Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-20
GAMBLING BILL
REPORTED TO-DAY
Committee Recon-
mends it's Passage
to Senate.
BOUNDARY LINE LOCATION
Under Discussion Congress.
man Stephens Endeavors
to Rob New Mexico.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 20.-Repre
sentative Stephens of Texas, this fore
noon, attempted to pass his bill taking
from two to four miles of public do
main along the entire eastern bound
ary of New Mexico and amounting to
about quarter Of million of acres
and giving it to the state of Texas by
declaring the correctness of the Clark
survey of the boundary line made in
1859 and 1860. Delegate w. Fl. An
drews objected to the passage of the
measure and with the aid of Represent
alive Payne, of New York, the objec-
tion was sustained although the bill
will come up again. The trne bound
airy according to recent survey
should be the 1OSd meridian
Gambling Bill Reported.
Senator Beveridge this forenoon re-
ported favorably the Littefeld bill
to prohibit public gambling in the ter
ritOries of the United States. The bill
carries proviso making the penalty
for violation of it's provisions imprison-
ment for not less than one year and a
fine not to exceed $500 The bill will
come up in short order and is likely
TO pass as soon as ii is reached on the
calendar.
The House bill granting $4,000 addi-
tional to United States agricultural ex-
pertinent stations passed the House
this forenoon.
Writ Of Error.
: Washington, d. G., Feb 20.-Justice
Brewer, of the Supreme Court, of the
United States today entered ar order
granting a writ of error in the con
tempt case of the United States against
Senator Patterson The case grew
out of the publication of a cartoon OF
the Colorado state Supreme Court in
the Rocky Mountain News, of which
Patterson was proprietor. For this
the state court held Patterson N con
tempt and assessed a fine Of $1,000
The writ granted by Justice Brewer is
made supersedeas and the order stays
all proceedings in the Colorado court
for the collection of the fine. The
case will be reviewed Dy the full bench
of the Supreme Court.
Tillman Resolution.
By a unanimous vote the House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce decided today to make a
favorable report on the Tillman reso-
luton as amended In its amended
form the resolution provides for the
investigation by the Interstate Com
merce Commission Of railroad dis
examinations and monopolies In coal
and OIL
House Adjourned.
The House today took an immediate
adjournment out of respect to the
memory OF Representative George A.
Castor, of Pennsylvania. after passing
appropriate resolutions and appoint
ment of a funeral committee.
Trying to Rush Bill Through.
Congressman Stephens OF Texas is
trying to rush bill through Congress
TO remark and establish the old Clark
lines as the true lines which would
take from this Territory over one-half
million acres of good grazing and farm
ing lands. All of the facts, it is as
serted by those posted on the matter,
go to show that Texas surveyors and
Texas land Office officials knew as far
back as 1882, that there was gross
error in the Clark line run for the 103d
meridian.
Pure Food Bill.
Consideration of the pure food bill
continued in the Senate today. q
Railroad Decision.
Justice White yesterday delivered
the opinion of the United States Su-
preme Court in the cases Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company, VS.. the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the Interstate
Commerce Commission VS.. the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad, affirming the
decision of the circuit court for the
western district of West Virginia. The
cases involved the question Of discrim-
ination in freight rates on coal by the
Chesapeake and Ohio in favor of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Road as against other shippers The
decision was against the railroad com.
pany.
"Spot" in House.
The passage of the Littlefield anti
gambling bill was marked, yesterday,
by heated colloQuy between Con
gressman Littletield and Mark Smith,
delegate from Arizona, who bitterly
resented what he regarded as the
meddling of New Englander in the
affairs Of the territories, Mr.. Lit
tlefeld started things going by enter