Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-12-07
MANY BILLS
REPORTED
Slight Increase in the Appropria-
tion Bill for the Coming
Year.
HOUSE ADJOURNS EARLY
Senate Transacts Much Business =
Democrats to Fight Statehood
Bill.

Senate in executive session today cor
firmed number of recess appoint
ments made by the President, includ
ing four new cabinet officers. The leg
islative executive and judicial appro
priation bill, carrying $2S,S3s,7o9 wa
reported to the House today. This il
$846,498 less than the estimate an,
$235,881 more than the current apprC
| priation.
New Appropriation Bill.
When the Senate convened toda,
the regular call of business was mad,
for the first time in this session and ;
! large number of petitions, bills ant
joint resolutions were introduced.
Among the bills introduced was one
presented by Senator Platt, of New
York, reducing the apportionment OF
the congressional representation. The
introduction of this bill created consid
cradle interest in the Democratic side
of the house and at the request of sew.
eral senators portions of the measure
were read.
House Adjourns Early.
Washington, D. c., Dec. Upon
the convening Of the House today
Representative Bingham, of Pennsyl.
vania, from the committee on appro-
priations reported the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial bill and gave no
tice that he would call the bill up for
consideration tomorrow. The House
then went into committee of the
whole for the purpose of referring GER
tain portions of the presidents mes
sage to the respective committees hav-
ing jurisdiction of the several subjects.
AS soon as this was done the House
adjourned.
The Smoot investigation.
A report from Salt Lake City says
U. S. Marshal Haywood has succeeded
thus far in serving only eight of the
33 subpoenas for witnesses wanted by
the Senate subcommittee investigating
the Reed Smoot affair, but it is expect
ed that the majority of the subpoenas
will be served before tomorrow. The
most important witnesses SO far Sc
cured are John Nicholson and George
Reynolds. Nicholson is the recorder
of the Salt Lake Temple. He is re-
quired to bring before the Senate sub
committee records in his possession
regarding marriages performed in the
endowment house in the Temple at
Salt Lake. Reynolds is secretary of
the missions committee of the Mormon
church and editor of one of the Nor
mon publications.
To Defeat Joint Statehood.
Washington, D. c., Dec. Demo.
cratic politicians of Oklahoma will try
to defeat the pending Hamilton state
hood bill, making Oklahoma and Indian
Territory one state, by having intro
duced in the United States Senate a
measure, drawn by Thomas Doyle of
Perry, asking joint statehood, but al
lowing seventy-five delegates each
from Oklahoma and Indian Territory
to the constitutional convention, in
stead of sixty from the former and fifty
from the latter, as in the Hamilton
bill. Either Senator German or Senat-
or Stone will introduce Doyle's meas
ure. His bill provides for the imme-
diate sale of the public buildings,
lands, etc., as the legislature shall de-
termine. 1t provides for the new state
government, to take effect March 4,
1906.
Bank Examiner Appointed.
Charles H. Filson, of Guthrie, Okla
homa, was yesterday appointed nation
al bank examiner. Mr.. Filson is chair
man of the Republican territorial COM
mittee. He was indorsed for the ap-
pointment by Bird S. MCGUIRE, dele
gate in Congress from Oklahoma. Mr..
territory will include Oklaho-
ma, Indian Territory and northern
Texas, and the salary will be $3,50O a
year.
Mcclure Working Hard.
Delegate Mcclure, of Oklahoma, ar
rived in Washington yesterday. Mr..
Mcclure returns more determined
than ever to secure, if possible, the ad
mission of Oklahoma to statehood. He
says he will make this the principal
part of his work during the short ses-
sion to Congress, although it came near
being that during the last session, for
he talked statehood from morning to
aight... He looked after public building
matters yesterday, calling on the SUP.
srvising architect Of the treasury, with
whom he had a conference. Mr.. Nc
Guire wants to secure an additional ap.
preparation of $4,000 for the buildine
at Guthrie. which is all that is needed |
to enable a third story to be added tc
he building, as there is available about
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