Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-16
Democratic Members of the Ways and
Means Committee Receive Their
First Official Information OIL
the Tariff Bill, During a
Secret Session of the
Full Committee.
Ray FOR ENGLAND, PORTER FOR FRANCE
The Question AS to Whether a Gov
ernor Has the Right Under the Con-
stitution to Fill Senatorial
Vacancy, Where the Legis-
lature Fails to Elect,
Before the Senate.

Washington, March l6.-The president
today sent to the senate the following
nominations: To be ambassador extra.
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary OF
the United States, John Hay, of the Dis.
triot of Columbia; to Great Britain, Hor-
ace Porter, of New York; to France, Hen.
ry White, of Rhode Island. To be assist
ant Surgeons marine hospital service, Hill
Hastings, of Kentucky; Olaud H. Laven-
der, of Virginia; Taliferro CLARK, of the
District of Columbia. War department:
H. H. @. Dunwoody of the signal corps to
be lieutenant colonel; First Lieutenant
l.. B. Brant, First infantry, to be captain;
second lieutenants to be first lieutenants:
III. W. Howell, Second infantry; f. w.
Sladen, Fourteenth infantry; H. H. Band
holtz, Sixth infantry; II. Z. Ferguson,
Twenty-third infantry; E. G. Learned,
Nineteenth infanty; N. Rowell, Tenth
cavalry. Corporals to be second lieuten-
ants: p. Brown, Fifth artillery; W. D.
Contrad, Fifth cavalry; Il. H. Gross, Fifth
infantry; G. H. Steel, Fifth infantry, and
Sergeant Thomas franklin, Tenth in
fantry. Navy department: Passed Assist
ant Engineer E. R. Freeman, to be chief
be passed assistant engineer. Ensigns to
be lieutenants junior grade: G. F. Cooper,
E. T. Witherspoon and Benton Decker.
Commander q. V. Gridley to be captain.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The newly appointed ways and means
committee of the house met this morning
to take up the new tariff bill. Probably
the committee will be in session most of
the day as the Democratic members de.
sire to criticise the bill and offer amend.
ments.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL,
The Democratic members of the ways
and means committee received their first
official information on the new tariff bill
today, when the bill was considered at a
secret session of the full committee.
Chairman Dingley announced that he de-
sired to report the bill in the house when
it meets at noon on Thursday. Mcmillan,
of Tennessee, com planned that this plan
would not give the Democrats sufficient
time to analyze the measure and prepare
a report. The Democrats commended that
they treated the Republican members
more generously in this matter at the
time when the Wilson bill was framed.
Half an hour was consumed in sparring
over this point, and no definite conclu-
sion was reached.
Three hours were spent in considering
the bill by sections.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Secretary of State Sherman met the
senate committee on foreign relations, by
his appointment. The principal sub
ject under consideration is understood to
have been the Nicaragua canal. 1t is
understood that an attempt is to be made
to negotiate treaty similar to that made
by Mr.. Frelinghuysen, which was wit b.
drawn at the beginning of Cleveland's first
administration.
SENATOR CALLS SUCCESSOR.
The senate today discussed at some
length the right of John A. Henderson to
seat in the senate from Florida by ap-
pointment of Governor Bloxham. SEN
ator Pasco asked that Henderson be sworn
in as Senator Calls successor. Senators
Chandler, Lodge and Allen all protested
that the case should 60 to the committee
on elections for investigation. Senators
Hoar, Pasco and Vest debated the right
of governors to fill senatorial vacancies.
After q lengthy debate the credentials
of John A. Henderson as senator from
Florida were referred by the senate to a
committee on privileges and elections