Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-04-05
Colorado Irrigation
Company Loses
Out in Contest.
TARIFF DEBATE DRAGs ALONG
Filipino Business Interests
Reported as Opposed to
Payne Bill

Washington, ID. e., April "a rule
is to be reported today in the House
to govern amendments to the Payne
tariff bill which will provide % per
cent ad valorum duty on petroleum
in place of the present countervailins
duty and will permit vote on the
question of free lumber
Democrat AssaiIs Protective Policy.
THE protection clock strikes II in
this bill as certainly as am standing
here" said Mr.. Burgess of Texas, in
opposing the protective policy of the
Republican party "You are deluding
yourself into believing that you are
making an effort to give the people
bread but you know you are not do
ing it" he exclaimed.
FiIipinos Butting In.
Washington d. c., April 5.-Messrs.
Legario and O'Campo, the resident
Philippine commissioners, today re-
,ceived a cablegram which they re-
gard as a complete rebuttal of the
statements issued from the Insular
Bureau to the effect that the business
interests of the islands are favorable
tc the Payne bill. The message is
from President F. Fernandez of the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court Decides Dispensary.
Case.
Washington, D. c., April 5.-The
South Carolina dispensary case involv
ing the disposition of 100000 dispen-
sary funds was decided today by the
Supreme Court of the United States
i'll favor of the Dispensary Commits
sion.
Irrigation Company Loses Out.
Washington, D. c., April 5.-A deci-
sion today was rendered by Commits
sioner bennett, of the General Land
Office in favor of the contestants and
against the Red Lands Irrigation and
Power Company Colorado corpora
tjcn, in case involving fourteen des-
ert land entries approximating 4,30O
acres in the Montrose Land District.
lie recommends that the entries be
cancelled on the ground of not hav-
ing been made in good faith. The de-
cision is subject to further appeal
to the Secretary of the Interior.
Andrews Is Busy
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, d. G., April 5.-Dele-
gate w. H. Andrews has thus far in
trOduced one hundred and seventy
bills at this session of Congress. Also
one resolution to increase the COM
pensation of the two messengers of
the office of the disbursing clerk. AL
though the governorship of Arizona
, was offered Judge Sloan as announced
Ly The New Mexican more than a
week ago, the matter was again dis
cussed today at the White House, by
HOval Smith, chairman of the Arizona
Republican committee.
VOTE TO BE TAKEN FRIDAY.
Washington, D. c., April 5.-The
final vote on the tariff bill was fixed
for Friday at 8 p. m. in rule report
ed today. The order limits amend
ments to these coming from the COM
mittee, on lumber, hides, barley and
malt paragraphs.
Mason and VanderWeide Win.
Washington, April 5.-The Supreme
Court of the United States today af-
firmed the decision acquitting William
r. Mason and Joseph Vanderweide,
who in 1907 were charged with the
murder of Joseph Walker, special
agent of the Department of Justice at
a coal mine in La Plata county, Colo
rado. The men pleaded self defense
and were acquitted in the state court.
The federal district court later upheld
this verdict and an appeal was taken.
The EIkins Revolt.
The outcry in the Senate by Sen
ator Stephen B. Elkins against the
sdictation by New England in the fash
ioning of the tariff bill is causing no
end of talk at the Capitol. How far
the revolt that the West Virginian
and his colleague, Senator Scott, have
started will go is one of the uncertain
ties of the situation that makes it
hard to tell what the outcome of the
revision of the tariff will be.
Elkins ordinarily is one of the fore
most supporters of the organization
In the Senate. But In this case he
anv4 Il. L rsA -. 1.
vised in the interest of New England,
and that the South, in which he in
cludes West Virginia, is getting the
worst Of the deal He holds that in
its efforts to get free raw materials
In order to help its manufactures, New
England, with its three members on
the finance committee has gone too