attacked.
FREE SILVER SUBSTITUTE IN SENATE

EnEE NluIEN uOUHAIkVAU lN UGNA
Every Republican Member of Finance
Committee Opposed it--Vest Re-
plies to Sherman-Income
Tax Decision.
Washingt on, Jan. 1.-THE house COM
mittee on judiciary to day agreed to re-
port resolution calling upon the attor-
ney general for information why pro-
ceedings have not been takento enforce
the antitrust law. The house adopted
the resolution.
THE HOUSE wARbs!NG UP.
In the house tod ', Member slect
Allen, Of r1'~h -''"" ,s"a in, the judiciary
committl = there was no
doubt co 3gibllity.
A repo d. committee on Judi
ciary, cal.-4s upon the attorney general
for information as to what steps, if any,
had been taken to enforce the laws of the
United States against trusts, combina-
tions and conspiracies, and what further
Legislation, if any, is needed, was made
by Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa.
The report was adopted.
report made by Mr.. Aldrich, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, chairman of the COM
mittee on accounts, recommending the
appointment and release of sundry minor
officials of the house, evoked a warm dis
cusslon, in which Mr.. johnson, of In
diana, and Mr.. Walker, OF Massachusetts,
both Republicans, attacked the alleged
combination which had controlled the ap-
pointments of the house officers.
The recommendations of the commit
tee on accounts were approved and at
1875 the house adjourned until to-mor-
row.
REGARDED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
The Republican senators went into
caucus at 1890 a. ~. to-day, but adjourn
ed at ~ to meet again after the conclu-
sion of the days session of the senate.
The entire time of the caucus was con-
sumed in discussing the proposed amend
ments to the tariff bill, but no formal ex-
preston was secured upon any of them,
this being left until the afternoon $685.
sion.
The prevailing sentiment appeared to
be against all amendments and a tend
ency favorable to reporting the bill as it
came from the house.
Several senators expressed doubts as
to the wisdom of the bill in any shape
and there was an evident disposition to
regard the bill as purely an emergency
measure.
FREE SILVER SUBSTITUTE.
In the senate to-day Mr.. Jones, Dem
ocrat, Of Arkansas, reported from. the
finance committee the free silver sub
stitute for the house bond bill and gave
notice that he would call 1t up tomorrow
and ask the senate to consider it.
Mr.. Morrill,, chairman Of the finance
committee, notified the senate that the
substitute was opposed by 'every Repub-
ican Of the committee,
The bill went on the calendar.
Mr.. Elk1ns offered resolution, which
was referred to the finance committee,
providing that hereafter any contemplated
issue Of the United States bonds shall first
be advertised at least twenty days and
such bonds to be sold to the highest bid
der.
VEST TALKS TO THE POINT.
At 2 O'Clock, Mr.. Vest took the floor, to
discuss the gold reserve resolution, in
troduced by Mr.. Sherman several days
ago.
He said that the last congress passed a
a bill which carried ample revenue for
the government and small surplus be-
side. The supreme court had stripped
the measure of $5O0OOOOO OF revenue by
a decision which was surprise to nearly
every intelligent lawyer on the floor.
While discussing this decision of the
court, he would observe the comity be-
tween coordinate branches of the govern
ment, but he would say that the income
tax decision was one of the most remark
able that had ever been delivered, and
was so considered by majority of the
people of the country, including able
lawyers everywhere.
FOR SCHOOLS OF MINES.
favorable report was made by Sem
ator Dubois, from the committee on pub
lie lands to-day, on the bill granting rs
per cent Of the proceeds of the sale of
mineral lands to the public land Of the
states for the support Of schools Of mines.
NOMINATIONS SENT IN.
The president sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate: To be members of
California debris commission, Col. Chas.
Russell Suter, Major Ohas. E. L. B. Davis,
Capt. Q. e. Gillette, all of the corps Of
engineers.
oUBANs WANT RECOGNITION.
II is learned that the chief purpose Of
the leaders of the Cuban revolutionary
party in coming to Washington to-day
was to push vigorously the movements to
secure the recognition of the revolution
lists. They made before Secretary Olney
a forcible presentation of the claims of
the insurgents to recognition.
BOND GALL OPINIONS.
Senators did not seem disposed to talk
about the bond call issued by Secretary
Carlisle. Democratic senators generally
we're non-committal. Senators Harris
and Vest, both members of the finance
committee, said they had not read the
call, and had nothing to say. Senator
German said that the call was all right,
and was the same as the first two
bond issues by this administration. Most
Of them were reticent at to the call.
Senator Teller said be was gratiAed
that the president had decided upon q
popular loan, and he had no doubt the
people would respond in way to justify
the course decided upon. Mr.. Teller did
not believe that the entire sum of $780,
100000 asked for wonld be necessary. For