Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-11-17
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After Reinu Turned Down Twice. He Succeeds in
Securing Free Delivery for Santa Fe...
Many Bills introduced by Him.
Western Affairs at Washington.

preparation. The central and Rocky
Mountain states supply a large num-
Der of the cavalry horses, therefore,
the depots will without doubt be es-
tablished in the Mississippi Valley and
the Rocky Mountain region. These
depots will be under the charge OF eX-
perts, trainers and veterinarians. and
riding halls will be built that the ami
mails may be trained under all climatic
conditions.
Breach Of Confidence Charged.
S. F. Emmons of the Geological
Survey, in charge of the investigation
of metalliferous ores, has been called
upon to frame a reply to charges OF
broken faith brought against the sur
vey and against Walter Harvey Wood
in particular, by August F. Heinze. the
mining magnate of Butte, Montana.
Mr.. Emmons' reply, when completed
will be submitted to Director Charles
d. Wolcott,, will be published in cir
cular and given to the press. The
trouble arose over the publication OF
UulltLlIl iiiioi AAAN"SAOA'
about property owned by heinze, who
said that he allowed Weed to get this
information after promise by Direct
or Walcott that no report containing
the facts should be published until all
litigation over the property had been
concluded. The survey holds that the
promise covered only litigation then
pending and had nothing to do with
the litigation ia.which the bulletin was
used as evidence. The survey has
thus far been cry careful to keep all
promises made, to miners and this
charge of broken faith is therefore par
ticularly aggravating.
Leaders Are Not Encouraging State
hood.
If the present plan of the Speaker
of the House Of Representatives is
CARED out. Edward l.. Hamilton OF
Michigan, will be appointed chairman
of the committee on territories which
action will retard statehood Legislation
at the present session of Congress, as
Hamilton is opposed to it. Mr.. Can
non thinks that the territories OF the
southwest are not yet ready for state
hood. He thinks that grave mistakes
have been made in the past by prema
ture admission of states and that the
whole country as well as the territories
have suffered by their being admitted
before they were ready for statehood
Only the most necessary legislation
will be permitted to go through the
first session of the Fifty-eighth Con
gress. therefore nothing in the direc
tion of statehood will be accomplished
Senator Beveridge thinks that notn'
ing in the line of an omnibus bill will
get parliamentary advantage during
this session of Congress. He is OF the
opinion that the only statehood legls
lation that will be considered is thai
which will unite Arizona and New
Mexico in one state, and Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma in another The
Republican leaders in both houses OBJ
ject to the legislation at this time oW
| ing to the political uncertainty in
volved and think it had better be post
poned until after the general election
| in 1904.
An Opportunity for Santa Fe.
| General George w. Davis, command
ing the division of the Philippines
recommends that the garrison in the
islands be reduced and the secretar!
of war authorized the chief of staff tt
determine what reduction should bt
made. Lieutenant General Young, at
ter carefully considering all the ques
tions involved decided that the garri
son should remain at its presen
strength of four regiments of cavalr!
and nine of infantry for the present a
least. When the arrangement for fiv'
regiments of cavalry and ten of infan
try was made, it was thought that one
third of the inlantry and cavalr!
should be in the Philippines all thu
time. When the orders for the change
were being made, however, it was
necessary to exclude the Eighth In
fantry as half of that regiment was II
Alaska. By keeping only nine regi
ments in the Philippines the depart
ment will be able to make the change
without interfering with the Alaskan
and possibly the Porto Rican service
and it also leaves an extra regimen
always ready should any emergenc.
arise. 1t is not probable that the gar
risen in the Philippines will be fur
;. ther reduced until barrack accommo
dations for them can be found in tn
United States. New barracks are be
ing built but very slowly, and severa
of the old posts, possibly including
Santa Fe, will have to be used for regl
ments already in the United States TO
some time to come.