Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-02
WASHINGTON NEWS BUDGET
President Cleveland Has Vetoed the
Immigration Bill in II Lengthy
Message Sent to the House
This Afternoon.
INAUGURAL PLATFORM CONTENTION
The Federal Commission Has Decided
Upon San Pedro as Deep Water
Harbor for California, Upon
Which the Appropriation
Will Be Expended.

Washington, March 2.-The California
deep harbor commission, has submitted
report to the secretary of war. Th'
commission decides in favor of San Pedro
as harbor on which the government ap
preparation shall be expended. Com
missioner Morgan does not sign the re
port.
| THE IMMIGRATION BILL VETOED.
President Cleveland has vetoed the
immigration bill. A message setting
forth his objection will be delivered te
the house this afternoon.
wRANaLE IN THE HOUSE.
The house was prepared for long
hard days work when it met at 10 O'Clock
today. The rotunda, corridors, and gal
leries were thronged. Mr.. Dockery
Democrat, of Missouri, introduced reso
luton for inquiry into the reason why
precedents had been ignored in locating
the platform upon the eastern terrace ol
the capitol, where Mr.. Mckinley will be in.
angurated, entirely in front of the senate
window. Heretofore the platform has
been built out from the main entrance
and neither house had any cause to feel
slighted. Under the rules this resolution
was referred to committee. Mr.. Rich
ardson, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, sug
gested an amendment, to ascertain what
authority existed for the erection of q
platform anywhere on the plaza.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS RESUMED.
The state department has been in
formed that the diplomatic relations be-
tween Venezuela aud Great Britain inter
rupted some years ago, have been re-
stored and that Juan Pietric, the present
Venezuelan minister to Germany has
been transferred to Great Britain. This
will leave but one step to wind up the
whole embarrassing and critical Vene-
zuelan controversy.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The District of Columbia, and the
naval appropriation bills which came
over from the senate were sent into con-
ference. Mr.. Hopkins, Republican, of
Illinois, tried to get separate vote on
the senate proposition to fix the price of
armor plate at $500 per ton. He said
the Illinois Steel company was prepared
to furnish the government with armor
plate for which we were paying $500, for
240. SIS that company responsible?" 7"
asked Mr.. Milnes.
"lt has capital stock of $40,000,000,"
replied Mr.. Hopkins, "and has in it such
men as Marshal Field, Rochafeller and
Armour. 1t is one of the strongest COM
in kho TInifod Ctokao y
THE NAVAL BILL.
The house today sent the whole naval
bill, including the armor plate amend
ment to conference. Mr.. DalZelf of
Pennsylvania, made caustic reply to
recent structures on Justice Shiras of the
Supreme court. He declared the justice
was a righteous Judge and had not
changed his mind on the income tax ques-
tlon.
MR.. CLEVELAND HAS THE GUUT.
President Cleveland has suffered for a
week from rheumatic gout which has as
sumed such proportions that it is a ques-
tion whether he will be able to take part
In the inaugural ceremonies.
a CONIEoIED DEAL
The house unanimously voted that Mr..
Black, of Georgia, whose seat was con-
tested by Thomas E. Watson, late Popu-
ulist candidate for vice-president. 10 en-
titled to the seat Mr.. Aldrich called up
the prize fighting bill to prevent detailed
fights, but motion for recess for the
house prevailed by vote of ~ to 49,
THE SENATE.
The senate passed the fortifcations ap-
preparation bill in 30 minutes. The In
ternational monetary conference bill was
taken up and led to heated criticism by
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, and Cannon. of
Utah. Senator Dubois warned his former
Republican associates that the silver
Republicans would never return to them.
Senator Cannon asserted that the next
administration would be as though
Grover Cleveland had been elected for a
third term. Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
said the choice of Lyman j. Gage fixed
the gold standard policy of the next I'D
ministration. Teller then spoke of the
probable futility of the International
monetary conference. He said that
President-elect Mckinley, by his cabinet
selections, had evidently gone over to the
gold standard to stay there. The senate
concurred in the house amendments to the
International monetary conference bill.
This is the last legislative stage bill to
60 to the president.