Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-09
NEW SHIP
SUBSIDY BILL.
Its Aim Is to Destroy Mono
poly of Foreign Mail
Steamers
TO SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS
Total Expenditure Each Year
Is Not to Exceed Four
Million Dollars.

Washington, jar. @.--Senator Oal-
linger today introduced revised
ocean mail and subsidy bill which
eliminates from the present consider
alton all trans-Pacific lines ana ar
plies only to the estat shmeat Of
ocean mail service on routes to
South America. south of the EgHor.
that is. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentine
Chile and Peru. The toal eEpeldit-
ure in any one year is not to exceed
$4,000. 900 and shall not N any ease
exceed the amount of revenue re
ceived from the foreign mail service
over and above the amount ,otherWisG
paid for such service. The farmers
of the bill believe it viii break thJ
monopoly in ocean transportation be
tween the United States and the
principal countries of South America
The new service would require thj
construction of from twenty to thirty
steamships capable of sped of al
least sixteen knots and a gross ton
mage of eight to twelve thousand tons
built on designs approved b. the navy
department. The ships would have
to be turned over to the government
in times of war. Not one American
steamship is now running on any O.
the routes covered by the bill.
The Boundary Resolution.
Special to the New Mexican
Washington, Jan. 9-Tht Texas
New Mexico boundary joint resolution
which passed the Senate was referred
in the House to the judiciary commit
tee. Delegate Andrews and Ira NJ
Bond. correspondent of the NV Mex
lean accompanied the FlIls Con
gressional funeral train to Elkins and
have returned to Washington
Popular Election of Senators.
Washington, Jan. 9.-The Senate
committee on the judiciary this morn
ing failed to agree upon report OF
the resolution providing for the direc
popular election of United States sen
ators Another meeting of the com
mittee may be neld later in the day
Lorimer Refutes Charges.
Washington, Jan. 9.-The fight Il
prevent Senator Lorimer of Illinoi
retaining his seat opened today witt
contest between Senators Beveridg
of Indiana and Owen of Oklahoma
both of whom contested for the righ
to fire the first gun in the cause Ser
ator Beyeridge, by virtue of being
member of the committee on priv
leges and elections gained the victor
by filing minority report of the il
vestigating committee, attacking tn
position of his colleagues on the CON
mittee, who voted to exonerate tn
Illinois senator. Senator Owen how
ever introduced a resolution declarin
the election Of Senator Lorimer nul
and void, but was not permitted to aG
dress the Senate in support, as unde
the rules the resolution goes over ur
til tomorrow. The conclusion of MI
Beveridge'S report was: THAT thi
election was invalid under any pos
sible view of the law" With MI
Beveridge's report was a resolution
THAT William LOrimer was not dul
and legally elected to a seat in tn
United States Senate by the legisla
.ture of Illinois" Before the repor
was filed, Senator Lorimer made
brief speech declaring his innocenc
of bribery and the innocence of hi
friends in any participation of col
rupt practices in connection with hi
election.