Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-12
SANTA FE IS
WEAKMINDED
Because Great Majority of
People Are Backing
Judge McFie
SUCH IS ASSERTION MADE
Wagner viii Have Lots to Ex-
plain When He Gets
Home.
Special to the New Mexican.

Washington, d. c., May 12.-The
Senate committee on judiciary this
afternoon heard speeches against and
on behalf of the confirmation OF Judge
John R. McFie as associate justice OF
the territorial supreme court. Attor-
ney R. H. Hanna reviewed long
printed document and devoted the lat
ter half of his harangue to Hon. 7. B.
Catron whom he denounced in un-
measured terms. A man named Wag-
ner appeared before IT, committee
and asserted that Mct - was weak
minded and that all the en- and wom-
en-, hundreds Of them, tat signed pc
titions, letters and te'e5rams in be-
half of Judge McFie, W re Weak-mind-
ed. Chairman Clark thereupon sug-
gested Clat the judge was at least
not inferior to the other people.
Hon. Thomas B. Catron then made
a scorching reply to Hanna and Wag-
ner. Judge Mann declared that he
had served five years on the bench
with Judge McFie and that the latter
pie OF New Mexico. Colonel E. w.
DObson closed with a telling address
for McFie.
The Senate today promptly con-
f,med the appointment of Miss Lucy
P. Waring to be postmaster at Aztec,
Slr. LLan county.
Representative Stephens of Texas
offered an amendment to the Indian
bill that the President and the state
of Texas, each, appoint a commission
er to adjust the boundary between
New Mexico and Texas, the object be-
ing to take about a million acres from
the eastern part of New Mexico to
annex it to Texas. The Pennsylvania
delegation, however, effectively block
ed the attempted steal. Butler, Re-
pl LliCan, of Pennsylvania, made the
point of order that the amendment
WAS not germane, and debate that
will fill thirty columns of the Con-
gressional Record, ensued. Repre-
sentative Burke of Pennsylvania a
brother of Postmaster Burke at Santa
Fe, who was in the chair, finally ruled
that the amendment not being ger
name was not in order. 1t was a splen-
did parliamentary victory for Delegate
w. H. Andrews and the Pennsylvania
Republican delegation.
New Mexico Contributes $73,717.
Washington, May 12.-As was eX-
pected, the second New York internal
revenue, collection district compris-
ing Manhattan, lying south of West
Twenty-fourth street, will pay the
largest assessment under the corpora
ton tax, amounting to $3,274,74S.
The first Illinois, Chicago, district
will pay the next highest, the assess
ment being $2,2S6,7S6, with the twen.
ty-third Pennsylvania, Pittsburg dis
trict, third at $1,56309S.
San Francisco will pay three-quar
ters of million tax and the ST. Louis
districts $675,666.
The Montana district sent in the
largest number or returns, II, 372
but the assessments aggregated only
$264,261. New Mexico made 1851
returns, assessments $73,717; the
third Texas district 2,734 returns; as
sessments $214,7S6, and the fourth
Texas district 2,673 returns, assess
ments sf79,O15.
Dam in White Rock Canon.
Washington, May 12.-With th'
$30,000,000 in irrigation certificates
practically assured, central New Mex
leo may get $9,O0O,0OO for a project il
White Rock canon.
Delegate Cameron made tellin!
speech before the house committee ol
territories in favor of the Phoeni
bond issue for a lighting plant.
Owing to opposition of attorney
Chambers, of Phoenix, and others fro1
Los Angeles, the bill was forced owe
to another day for a further hearing
Cameron's bill establishing burea
of mines in the interior department
with several unimportant amendment
passed the house.