Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-01-14
The Commission Appointed by the
Senate and the House Makes
Its Final Report.
SENATOR BACON TALKS WILD
He Calls the Army Reorganization Bill An
Enormity-An Argument Made in
Favor Of Court Of Pension
Appeals.
HOUSE.

Washington, January A.-Mr. Loud
of California presented the report OF
the joint postal commission, which has
been investigating the question of ra4-
way mail pay and other matters affect
ing postal affairs. The debate on Tao
river and harbor bill was resumed.
SENATE.
Senator Wolcott presented the final
report of the postal commission. Con-
sideration was resumed of the army re-
organization bill, the pending question
being an amendment offered by Sena-
tor Bacon of Georgia striking out the
provision off the bill authorizing the
president to- increase the number Of
non commissioned officers and privaLes
in any troop off cavalry.
In response to a question of Senator
Hawley, Mr.. Bacon declared that b)'h
the letter and the spirit of the consti-
tuition were opposed to the idea of coE-
ferring upon the president discreet )E-
ary authority to increase the size OF
the army "This question is not going
to be decided by the passage of this
bMl," exclaimed Mr. Bacon. "The pao'
pie have not walked up to and realized
the enormity of this proposition They
will, however, and they will correct the
evil"
THE OLEOMARGARINE BILL.
Washington, january 14.-Secretaty
Gage was before the senate committee
ON agriculture to-day to answer inqui-
ries concerning the oleomargarine bill.
He said that the bill as a revenue pro-
ducer was useless and not needed. 1t
it was not revenue bill it was mis-
nomer. Mr.. Gage spoke of the Wa'is-
worth bill in the house as offering an
almost effective method of stopping the
sale of oleomargarine that is fraudu-
lent. He said the evasion under the
present law is much easier than II
would be If the package was stamped
with the word "oleomargarine."
AGAINST POSTAL ABUSES.
Washington, january 4.-The postal
commission of the house and senate,
which has been investigating postal
matters for the last two years, made d
report to-day. The committee reports
in favor of excluding from seconl l.
class mail rate: First, books, whether
bound or unbound; second, newspapers
and periodicals unsold sent by one
news agent to another news agent or
returned to the publisher; third, sam
Pile copies of newspapers above Ger
tain small fixed proportion of the ci"-
cu1ation. The committee also unan.-
mously reports against the continu-
ance of the system of transmittia ag
mails in pneuma tic tubes under pres.
emit conditions The committee unanl-
mously reports neither for change OF
letter postage NOR for establishing a |
system of parcels post practicable un-I
der existing conditions of revenue ard |
expenditure, even if otherwise desira |
BILE, upon which no opinion is express-
ed. Upon the question of railway NAL
pay there are five reports. Senators |
Wo1cott and Allison agree that the !
present rate of railway mail pay Is no.
excessive, and ought not to be changed
except by the discontinuance Of appr>-
priations for special facilities, which !;
declares should be discontinued. The
other members disa gree with this
view.
A COURT OF PENSION APPEALS.
Washington, january 14.-A general
committee appeared before the house
invalid pension committee to-day and
argued i'm favor of a bill for the crea-
tlon of COURT of pension appeals to
consider rejected pension claims. There
are about 100000 cases adversely pass
ed upon each year by the pension office.