Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-02
BUREAU Of
MINES BILL
Senate Judiciary Committee
Orders Favorable Report
on Hughes Appointment
DEMOCRAT ST|RS UP TROUBLE
Introduces Resolution in House
Requesting Wickersham
Letter on CLAWS.


was introduced in the house today by
Representative Francis Burton Harri-
son, Democrat. of New York, calling
upon the President to furnish the
house with information bearing On the
preparation of the attorney generals
summary of the CLAWS charges, which
the Ballinger-Pinchots committee re-
fused to request from Mr.. Wicker
sham.
Bureau of Mines.
Washington, May 2-The senate to-
day amended and passed the bill
which already had passed the house,
to create a bureau of mines in the in
terror department. In addition to
carrying on mining work heretofore
done by the Geological Survey, the
bureau will investigate the causes of
mine explosions.
Favorable Report on Hughes.
Washington, May 2.-The senate jul
dietary committee today decided to
report favorably the nomination of
Charles E. Hughes to be an associate
Justice of the supreme court of the
United States.
New Mexico Matters.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, May 2-The senate
committee on judiciary has decided to
give a hearing on May 10, to those
opposed to the confirmation of Judge
John R. McFie as an associate justice
|of the New Mexico supreme court.
The Antitrust League has also filed
la protest against the confirmation of
Governor Hughes to be an associate
Justice of the United States supreme
court but the committee decided to re.
port in favor of confirmation never
theless. The two joint resolutions
disappearing the New Mexico law
changing the boundaries of Sierra
county, passed the house and now
go to the President for signature.
The postmaster general has issued an
order to consolidate the rural free de-
livery and star route service after
July 1 under the fourth assistant post
master general.
Railroad Grant Lands.
The bill which has passed the House
providing for the survey of unsurveyed
land grants and for the forfeiture OF
Iunsurveyed grants made to railroads,
| to the government, has been reported
favorably in the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass. The
report shows that there are 12,300,000
acres of unsurveyed railroad lands and
approximately the same amount OF
government land, as the government
owns each alternate section. The re-
port also shows that the Southern Pa
cific railroad is still holding 1,256,60O
acres; and the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad now known as the Santa Fe
Pacific, has 5,406,5S4 acres. There are
in New MEXico 361,S44 acres and in
Arizona 5,044,740 acres. Congress by
an act Of March 2, 1895, provided for
a continuing appropriation of $780,
900 to be used for the survey of these
lands within the limits of land grants
but this appropriation has not been
used for some years past by reason OF
the fact that it had not particularly
been stated that some particular part
was available for Office work on sur
veys executed under it. And because
of this fine distinction the amount has
been regularly appropriated for years
and no part used, but the matter kept
quiet.
The law required the railroads tt
put their share to help pay the ex
pense of the surveys They have fail
ed to do this. Could it be that they
also prevented the government usins
the amount it had in hand for the pur
lpose because the railroads, if the rail
roads might have to pay taxes on the
lands they held, and the governmen
lands might be taken up and the roads
not have further use of it.