Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-21
SHODDY BY The SHIP-LOAD
The Fear of a Tariff on Wool is Flood
ing the United States with
"SOur Wool"
PROCEEDINGS In HALLS OF CONGRESS
The House Bill Providing for the Re-
organization of Atlantic & Pacific
Railway Expected to Pass the
Senate Soon.

| "''f Ioippt ~ Sp i'''A
Russia to the United States, principal,
at New York and Philadelphia, is largel,
adulterated with "sour wool gathered
from clippings from sheep skins made
| into clothing. This "sour wool", accord
ing to United States Consul Heenan n
Odessa, is nearly worthless to orr manu-
facturers. In anticipation of taking WOO
from the free list, large quantities are be
ing hurried to the United States which
contains from 10 to l2 per cent adnltera
tion, of which our manufacturers are ig
norant, but which could readily be de
tected by the custom house inspectors.
THE HOUSE.
The house to-day resumed the con.
siderafion of the Yost-Tucker contested
election case from the 10th Virginia dis
trict. According to the understanding
reached yesterday, a vote is to be taken at
1870 this afternoon. Dearmond, Demo-
crat, of Missouri, and member of the
election C ommittee, took the floor in IA
vor of the majority report which favored
the contestee, Tucker.
He argued that the house should be
governed by Virginia law, which for the
purpose of the case was federal law. He
admitted that the house could disregard
the Virginia law in order to determine
the intentions of voters, but to do 80 he
conteaded would be to establish danger
GUS and far-reaching precedent.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, the chaplain made feel
ing reference to-day to the attiiction of
Senator Harris, in the death of his wife
and the infirmity OF his own health and to
the continued illness of the senator from
Wyoming, Warren.
The house bill was passed extending
the time for the building of railroad
through Omaha and the Winnebago In
dian reservations in Nebraska.
THE A. & P. BILL.
Conferees of the house and senate on
the bill providing for the reorganization
of the Atlantic & Pacific railway were in
conference to-day over the amendments
made IN the senate. The conference ad-
journed until Saturday without reaching
an agreement. The indications are that
the house bill will be substantially ad-
opted.
A TARIFF PROBABILITY.
4 The Ciirago POSTS Weshirgton CORE
spondent says: 1t is understood that
Representative Newland, of Nevada, has
successfully negotiated treaty with a
sufficient number of free silver senators
from the west to insure the passage of a
tariff bill at the special session next
March.
ACTS APPROVED.
The president has approved the act
providing for the construction of bridge
over Red river between Arkansas and
Texas and the act to validate the acte,
appointments and services of certain
deputy marshals in the Indian Territory.
THE TWELFTH CENSUS.
A bill providing for taking the twelfth
census of the United States under the di-
rection of Carroll D. Wright, rhe chief Of
the bureau of labor, has been introduced
in the house of representatives by Rep
resentative sayers, of Texas.
TERMS OF posTMAsTERs.
The senate committee on judiciary has
favorably the bill introduced by
Senator Hill fixing the terms of post.
masters at four years.
IMPROVEMENT OF TRADE.
: Two resolutions looking to closer trade
relations between the United States and
tho Pacific ocean ports as well IA other
countries have been introduced by Rep
reseLtative Beach, of Ohio. One of them
requests the president to enter into me-
gotiations with the governments Of
China, Japan, the republics and colonies
of the American hemisphere, the Hawai-
ian Islands and the Dominion of Canada,
with view to securing uniform stand
ard of value in trade and commerce.
The other resolution is to instruct the
honse committee on commerce to report
whether any good reason exists for con-
tinuing the bonded privileg es between the
great lakes and the Pacific ocean. 1t re-
cites that bonded privileges for the trans
portetiou of through freight wereg granted
to Canadian railways on the theory of
reciprocity convenience, and that no
reciprocal advantages are enjoyed by
the United States on the Pacific ocean.