Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-20
SCRAP OVER
COMMITTEE
Democrats Furious Over
Turn Down in Ballinger
Controversy
CAUCUS NOMINATIONS GO
Regular Republicans Garry the
Day But Interesting Time
is Promised.

washington, Jan. 2O.-Ihe Currlef
resolution naming the Republican eau
Gus appointees was adopted 1856 to
145. The nominees are Mccall of
Massachusetts; Olmstead of Pennsyl-
vania; DENLY of Michigan; Madison
of Kansas; James of Kentucky; Lloyd
of Missouri. After Clayton had made
an impassioned speech in favor of
substituting Rainey for Lloyd, his mo-
ton was lost The action of the Re-
publicans in ousting Rainey from this
committee after the latter had been
selected by the Democrats was bit
terly resented by the Democratic floor
leaders, and lively times on the floor
are predicted.
Senate Committee Named.
Washington, Jan. 20.-Vice Presi
dent Sherman today announced the
following as Senate members of the
! Ballinger committee: Nelson
| of Minnesota; Flint of California;
Sutherland of Utah; Root of New
! York, Republicans, and Paynter of
! Kentucky, and Fletcher of Florida,
! Democrats.
Public Land for City Parks.
Washington, Jan. 20.-Representa'
tive Taylor introduced a bill to amend
the general law granting public lands
to cities for park and cemetery pur-
poses in such manner as to permit
towns in Colorado and elsewhere to
acquire sites of desirable size and
! location for the establishment of
parks. The bill increases the size of
allotments from 160><to 1900 acres,
and provides that they may be ac-
quired anywhere within fifteen miles
of a town instead of within three
miles, as the general law provides.
Taylor's bill contains everything that
lconservationists could desire, mas.
much as it exempts such timber sup
plies and mineral deposits as may be
appurtenant to the lands sought.
/ Sale of Timber on Indian Lands.
| Secretary Ballinger sent to Con
gress draft of bill to provide fo1
the sale of timber on allotted and un.
allotted Indian lands.
The proposed bill provides that the
mature living and dead and down tim
Der on unalloted land of any Indian
reservation may be sold under such
regulations as may be prescribed by
the secretary of the interior, and the
proceeds of such sales shall be used
hnnnfit nf hn Tn of he
reservation in such manner as the
secretary may decide.
i The bill also provides that the tim
Der on the allotment of any Indian
may be sold with the consent of the
secretary of the interior.
Census of Irrigation.
Representative Martin today appear
ed before the census committee of the
House to argue in favor of an amend
ment to the census act calling for in
formation relative to private irriga
tion enterprises.
The committee, hearing Martins
statement, requested that he introduce
a joint resolution covering the points
his constituency seems to have GOV
cred in the coming census.
Following that suggestion, Repre-
sentative Martin introduced join
resolution, which provides that the
director of the census shall direc
proper inquiries to be made in the
thirteenth decennial census, to secure
names and locations of all private in
rigation enterprises, the character o
organization, whether individual, CO
operative, corporate or otherwise; tn,
amount of capital actually invested
the quantinty of water appropriated
the quantity available hereunder
9 stream taken from; acreage irrigated
cost per acre, and unused available
capacity.
The BaIIncer Investigation.
Washington, Jan. 20.-An investiga
= ton of the charges made against Sec
;. retary Ballinger of the interior de
partment by Representative Hitchcocl
6 of Nebraska, alleging extravaganza il
). the interior department, including tn,
charges affecting the, e,secretary and hi
j his cousin, Jack Ballinger, was begun
i. before the house committee on ex
penditures yesterday. COMMISSIONS
Fred bennett of the general land OF
flee, who is involved, and Mr.. Hitch
!. cock, who stirred up the trouble, wer
present.
d SECRETARY Ballinger will not appea
but probably will send letter to tn
committee. The charge as to "Jack
Ballinger being paid travelling ez
S penses was not brought up.
e The employees of the interior dc
f partment specifically mentioned in tn
d charges will be asked to appear Nor
J. day. Commissioner bennett told tn
d committee that he would hav