Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
Pay Of Volunteers--A Army and Navy
Appointments War Revenue Bill
Under Consideration.
ELECTION CONTEST SETTLED.

Washington, May 17.-In the senate
/ Mr.. Hale. chairman of the committee
on naval affairs, offered the following
resolution which was agreed to:
'That the temporary appointments
made by the president on and after
| April p, 1898, and up to the date OF the
passage of this joint resolution, of Off
GERS Of the line and staff in the navy
are hereby ratified and confirmed, TO
continue in force during the exigency
under which their services are required
in the existing war. The officials so
| appointed shall be assigned to duty with
the rank and pay of the grades estab-
lished by the existing law, and shall be
paid from the appropriation for the pay
of the navy"
Pay of the Volunteers.
A bill was reported from the military
affairs committee by Mr.. Carter, OF
Montana, and passed, providing that
the pay and allowance of volunteers en-
listed in the United States army shall
begin on the day of their enrolment at
state camps, with a provision that the
volunteer troops to be sent to the Phil
ippine island may draw one months pay
in advance.
The War Revenue Bill.
The consideration of the war revenue
measure was resumed. Mr. Jones, of
Arkansas, taking the floor Mr.. Jones
said he doubted whether there was
man in the senate not ready to vote all
the money and taxes necessary to carry
on the war He would not perform his
duty, he thought, if he should vote too
much money, the problem presented was
how much money was needed.
House.
The house passed bills to grant Ameri
can registry to the ships Centennial, now
at Seattle, and Catania, now at New
York, both proposed government trans
port ships, and to limit to eight hours
per day the work of laborers and
mechanics on government work whether
contract or otherwise. The bill to
repeal the law, providing that the
electoral vote be brought to Washington
by state messengers was defeated
Election Contest Settled.
In the house today report in the
contested election case OF W. Godfrey
Hunter VS.. John S. Rhea. from the
third Kentucky district, favoring the
sitting member, was adopted DR..
Hunter is now minister to Guatemala.
Presidential Appointments.
The president today sent these nomi
nations to the senate:
Captain Silas Casey, U. S. n, to be
commodore; Commander Benjam P.
Lamberton, to be captain; lieutenant, ,
junior grade, Harry George to be lieu-
tenant; Lieutenant Commander Harri-
son G. 0. Colby, to be commander; Lieu
tenant John FL. Moore to be lieutenant
commander; Lieutenant Commander
Levitt G. Logan to be commander.
War-To be assistant adjutant gen.
eral with rank of major, George S. Ho-
bart, New Jersey.
Commencement at Agricultural Col
lege.
The fifth annual commencement of
the New Mexico College Of Agriculture,
at Las Cruces, will be held next week,
beginning on Sunday, when the bacca-
laureate sermon will be delivered by
Rev. J. T. French, of Ell Paso, in the
Methodist church of south Las Cruces.
On Monday evening, Prof A. D. Ben
nett, of Silver City, will deliver an ad-
dress before the literary society in Nc
Fie hall of the college building; Tuesday
evening, Prof. G. l.. Herrick, of Albu-
duerque. will deliver the commencement
address, and on Wednesday morning
the graduation exercises will take place.
The class of '9S consists of Ivan Re-
bekah Mead, Lottie Sweet, William AL
exander Sutherland, Edwin Eugene
Casey, DuVal Garland Cravens, Isaac
Henry Stanley, Charles Edward Mead,
and George Morgan Williams.