Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-20

this morning that Senior Delgado, cor
respondent of the New York Mail and Ex
press, who has been prisoner, died in
the hospital last night.
ARBITRATION CONVENTION.
The senate committee on foreign rela.
tions to-day had under consideration q
general arbitration convention between
the United States and Great Britain. Sec.
retary Olney was before the committee to
explain the provisions of the treaty.
Secretary OlneY remainst. with the
committee until its adjourn,Aens. There
was gensral discussion of the provis-
ions Of the treaty, nearly every member
questioning its probable effect. Nothing
was brought out showing any definite
plan Of the committee regarding the
treaty though the questions put to the
secretary indicate that there would be op-
position to many of its provisions.
Senator Olney declared that the treaty
had been negotiated with great care for
the protection of American interests and
expressed the opinion that if ratified it
would be found a satisfactory safeguard.
He contended for its approval an ad-
vance for diplomacy in accordance with
the tendency of the times. Secretary
Olney was made to understand that the
committee wanted the fullest possible in
formation and having this would be dis
posed to act upon the treaty on its
merits.
IN THE HOUSE.
Before the Yost-Tucker contested cleo
tion case from the 10th Virginia district
was called in the house to-day, there was
a call of committees. A bill was passed
to amend the laws relating to the general
land Office 80 as to reduce the fees to be
charged for taking testimony from Is to
10 cents per 100 words and withdraw the
privilege of excess fees now allowed at
land offices west of the Rocky mountains.
The contested election case gave promise
of being interesting.
majority of the committee, four Re-
prblicans and three Democrats found for
the contestee, Henry st. George Tucker,
Democrat, who has represented his dis
trict four congresses. Two Republicans,
Walker, of Virginia, and Thomas, of
Michigan, brought in a minority report
in favor of Contestant Yost, as member
elect to the next congress. Upon the
face of the returns, Tucker received 12,-
322 votes, Yost II $50. The case hinged
upon the Justice of the Virginia election
law with regard to imperfect ballots and
the claim Of the contestant is that the re-
turns of one county should be discarded
owing to imperfect printing of the bal
lots and illegal instructions to election
officers.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate to-day the house resolu-
tion directing the attorney-gen to
print as an appendix to his report all
letters, correspondence, etc relative to
the Chicago strike was agreed to. Sena-
tor Perkins, of California, offered a joint
resolution, which was referred, for a COM
mission to consider the establishment of
bureau of mines or other means of col
lecting mining Information.
Senator Pettigrew addressed the sem
ate in support Of his resolution introduce
ed Monday, calling on the secretary OF
state for report on the work of the
Venezuelan commission and for copy
of the agreement entered into between
the United States and Great Britain. Last
year he said the president sent congress a
message that startled the world. Acting
on this, congress provided for the Vene-
zuelan commission, but up to the present
time congress and the public we're in ig-
norance as to what had been done, al
though it was well understood an agree
ment had been made between the execu-
tive authorities and the authorities of
Great Britain, and treaty had been
made. This treaty or agreement was,
Pettigrew asserted, to surrender the en-
tire contsntion of the United States. In
stead of securing arbitration on the ter
ritory claimed by Venezuela it establish
cd d fifty-year limit, which in effect gave |,
it to Great Britain.