Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-02-11
He Said the Opposition to Statehood Is Only an
Effort to Keep the Senate From Considering
Trust Legislation at Length.
THE HOUSE PASSES THE
RILL TO EXTEND THE HOME
STEAD LAWS TO ALASKA

The senate has agreed to the confer
ence on the department Of commerce
bill.
This passed the bill and II now goes
to the president.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb 11.-Governor Odell
of New York. was on the floor when the
house met today. Mr.. Grosvenor from
the ways and means committee, called
up the bill reported by that committee
yesterday to amend the Dingley act 50
as to admit free Of duty domestic ami
mails for breeding purposes. 1t was
passed The further consideration of
the civil sundry appropriation bill was
then resumed.
| Mr.. Smith, delegate from Arizona.
secured the floor and replied to some of
| the statements derogatory to Arizona
| that had been made in the senate dur
| ing the statehood debate. He declared
that illiteracy charges were untrue and
that the Mormon scare" was gross
exaggeration. He ridiculed the inves-
| tigation by the senate subcommittee
on territories which he said had spent
two days in investigation, and two
months in telling the senate what they
thought they had learned. He declared
that the outra geous Misrepresentation
and slander of the people of Arizona IN
the senate and in the press had hurt
their credit and standing.
KEEPING TAB ON COTTON.
| washington, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee on ways and means today
authorized a favorable report on the
bill introduced by Representative Bur
Lesson of Texas, providing for the col
| lection of cotton statistics, but amend
ed it so as to have the collection made
by the census bureau instead or agrl-
cultural department, and further py
striking out the provision for gathering
i wheat statistics. A tax Of one mill on
each bale of cotton is provided to de-
. fray the expense of gathering the M
formation. The bill requires all per-
sons or concerns owning or operating
, cotton gins to report to the director OF
the census at such times as he may
direct the number of bales ginned dur
, ing a prescribed period. 1t Is contem-
plated by the bill that Information VIII
. he furnished with such frequency as TO
show amount of cotton that Is being
! produced.
a A BANKING BILL.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE senate
committee on finance today authorized
: a favorable report on the bill recently
q introduced by Senator Aldrich to per-
+ NIT the secretary of the treasury u
Y loan money to national banks on othe
" securities than government bonds ant
o agreed to report it with the followinl
q amendment to Section 1:
"The United States shall have a lie
d on all assets of banks in when pupii
l. moneys are deposited from the time
d deposit for the repayment OF tins sam
" on demand of the treasurer OF tn
h United States, but the securities depos
= tied with the secretary Of the treasur
r. for the safekeeping of such money
10 shall be sold before the said lien Is er
,g forced, and the proceeds applied to u
TO discharge Of said lien to the extent
r. the proceeds of the SALE"
A. The bill also was so amended as
n make the securities Of cities Of 500
people good for loans.