Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-29

mailing of prize fight pictures, or theiI
receipt from common CARRIES. Heav,
penalties are provided for a violation.
The senate adopted resolution max
ing $2500OO Immediately available, for
improvement of the Mississippi river,
from the head of the passes to the mouth
of the Ohio.
LATE APPOINTMENTS.
The president today sent the following
nominations to the senate: State-Chare-
magne Tower, Pennsylvania, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Austro-H Hungary; Anson BurliDgame john
son, Colorado, consul at Fuchan, China;
VIM. s. Hallenberger, Pennsylvania, as
slstant postmaster general.
Interior.-Thomas Ryan, Kansas, first
assistant secretary of the interior; Henry
Clay Evans, Tennessee, commissioner of
pensions.
Registers Land Of1ice-David @. Flem-
ing, Sterling, Colo; Theodore Beall, Lead
vile, Colo.
SPECIAL ENACTMENT.
The proposition discussed by the Re-
publican members of the ways and means
committee, that all goods imported after
certain date, before the enactment of
the tariff bill, shall be made to pay the du-
ties carried by the bill, is likely to crys.
talize into definite form. A subcommit-
tee consisting of Mr.. Dalzell, Mr.. Tawney
and Mr.. Grosvenor, have considered the
legal aspects of the plan, and have OBJ
tained opinions from lawyers to the effect
that the plan is constitutional. One of
them said today thst they will prepare an
amendment which will declare, in sub
stance, that all imports made on and
after April 2, 1897, shall be dutiable at the
rate finally fixed by the bill.
An amendment was adopted increasing
the duty on common yellow and brown
enrthenware, from 20 to 25 per cent.
Cylinder and crow glass (silvered) was
put in the cast polished plate glass (sil.
vered) paragraph, and looking glass
plate was made dutiable at 10 per cent
advalorem.
ARBITRATION TREATY.
Upon going into executive session to-
day the senate promptly took up the ar
bitration treaty. Senator Bacon, of
Georgia, took the floor in advocacy of
his amendment to exempt claims against
the southern states from the cooperation
agreement. He spoke at some length.
MR.. JoHNsoN's PROTEST.
The house today was an hour aud
quarter securing quorum. An amend.
ment was adopted placing duty of 81
ton on bauxide not refined, the Repub-
licans saying that Georgia and Alabama
demanded protection for it, There was
a sensational scene in the afternoon when
Mr.. johnson, of Indiana, protested
against taking up the time of the house
in 1rrevelant discussion. He was ordered
to take his seat, bat refused, but finally
did so as the chairman of the committee
of the.whole, Mr.. Sherman, was about to
summon the speaker. For the second
time he arose, and the speaker was actu-
ally called to subdue the unruly member.
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
Representative Spaulding, of Michigan,
today introduced a joint resolution pro.
viding for annexation of Hawaii to the
United States. Under this resolution
congress shall consent that the Sandwich
islands may be formed into Ii sw state to
be known as the state of Hawaii with a
Republican form of government.
BUREAU OF REPUBLICS.
Joseph Smith, of Ohio, one of the three
persons certified by the examining COM
mittee of the American republics bureau,
as competent, has been selected by Secre-
tary Sherman as director of the bureau,
in place of Clinton Furbish.