Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-04
There Was Some Resistance
to This Move but the Ma
jority Prevailed
SURGEON GENERAL FOR NAVY
Bill to Quiet Title to Refugio
Colony Grant Is Intro
duced.
Special to The New Mexican.

Washington, d. c.. Feb. 4.-Dele-
gate to Congress William H. Andrews
| is in constant attendance on his broth
| er, w. R. Andrews, who is chairman of
the Republican state committee of
Pennsylvania and also secretary of
| the senate committee on postoffices
and post roads, besides being private
secretary to Senator Penrose He is
suffering from a serious attack of
pneumonia. Complications have ap-
peared and the advanced age of the
| patient make his recovery doubtful.
Governor Curry started for Santa
Fe yesterday Judge Frank w. Park
er has also left for home, but will stop
| over in New York.
Representative Diekema introduced
a bill in the House to quiet title to the
| Refugio Colony grant in Dona Ana
county.
Hearing Adjourned.
Washington, Feb Am order to
permit the arrival in the city of coun-
| sci for Secretary Ballinger and to
allow counsel to become familiar with
| the case, the Ballinger-Pinch inves-
tigating committee adjourned it's
| hearings today until next Friday,
February II.
John J. Vertrees of Nashville, Ten
nessee, and Carl Rasch, formerly
United States district attorney for
Montana, have been selected to rep
resent Secretary Ballinger, Land
| Commissioner bennett and Field
| Agent Schfartz in the Ballinger-Pin-
chot controversy.
! Death of Congressman.
Washington, Feb 4.-Representa-
tive William C. Levering of Massa.
chusetts, died this morning, aged Is
years.
! President Much Interested.
| Washington, Feb. 4.-There was
plenty of lively discussion in the ex
ecutive session of the committee this
lmoraing over the question of post
Iponement. Some members of the
committee strenuously opposed any
delay at this time. The majority pre-
vailed however, and Louis R. CLAWS
the star witness for the prosecution
will be held here until Secretary Bal
lingers attorney shall have had an
opportunity to cross examine. The
President has shown an active inter
est in the investigation. Apparently
he concluded from the report of the
Inquiry so far published that the case
is not proceeding in a fair and judicia
manner and has insisted on the reten
J, ,tion of counsel to represent the ad
ministration officers.
l Stokes to Be Surgeon General.
Il Washington, Feb. 4.-Medcila Di
rector Charles F. Stokes will be nom
mated today to be surgeon genera
: of the navy to succeed Rear Admira
!; Presley M. Rixey, who retired volun
: tarily.
Local Causes at Work in Missouri
Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-The re
suit of the election in the Sixth Mis-
souri, district was a shock to th'
i. House organization.
The Democrats are making the mos
of their chance to express their view
as to the meaning of an increase
Democratic vote in Diamonds dis
| trict. Representative Lloyd, Chairman
, of the Democratic Congressional CON
mittee, called on all the Missouri Dem
ocratic Congressman to read mes
sage he had received from Missour
saying that Dickinson's majorit
would exceed 3,,7O0 There was a ger
eral jollification among the Demo
Gratis.
On the Republican side there is
! feeling of seriousness. DeArmond'
majorities were under two thousan
in both the last elections. No one her
can understand that any Democrat i
the Sixth district could be PERSONAL
more popular than the polished an
brilliant DeArmond. Then there mus
be a different reason for the resu
Democrats say it was because tn
l platform upon which Griffith made tn
race indorsed Cannon and his system
Insurgents agree that this must hav
been the cause.
When the matter was mentioned
Charles Nagel of st. Louis, secretar
of commerce and labor in Presider
Taft's cabinet, he said that migl
;. have had something to do with it, bl
there were other causes.
;, Senator Warner said the tari
= might have had something to do wit
g it, as there has not been enough tin
Il since the new law went into effect
= give it fair trial, and there is di
# position to blame the tariff for thins
e which it may not have caused.
al Congressman Mckinley of Illinoi