Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-03
TELLER OPPOSES
BEVER|DGE MOTION
Hamilton Bill Not
Yet Unfinished
Business.
RAILROAD BILL UP AGAIN
Debate Continued on Meas
ure Today-..Lock Canal
Wanted.
Special to The New Mexican

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 3.-In the
Senate this forenoon Chairman Albert
j. Beveridge of the committee on ter
ritOries, made motion to make the
Hamilton joint statehood bill the un
finished business of the Senate. Sen
ator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, OBJ
jected to the motion and also to every
feature of the bill, making a lengthy
and able speech. Another motion to
make the statehood bill the unfinished
business of the Senate will be made
and urged by Senator Beveridge Tues
day.
Reynolds on Charges.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, Feb. 3.-Secretary J.
w. Reynolds arrived in the city yester.
day morning and his case will be con
sidered by the full committee on ter
ritories next week. The secretary was
before the subcommittee OF the com.
mittee on territories several hours yes.
terday, and made a complete and thor
Ough statement of his case, showing
the falsity and unjust character Of
the charges filed against him. 1t is
believed in we'll posted circles here
that the charges will be dismissed, and
that the secretary will come out of
the fray with flying colors.
Rate Bill.
Washington, D. c., Fep. 3.-Less
than a score of members were in their
places when the House met at II today
to continue the discussion of the
Hepburn railroad rate bill.
The debate was opened by Repre-.
sentative Dayton, Of Alabama. Instead
of being a new thing he declared that
Legislative regulation OF interstate com
merce to be as old as common law.
The states having always exercised
this power to the full extent.
Congress, he said, has plenary pow.
er on interstate commerce and ought
to exercise it in restraint of railroads
and for the benefit Of the public. He
said the necessity for legislation is
brought about by the unjust discrimi-
nation Of the roads through rebates
and terminal charges.
Whether it be communism, anar.
chy or not, the time will come when
the people will rise and follow Will
liam j. Bryan to victory"
This was the opening prediction of
Representative Henry of Texas. who
was the next speaker on the bill. He
was replying to Sibley's recent char
acterizing of the pending bill.
Rate Legislation.
Representative Powers of Maine has
introduced bill in the House pro.
viding for rate legislation in Arizona
and New Mexico. According to the
measure it will be unlawful for any
railroad in these Territories to charge
moe than three cents per mile for pas
senger service.
Big "Guns' Again.
The war department has decided TO
go back to heavy calibre for army re-
volvers and adopt cartridge proposed
by the ordinance bureau carrying a
bullet of As calibre to replace the 80
caliber now in use.
Canal Report.
The report Of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, recording its decision in
favor of an IS foot lock canal, was
submitted to Secretary Taft today.
The report is accompanied by the re.
port of the board of engineers, the ma.
jority of whom declared for sea lev
ell canal. It will now be the time for
Secretary Taft to express his own
views OF the great project in the en-
dorsement when transmitting the pa
pers to the President.
Reprimand of Young.
Although not sentenced to public
reprimand, there was made public to-
day a reprimand addressed by Secre-
tary Bonaparte to Commander Lucien
Young, who was In command Of the
Bennington at the time that vessel
suffered the explosion of her boiler
last summer.
Almost First Reading.
There was for a moment today a
prospect that the statehood bill would
receive it's first formal reading in
the Senate
The Senate took up the calendar im
mediately after disposing of the rou-
tine business and as the statehood bill
occupied first place the secretary had
begun to read 1t before any of the
opponents of the bill realized the situ-
alton. He had covered but a few
pages when Mr.. Teller put stop to
the proceedings for the time.
Shipping Bill.
The shipping bill was made the
basis of running debate between Mr..