Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-06
REDUCTION OF
THE WAR REVENUE
A Democratic Effort in Committee
to Further Reduce the Beer
Tax is Defeated.
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
A Number of Amendments Made to the
Bill-The Senate Committee on Com
merce is Working on the Ship
Subsidy Bill.
HOUSE..

Washington, Dec. 6.-When the house
met today the arrangement was agreed
to by which the consideration of the
Grout oleomargarne BILL which was to
have come up today under special or
der made at the last ses- ioi was post
poned until tomorrow and the house
proceeded with the consideration of the
army reorganization bill. The Hep
burn amendment to provide that the
vacancies in the quartermaster depart
ment could be filled from civil life or
from the volunteer officers commission
ed since April 49, 1898, which was pend
ing when the house adjourned yester-
day, was voted down without divis-
ion.
Otey of Vermont, offered an amend
ment providing for so dental surgeons
which was adopted.
Bingham of Pennsylvania, offered an
amendment to provide for corps of
veterinary surgeons.
The amendment was adopted so to r.
Hay of Vermont, offered an amend
ment which was adopted, authorizing
the president to appoint so volunteer
surgeons with the rank Of major and Is
assistant surgeons with the rank of
captain, for terms of two years, unless
previously discharged.
Dick of Ohio, offered an, amendment
to increase the pay corps of the army
by eleven paymasters. 1t was adopted.
An amendment was adopted to in
create the signal corps by twenty-three
officers.
The ways and means committee to-
day reported favorably on the bill of
Mr.. Loud of California adding cherries
to the other fruits from which brandy
may be distilled.
The first bill to pass the house this
session was that of Delegate Wilson of
Arizona, authorizing Pima county, A.
T., to issue $147,000 in per cent bonds
to refund Indebtedness.
The bill of Representative Shafroth
of Colorado, for the adoption of the me
trio system by the United States was
today favorably reported by a unani-
nous vote of the house committee on
coinage, weights and measures. The bill
was changed so as to make the system
go into effect on January 1, 1908. Shat
roth stated that all civilized nations,
, except Great Britain and the United
States, had adopted the metric system.
SENATE.
Washington. Dec. 6.-The senate at
12:40 went into executive session.
In the executive session the Hay
Pauncefote treaty was taken up. Nor
gan of Alabama, made the argument in
favor of the ratification Of the treaty,
as necessary to secure the construction
of the Nicaragua canal.
The secretary of war today sent to
the senate the reports of the board of
engineers, concerning the effects of the
Galveston storm last summer. The
board finds that $1,500,OO0 will be neces-
sary to repair the jetties at Galveston
and $175,0O0 for the repair Of the Brazos
river jetties. The board places the loss
of life at 5000. The damage to the for
tifications is placed at $992, 2,OOO
REDUCING THE WAR REVENUE.
Washington, Dec. 6-The ways and
means committee met this morning to
consider the bill for reducing the war
revenue taxes about $40,O0O,O0O When
the beer section was reached, fixing the
rebate at 20 per cent, instead of 71k
L per cent, which makes the rate $1.60 a
barrel, Representative Richardson,
ranking member of the minority, moved
that further reduction Of all the in
crease be made by the revenue act. The
effect of this motion, If carried, would
have been to make the rate 81 bar
rel. The motion was defeated by par
j ty vote.
The ways and means committee voted
on the report of the revenue reduction
bill as introduced with an amendment,
making the act take effect on its
passage instead Of 80 days thereafter.
All substitutes and amendments by the
minority were defeated to 9.
THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 6.-The SEN
ate committee on commerce held a.
meeting today devoted mainly to the
consideration of the ship subsidy bill
and amendments as suggested by
Chairman Frye. The most important
amendment was one providing that all
ships shall take 50 per cent of their car
go capacity when leaving port Of the
United States for a foreign port.
WORKING FOR TEMPERANCE.
Washington. December GA delega-
tion OF ladies OF the w. G. T. u, now in
session at Washington and others In
terested in temperance, were given a
hearing by the house committee on
insular affairs, in the advocacy of Re-
preventative Littlefed's bill prohibiting
the sale OF liquors, opium and intoxicants
to the aboriginal tribes, and native races
OF the Pacific islands.
A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate: Daniel H. Mcmillan of
New York, to be associate justice Of the
supreme court Of New Mexico.
". o. T. o. Officers.
Washington, December 6.-At the
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