Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-23
SECOND EDITION SANTA FE NJ MsFRlDAY MARCH 23 1900
WASHINGTON DOINGS.
Pension Day In the House The Senate Dis
cusses the Porto Rican Bill.

CusseS the Porto RlCan Bill.
SENATE
Washington, March 23.--The senate
agreed to the conference asked for by
the house on the diplomatic and consul
lar bill. Mr.. Pettigrews resolution re-
questing that the president, if not in
compatible with public interest, send to
the senate an itemiZed statement of the
expenses of the Philippine commission,
together with the amounts paid to COM
missioners, was agreed to.
The conference report on the Porto
Rican appropriation bill was called up
by Mr.. Allison Mr.. Tillman, who voted
for the bill as it passed the senate, and
as a member of the committee on ap-
propriations, voted favorably to report
it, vigorously opposed the conference
report. He expressed regret that the
senate conferees yielded to the conten-
ton of the house conferees, particularly
in agreeing to enlarge the purpose Of
the measure by provisling FOR the aid
and the relief of the people in Porto
Rico.
The debate on the Porto Rico appro-
priation bill was participated in by Sem
ators Spooner, Gallinger and Tillman
They took a wide range. covering the
southern race question, Hawaii and the
Philippines. Mr.. Spooner took Mr. TILL
man to task for the use Of some express
sions, which made the colloquy quite in
terestlng.
The senate adopted the conference re-
port on the Porto Rican bill by vote
of 35 to Is.
HOUSE.
Washington, March 23.-This was
pension day in the house. Upon motion
to go into a committee Of the whole to
consider pension legislation only 157
members voted. Mr.. Talbert of South
Carolina made the point of no quorum
The speaker counted 1872 present and the
house proceeded with the pension bills
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Washington, March 23-The Repub-
lican caucus committee of the senate
to-day authorized Senator Foraker in
definite terms to propose the sep
aration of the tariff feature from the
Puerto Rican governmental bill and to
attempt to pass the house tariff bill
without amendment The program Is
to vote down all amendments If possi-
BILE and to pass the bill as it came from
tha house without ary no nac NH
ever. The element in the Republican
ranks of the senate favoring free trade
with Puerto Rico decided in conference
today to oppose any action looking to
time in case the question should come
up.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Washington, March 22.-The senate
committee on interstate commerce to-
day granted hearing to Judge s. H.
Cowan of Fort Worth, Texas, general
attorney Of the cattle raisers associa-
ton of Texas, and to T. W, Tomlinson,
live stock exchange, in support of the
pending bill for the amendment of the
Interstate law. They contended that
the proposed changes would be of great
ordinations and preventing undue
preferences on the part of railroads.
Judge Cowan also advocated the pas
sage of a bill extending to forty hours
l,a fro ;o1, i,, ,,c{<
may be confined.
AGAINST INJUNCTIONs.
Washington, March 23.-President
Gompers. of the Federation Of Labor;
c. S. Darrow, of Chicago, and others
identified with organized labor ap-
peared to-day before the judiciary COM
mittee of the house in the advocacy Of
a bill restricting the issuance of injunc-
tions in time Of labor disturbances.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Washington, March 23.-The presi-
dent to-day nominated Walter H.
Chamberlain, of Chicago, as assistant
commissioner of patents.
UTES ASK FOR AID.
Washington, Mach ga representa-
tive of the Southern Utes today saw
Judge Bell and asked him to help secure
the fulfllment of promises made to the
Indians by the Indian bureau when the
Utes took land in severalty.
1t is claimed that they were promised
saw mills and irrigation bitches by the
government and that these promises
have not been kept. They assert that
they can not farm their lands because
they can not get water upon them and
can not build houses because they can
not get lumber; that their income from
the fund realized from the sale of por-
tion of their reservation is not sufficient
to support them and that the govern
ment must fulfill its promises, especially
In regard to irrigation bitches, or the
Indians will demand q return of their
lands and return to tribal conditions
and government annuity.
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
Washington, March s3.-The house
committee on public lands today directed
favorable report on bill allowing a
single woman who locates q homestead
entry on unplatted lands to complete the
entry after her marriage.