Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-15
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Republican Senatorial Caucus Decided
to Report Coinage Conference
Bill Without Change.
PACIFIC RAILROADS In The SENATE
Bill Providing for Commission of Cab
met Officers to Settle Indebtedness
Agreed Upon = Sec. Francis
Makes An Explanation.

Washington, Jan, 15.-The adjourned
Republican senatorial caucus to-day dit
not result in any change in the bill fol
the international bimetallic conference at
drafted. 1t was stated that there hat
been some interchange of views with the
Democratic senators, that the word "un
limited" as we'll as the word Stree" should
be used in describinG.he m!wtagei which
such conference, as proposed, would be
called upon to secure, but the caucus de-
cided not to make an addition. 1t was
stated that the language employed was
precisely the language used in the legis-
lation providing for the four previous
conferences. Senator Chandler therefore
was authoSized to introduce the bill as
prepared by the caucus committee, which
he will probably do on Monday, as Sena-
tor Wolcott's representative.
REPUBLICAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
The Republican steering committee
has decided to give the Nicaragua canal
bill the first place in the senate order of
business.
PACIFIC ROADS IN THE SENATE.
The senate committee on Pacific roads
to day, by unanimous vote, authorized
favorable report on Senator Gears bill
providing for commission of cabinet
officials to settle the indebtedness OF the
Pacific railroads to the government. The
amendment suggested by Senator Nor
gan was adopted. 1t is as follows: "That
said commission, in making settlement
under this act, shall reserve to congress
the right to regulate or prescribe the
rates of tolls or charges for transporta-
tion of freight or passengers, to be
charged on any or all of said railroads
and all other rights and powers in re-
spect of said railroads and railroad COM
panies as they now exist"
Mr.. Morgan gave his full assent to the
bill as amended by him. He said that he
considered his own bill, providing the
means of settlement, preferable, but he
had no OBJ jections to the commission.
Mr.. Gear will report his bill on Mon
day but will make no effort to secure con-
sideration until the house acts on a
similar bill, which it has under considera-
tion. The senator is, however, hopeful
that the present bill will receive the ap-
proval of both houses.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TO-DAY.
For several days Speaker Reed has
been recognizing members to call up
bills of local Importance at the opening
Of each days session.
To-day number of such bills passed.
The resolution, calling or the secretary
of the interior for thsreasons ot his re-
fusal 70 issue patents to the lands sold by
tie Union Pacific in Utah, was adopted
DECIDED IN FAVOR or A DEMOCRAT.
The election contest in the Sd Louis
lana district was decided by the house
elections committee to-day In favor of
Price, Democrat, the sitting member
SECRETARY FRANCIS EXPLAINS.
Secretary OF the Interior Francis sent
a reply to the house to day to the resolu-
tion asking why the land officers at To-
peka allowed homestead entries to be
made on lands in Kansas on the Union
Pacific railway grant, which had been
sold by the railroad company to bona
fide purchasers and to whom pat
eEts had not yet been issued. The secre-
tary says that the land officers have no
authority TO permit these entries and the
land commissioner, when his attention
was unoficlally called to the matter, d.
rected the officers to allow no entries of
lands within the Union Pacific grants
until the railroad company had had an
opportunity to object to the allowance.
Replying to the part of the resolution
requesting information as to the cause of
the omission to issue patents to lands
within limits of the grant, the secretary
states that, as the company is in default
to the government on the principal and
interest of it's bonds, he believes it his
duty to withhold from it patents to all
lands which were in possession of the
government at the time of the default.
PASSED IN THE HOUSE.
Washington.-Quite number of meas
ures of minor Importance were passed in
the house, including bills to remove the
charges of mutiny and conduct unbecom-
ing an officer against Lieut.. David Sam
Pile, of the 4th Michigan infantry; to
grant to the Muscogee Railroad company
a right of-way through the Indian Terri
tory; to authorize Surgeon P. M. Rixey,
u. 8. N, to accept from the King of
spain the grand CROSS of naval merit, for
services rendered at the time of the ex-
plosion on board the Santa Maria, in New
York harbor; to withdraw from the su-
preme court criminal cases other than
oapital and give the court Of appeals final
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