Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-02-06
wASlllNGtON LEIIER.
NeSsy chat from the capital by "Ghe
uII.n'S' Special Correspondent

'SNNl OuAN ltom lnc NapllAl ny Inc
LliI!n'S Special Correspondent
Washington H. Jan - since the
holidays, Legislation at the national cap.
ltal touching upon the more important
mattrr- 81 Interest tu M" c"untr, hnl
IpOplr at large. has b,',u wanting not i
II likely that ANY ct the great TREASURES
Sutm-rd by the knowing Ones that b..
Tore appointment l. reached there viii T."
RESOLUTIONS It' -,'.l ~ regard IT, the cuban
ALTAR that Will crn-urr the stand TAKEN
Toy President cleveland ami SECRETARY
ulurI UPON this question.
1t i generally cunrri,i that lmmr,l.
atelI after the Inauguration ul President
elect Mrklnlry al extra session II con
gtt'D- viii hr convened ipr the purIs'-r uf
u revision 81 Ia" tatln The republicans.
from the present uutl~,k. viii hr able L.
pass any tauii urd-utr thfuugh h"tl
huu-r and SENATE hr IT, election m
senator rrltrhud gNr- the rrpuhlIrdu-
Forty tour VOTES III the -rualr lll' Men
tuck! Legislature" vii l." convened ~
more, hud with the SIC" president vote,
give TIA" republicans mtJufll, 1T ulr
"a the senate Iuirprni"nt H lhu-r Ir.
publican SENATORS who -h."rt.I I'll from
u" party AMI ~upIratri IirlAu ~ the 20
cent campaign, among whom II l.
Thought, SENATORS Teller AMI cannon.
AID p,,~-lhN Mantle. viii vote With th"
party Oh ANY tdrln measure. thus gNiug
II clear malurlt! ~ the SENATE Tor any
Muf bill ~ 1t naN hr prepared 10y the
huu-r
h. consequences oi tn" very close vote
III t.r senate. II i thought that there l.
no possibility Tor the admission ot any
Of the territories for at least two years
From present ASSURANCES the republicans
Will have very clear working TiJrfitl
III the .rlIate two wears hrucr, and Nrw
Mexico Aud oklahoma will probably hr
admitted within that period OF time, ~ II
Is the general belle! here that they viii
send republican senators ~ ca-" ul AT
mission. II these territories expect AT
mission the, should ~hoH a disposition
IN this direction.
House hill W.. I5I.L INTRODUCED l.,
Hon. 7. II. tatfun Dee ~, iN.s,, passed
the hou,r Jan, -. The hlll hhd hrru hr
fore the proper senate committee and IT,.
4.
ported b, that committee fa>"rahlN lo
the senate Jan. -. There II every hkl.
hnoi that the hlll viii brrpmr law Mr.
tatrun from the committee un trrtltor.
les, submitted the following report. ~
part.
81 hr hlll refers -plrl, Ia u" rIght- IT
aliens Ia acquire and hold lands III the
territories aud not ~ "a" District II tol-
umhla. II l. III amendment I" al act
entitled IN act Ia restrict III" owner
ship ui real state IA the territories To-
Nm"rican citizens, etc. Approved March
3, lNN1, except ~ far ~ II affects lands
III the District Of Columbia, and provides
that that section shall not apply ~ ter.
Tltofle- "a lands which ma, hr acquitted
hy an, alien who shall hrcunIr b"na
tide resident II the nliri States ~ shall
declare hl- Intention 10 become "A citizen
Of the nltrd states"
The following selected from the rrl"ft
i 0f direct interest Ia pruplr ui the tern.
tories
The present law has Operated 10 prac.
tically exclude all foreign capital from
the Territories and has IN a great meas.
ure parHl, z'd business there, the MN
ing industries have hren very much Grip.
Piled thereby, aud improvements IN cities
aud lawns have been greatly r"tarrd, a.
~ foreign capital has been invested H.
the same since the passage 81 the net Ia
which this II al anrndmrnt
The great object Oi the amendment
H. however. Ia Increase the investment
OF foreign money In the constr lctlon IT
dams, reservoirs, and bitches Tor lrTlga.
tlun and mining puTISr-''-, ~ ~ a. drNrl.
Op the vast Resources NJ thU'e arid r..
gionS aud bring them into profit pro
duclng condition. aud furnish homes Ia
the surplus population Of the states
such moneys are not now accessible
because u the present law II IL helirN.
~ that much capital from foreign coun.
tries will he +0n invested IN such ditchr-,
reservoirs aud dams II tins hill hrcomr-
law, aud those arid regions b. Nrry
greatly populated aud improved b, the
people of the lnit'si States desiring To
locate on the public lands.
The proIs-e-i hin provides that 1t
shall not he construed Ia alter " change
III any manner the laws regulating thu
disposal of the public domains"
\ hll iUf the establishment NJ a -,u..
tarium al santa fr, intruiur~i b, Mr
ratron, has q favorable show Tor passing
the hou-" nj All early date i.
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