Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-03

Washington, June 3. - The senate
committee on public lands has com
pleted favorable report on the Fer
gusson New Mexico land grant bill
| The committee accepted the bill exact
| ly as it passed the house of representa-
| tives.
Senator Wolcott's Amendment Adopted.
The senate agreed to the substitute
offered by Mr.. Wolcott as an amendment
to the war revenue bill for the finance
committees provision in regard to the
coinage of the silver seignorage to the
extent of S24,000,00O, which is the
amount first coined The vote stood AZ
to 81, as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Cannon, Carter, Chandler, Chill
ton, Clark, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner
Gray, Hansbrough, Harris, Heitfeld
Jones (Ark.), Jones (Nev.), Kyle Lind
say, McEnery, McLaurin. Mallory, Man.
tie, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Nor
gan, Pasco, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pettus
Pritchard, Rawlins, Roache, Shoup
Stewart, Teller, Thupton, Tillman, Tur
Icy, Turpie Vest. Warren, White, VOL
cott-4S.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur.
rows, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger,
Gear, German, Hale, Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Ma
son, Morrill,. Murphy, Nelson, Platt
Comm, Platt On. ", Proctor, Sewell,
Spooner, Wetmore-3l.
Provisions of the Amendment.
The Wolcott amendment adopted to-
day provides for the coinage of all the
silver bullion in the treasury at the rate
of not less than $4,000,OO0 per month,
and the issuing, on account of seignior-
age derived, of not exceeding $42, 900, 900
silver certificates.
Appropriations for Life Saving Stations.
The bill authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to keep certain life saving
stations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
open and manned during June and
July, appropriatlng $4,000 for the
necessary expense, passed. The senate
concurred in the house amendment to
the bill removing all liabilities imposed
by tho fourteenth amendment to the
constitution. The consideration of the
war revenue measure was resumed.
War Revenue Debate.
in brief colloSuy concerning priority
amendments yet to be considered, Mr..
Jones (Dem. Ark.) expressed the opinion
that all revenue features of the bill
ought to be passed upon before the
bond provision was passed upon, because
the amount of revenue raised might
have great weight in the determination
of some other pending amendments.
Mr.. Hale (Rep. Maine) inquired wheth-
er Mr.. Jones thought the small amount
comparatively which would be raised by
the pending revenue amendments would
be sufficient? II have no doubt" he
continued, ''if this war lasts year it
will cost the government between $780,
600, 900 and $500, 900, 900" Mr.. Jones
said so much money mighr be spent,
but he did not think so. He was satis-
fed that the issue of bonds was unnec-
essary 81 do not believe said he,
1.-THE war will last year, six months, or
anything like that time
Mr.. Teller (Coloraco) reviewed the
legislation of the past ten years, and
said it was evident that this bill was not
to be a temporary measure. 1t was to
all intents and purposes to be a perma-
nent law. The United States proposed
to have great navy. The cities along
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts had a
right to demand protection from for
eign invasion. Tho expenses of the gov
ernment were great now, but would cer-
tainly be greater at the close of the war.
Issue OF Greenbacks Rejected.
The senate agreed to the amendment
offered by the Republican minority of
the finance committee, substituting the
bond provision for an issue of green
backs, as reported bv the majority. The