Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-21
TEXAS BOUND
AIRY Up AGAIN
House Does Not Seem Right
ly to Know What DISPOSE
ton to Make of 1t
ONE HOURS DEBATE WANTED
Boutell Offers Resolution That
Is Sent to Committee
on Rules.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.-Con
gressman Boutell offered a resolution
that upon the passage of the resolu.
ton. the Texas-New Mexico boundary
joint resolution shall be considered
with one hours debate before reading
the bill for amendment. The resolu-
ton was referred to the committee
on rules and ordered printed.
indescribabe Conditions.
Washington, Jan. 2I,-That Secre-
tary Nagel of the department of com
merce and labor has suppressed
much Of the reports of agents of la
Dor bureaus, because of their revela.
tions concerning the private lives Of
people in North Carolina and other
southern states was asserted in the
Senate today by Senator Overman
He stated that some of the reports
were so revolving in character that il
printed the law prohibiting the cir.
culation of obscene literature would
prohibit their transmission through
| the mails.
The statement followed an inquiry
! by Senator Beveridge as to the pub
/ LEGATION of the reports of investiga
ton in to the employment of women
and children made a few years age
( by the bureau of labor.
1t was at this juncture that Mr.
Overman made his statement con
cerning the course of Secretary Ma
gel.
Il heard Of the vile character o
some Of these reports" he said, "an(
went TO Mr.. Nagel about them. He
told me that the revelations were suct
that he had felt called upon to sup
press them, 1t would seem that some
Of the agents had gone into th'
mountains and had taken it upor
themselves to investigate the private
affairs Of the people when the iay
authorized an inquiry only into th
labor condition"
The inquiry in question was mad
at a cost of 100000.
New Mexico Senators Expected in
December.
Washington, Jan. 1-Republica
Senate leaders today are trading VI
on the prospect of New Mexico wit
, a conservative constitution winnin
and Arizona with progressive cor
. stitution losing the struggle for in
! mediate statehood AS New Mexic
: is Republican and Arizona is Demo
cratic, they predict that the prospec
. tive Republican majority Of eight i
F the Senate will be changed to 10 bt
, fore next December.
New Mexico will have its constitr
tion in the hands of President Tat
=, for approval by the middle of Febrr
, ary. Arizona cannot get the resul
of the vote on its constitution t
Washington before Congress adjourn
March l.
Approval of the constitution of Ney
Mexico by the President in the latte
: part of February and the failure O.
\ the part Of Congress to disapprove Q
the document will enable the peopl
4 of the territory to organize as a stat
l and send two senators and two repre-
l sentatives to Congress next winter
: New MeXicans are aptimisti
= enough to predict their star will g
+ into the flag on July /, 1911.
n Secretary Norton Will Resign.
i Washington, Jan. 2L-The fac
2 that Charles D. Norton, secretary t
\ the President would retire from tha
\ position in the near future and retur
q to private business in Chicago, wa
o disclosed today in connection with tn
proposal to increase the salary of tn
, position from $4,000 to $4,000
-. year.
It was said in the subcommittee {
the Senate committee on finance ths
while Mr. Norton strongly urged tn
y increase in connection with the r,
t organization of the White Hous
staff, he had declared he would M
: himself get the benefit of the il
U crease.
l. Successor for Abernathy.
Washington, Jan. 21.-The Pres
/ dent today sent to the Senate tt
/ nomination of William s. Cade of O.
d lahoma to be U. S. marshal of Il
l. western district of Oklahoma. JAG
S Alternately recently resigned this G