Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-01-13
SITUATION
IN COLORADO
Petition from Federation of Labor
in Session in Denver Pres.
ented in Senate.
GOES TO COMMITTEE
Resolution Presented Requesting the
President to Tender in Best Of.
fees in Panama Question.

Washington, Jan. 13-Today's ses
sion OF the Senate began with the pre-
sentatlon by Senator Patterson of Col
orado, Of telegraphic petition of tn
Colorado Federation of Labor, in ses
sion in Denver requesting the adoption
OF resolution presented in the Sen
ate by Senator Patterson, providing
for an investigation of the strike b,
the Senate committee on judiciary.
Senator Patterson said the fedora
tion numbers $4,000 men. He asket
to have the resolution referred to thu
Judiciary committee. together with thu
petition, The petition was read.
request for an investigation was
upon the representation of the ex
treme gravity of the situation. Sena
tor Scott then asked for the reading ot
reply from the mine owners of Colo
rado, but subsequently withdrew his
request, contenting himself with ask
ing to have the reply go to the commit
tee and be printed and considered with
the other papers bearing upon the
question.
The presentation of the papers was
made the basis of sharp colloquy be-
tween Senator'S Patterson and Scott
''The Senator from West Virginia
will admit that he is one of the mine
owners" said Senator Patterson, and
Senator Scott admitted that such was
a fact
Senator Patterson then proceeded
say that the Colorado Mine Owners
Association had been more directly re-
sponsible than all other influences for
the course of Governor Peabody in
connection with the recent strike in
the state.
The organization, he said, had de-
voted its energies to securing the ex-
termination of union labor, and he as
serted that great injustice had been
done by the use of the militia in i'm
prisoning men, establishing a press
censorship, etc.
Senator Scott said in reply that he
always had been friend of organized
labor. but there had never been "a
more tyrannical or despotic organiza-
tion on the face of the earth than that
which the Colorado Senator was
championing here now"
The entire matter was then on Sen
ator Patterson's motion referred to the
committee on judiciary and the Senate
took up and passed the House bill for
eradication of the cotton boil weevil.
Senator Hale offered a resolution as
the result Of an agreement between
himself and Senator Bacon during yes
terday's session, looking to the settle
ment' of the Panama question, request
ing the President to tender his best
Offices toward peaceful adjustment
of all controversies arising between
the Republic of Panama and Colombia.
out OF any claim which Colombia may
make against Panama, for indemnifi-
cation for loss of territory or in
creased burden of debt.
Missouri Federation's Action.
Springfield, Jan. 13-At today's ses-
sion the Missouri Federation of Labor
a resolution was passed demanding the
United States Senate to pass Senator
Pattersons resolution, that the Senate
on judiciary should go to
Colorado and investigate the labor
troubles in that state.
In the Lower House.
Washington, Jan. 13-The House to-
day resumed consideration of the legis-
lative executive and judicial appropri-
alton bill in the committee of the
whole.
Ratifications Exchanged.
Washington, Jan. 13-Ratifications
of the American Chinese commercial
treaty were exchanged at the state de-
partment today by Secretary Hay and
the Chinese minister. The treaty pro-
vides for the opening of the ports of
and An Tung in Manchuria
to the worlds commerce.
Weather Station for Roswell.
Washington, Jan. 13-Professor Will
lis Moore, chief of the United States
Weather Bureau, was heard by the
House committee on agriculture re-
earding the estimates for appropria-
tions for the weather bureau service.
Professor Moore asked for an increase
Of $4,000 for salaries. Half Of this
amount to be used to man eight pro-
posed new weather bureau stations |
and half for labor in printing and dis
a greater number of wealth
ar maps. The present daily distribu-
lion of maps is 10000. With the added |
appropriation this number would be
increased four fold.
Professor Moore said there was but
IL per cent of error in the weather
,ornHact and he added there would ho