Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-12-11
ANDREWS PUT ON
HOUSE COMMITTEE
New Mexico and
Arizona Fare
Very Well.
LIVELY TILT IN SENATE
Money Wanted for Panama
Canal--.Other Official
Matters Reported.
Special to the New Mexican

, Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., Dec. lin tn,
distribution OF committee assignments
the delegates from New Mexico an,
Arizona did very well. Delegate An
drews, OF New Mexico, is member
OF the following committees: Agrlcul
ture, mines and minerals and terrific
ries. Delegate Mark A. Smith, of hri
zona, is assigned to the committees
on postoffice and post roads. pullit
lands and territories. Chairman Fl. O
Bursum, of the territorial Republican
central committee, National Commit
teeman Solomon Luna and Attorney
General G. W. Prichard were received
by the President at the White gIouse
today.
=. A. Fox, the register of the U.
). land office at Clayton, who is can
didate for re-appointment and Arthur
e. Curren, of Tucumcari, who is can
didatc for appointment as register Of
the U. S. land Office at Clayton are
In the city looking after their respec-
| tive fences.
Committees Appointed.
Speaker Cannon announced the COM
mittee of the House today The FOL.
loving are the chairlmen of the I'M!
portant committee: Ways add
means-Payne, New York; appropria-
tions-Tawney, Minnesota judiciary
Jenkins, Wisconsin; interstate and
foreign commerce-Hepburn, Iowa:
foreign affairs; Hit, Illinois; mill
tary affairs-Hull, Iowa; naval af-
fairs-Foss, Illinois, postoftlce ard
post roads--Overstreet, Indiana; insu-
lar affairs-Cooper, Wisconsin.
Irrigation of arid, lands Mondoll,
Wyoming, Washington.
A lively tilt occurred in the House
just bofere adjournment between La.
mar of Florida, and Minority Leader
Williams, regarding the committee as.
signments. Lamar sought to discuss
the matter but Williams objected in
the interest Of Democratic harmony.
He was at once challenged to call 4
Democratic caucus for tomorrow but
he declined to commit himself on tie
ground that the House had no place
to wash Democratic linen for The
amusement of the Republicans,
Caleb Powers Case.
The question of jurisdiction in tie
case Of Caleb Powers, charged with
completely in the murder Of Governor
Goebel, OF Kentucky, in 1900, was to-
day presented to the supreme court
of the United States. 1t was in the
form of motion for leave to file
petition for a writ of mandamus, com
manding United States Judge Cochran
of the western district of Kentucky to
remand the case to the state courts
and restore Powers 10 the custody of
the sheriff of Scot County, where Pow
ers' fourth trial was about 20 begin
when Judge Cochlan's' court took jur-
isdiction in the case.
Both sides asked the court 10 hear
the motions on January IS, but the
court refused to fix day.
Mitchell Case.
On motion of former Senator Thurs.
ton, Chief Justice Fuller, on behalf CT
the supreme court of the United
States, directed the issuance OF an or
der dismissing the appeal of the late
Senator Mitchell in the case against
him.
Oklahoma encouragement.
The statehood boomers from Okla.
homa and Indian Territory received
much encouragement today from the
representatives at whose committee
rooms they called. John Sharp Will
Jams, the minority leader, in address.
ing the delegation said he would do
all in his power to have Oklahoma and
Indian Territory admitted as one state
providing their admission is not coup.
led with the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona. Vi.
$11,ooo,oo% Appropriated.
When the Senate convened today a
message was received from the House
transmitting an emergency bill appro-
priating $11,OOO,OOO to aid in the con.
struction of the Panama Canal. 1t
was withheld by the Vice President
until the conclusion Of the routine Of
the morning business. During the
introduction of bills there were mum.
erous conferences on the floor to de.
termine whether the measure should
/ be referred to the committee on ap.
propriations or to the inter-Ocearic
Canal Committee.
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, D. G., Dec. 1.-THE
President sent the following nomina.
tions to the Senate today; Postmastcrs
| in Texas-Frank l.. Bradley, Gilmor;
John NJ. Clark, Yoakum; James T.