Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-23
THE DAY In CONGRESS-.
The Loud Bill i'm Regard to second
Class Mail Matter-The Railroad
Reorganization Schemes.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The senate com
mittee on postoffices and post roads re-
sumed hearing on the Loud second class
mail bill to-day. Orville j. Victor, chair,
man of the New York committee of pub
fishers said the bill was in the interest of
express companies and opposed to the
interest of the public, which demands
good and cheap literature. Victor called
attention to the large amount of govern
ment matter carried free, which would,
he said, go far toward accounting for the
post office department deficit. He Gre
ated general laugh at the expense of
the committee by reading newspaper
clipping which characterized most of this
matter as Congressional buncomhe."
John Elderkin, of the New York Ledger,
claimed that under the proposed law such
papers as the Ledger would be excluded
from the privilege of being entered as
second class mail matter. s.. s. Mcclure
addressed himself especially to Senator
Chandler's proposed amendment, refer
ring to distribution through tie news
agencies, which would have the effect of
requiring publishers of magazines to or
ganize their own system Of distribution
and thus both increase the cost and de-
crease the circulation of their publications.
Any additional cost would render it i'm
possible to publish 10-cent magazines.
To advance the price of magazines to Is
cents would cut the circulation one-half.
Senator Chandler said he did not propose
to press his amendment.
j. s. Ogilvie denied the assertion made
at the meeting last Saturday that his pub
locations we're indecent. He asserted that
the government was under an implied
contract with publishers to maintain the
present rates. Yates Hickey, of the
American railway Literary association,
favored the bill. Dave Williams, pro-
prietor Of the New York Iron Age, sub
mitted a written argument in favor of the
bill. Senator Chandler stated that the
hearings would close next month.
IN THE SENATE.
Saturday sessions of the senate are 30
unusual that there was very meager at
tendance at the opening session to-day.
An agreement was reached at the outset,
that after 1890, the day be given to
private pension bills and other minor
bills on the calendar. Allen, of Nebraska,
secured the adoption of the following
resolutions: Resolved that the attorney
general be and is hereby directed to in
fprm the senate whether he entered into
an agreement or stipulation with what Is
commonly known as the reorganization
committee os the Union Pacific railroad
respecting the foreclosure of the govern
ment lien thereon and the amount, if any
such agreement or stipulation has been
made, said reorganization committee is
to bid on the foreclosure of said liens and
also send the senate the full text of such
agreement or stipulation, together with
the names of the persons comprising the
reorganization committee, as we'll as the
authority he may have for beginning such
foreclosure proceedings, or entering into
any such agreement or stipulation.
Morgan, of Alabama, presented resolu-
tion asking the president for all corre-
spondence relating to the Nicaragua
canal since 1887, between the United
States and any minister or representative
of Nicaragua. The resolution was adopt
ed.
The senate passed bill appropriating
$4,000 for the heirs of the Italians killed
at Walsenburg, Colo, in March 1895.