Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-21
The NATIONAL CAPITAL
Full Text of the New Wool Schedule
As Proposed by the Senate Fin
ance Committee.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS MADE
House Appropriates 100000 for Re
pair of Dry Dock at New York
Navy Yards.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS MADE


Washington, June 21.-Jrdge Bradley
today instructed the jury to acquit
Broker Seymour, on trial for alleged
contempt of the senate sugar trust in
vestigating committee, on the ground
that Seymour had not been legally sum-
moned.
SKIPPED WOOL, FINISHED PAPER.
The senate today skipped the wool
schedule until tomorrow, and taking up
the paper schedule finished it in 35 min
utss, agreeing to all the finance committee
propositions.
THE NEW WOOL SCHEDULE.
The senate finance committee has prac-
tically reached conclusion on the wool
schedule of the tariff bill, but it will not
be officially announced until tomorrow.
It was on this account that the wool
| schedule was passed over when reached
in the senate today. The delay is due to
the absence from the city of Senator Quay,
who is opposed to the increase proposed
on carpet wools. Quay is expected to
return tomorrow and make formal pro-
test, but it is thought the rates agreed
upon will be reported. Following are the
rates the finance committee has indicated
a willingness to grant: First class, 10
cents per pound; second class, IL cents;
third class, if worth over 10 cents per
pound, cents;if worth less than 10 cents,
4 cents. These rates are not entirely
satisfactory to the advocates of high wool
tariffs, but there is every reason to be-
lieve that they will be accepted with but
little if any protest. The rate is cent
less on both first and second class woods
than those allowed in the house bill, but
the provision made for third class woods
is so much more satisfactory than that
made by the house that they are inclined
to congratulate themselves upon the re-
suit of their agitation, and leave the mat
ter where these figures place it. 1t is be-
lieved caucus on the wool subject will
be unnecessary on account of the prospect
of general acceptance of the commit.
tees proposition.
THE sUNDRY SCHEDULE.
The sundry schedule was taken up and
good progress made. Coal was passed
over. On matches fight sprang up when
Senator Allison moved an amendment
making the rate cents per gross box in
place of senate rate of 20 per cent. DEM
ocrsts opposed the change as in the in
terest of the match trusts, but the Repub-
licans denied this and carried the amend
ment. Another fight arose over duty of
10 per cent on safety fuses. Senators Pet
tigrew and Teller fought it as tax on
the miner for the benefit of the trust. A
tie vote resulted and Senator Pettigrew
lost his amendment making fuses free.
HOUSE AppRopRIATEs 100000 AND THEN
ADJoURNs.
The house today passed the bill to ap-
propriate 100000 for the repair of dry
dock No. 3 at the New York navy yard,
and after receiving favorable report on
the joint resolution permitting foreign
exhibitors at the Omaha exposition, un-
der stringent provisions, to bring labor
ers into the United States to take charge
of foreign exhibits, adjourned until
Thursday.
LATE NOMINATIONS.
The president today sent the following
nominations to the senate:
State-John G. Foster of Vermont, to
be consul general at Halifax, N. s.; W. B.
Dickey of Louisiana, to be consul at
Callao, Peru.
TreasurY-Joseph W. Ivey Of Oregon,
to be collector of customs for Alaska.
Justice-Albert g. Thompson Of Ohio,
Alexander @. Botkin of Montana, and D.
B. Culberson of Texas, as commissioners
to revise and codify the criminal and
penal laws of the United States as pro-
vided for by an act of congress.
Navy-Oommodore Edmund O. Mat
thews, to be rear admiral.
Postmaster -Wllfred F. Montague, San
Francisco, Cal.