Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-23
Nominations by President.


Washington, D. c., May 23.-The
president today nominated Cornelius
O'keefe, as customs collector for Ar
izona; John McCourt, as United
States attorney for Oregon; Frank
c. Bramwell, register of the land Of
flee at La Grande, Oregon.
Arizona Urges Abolition Ct Com
merce Court.
Washington, D. c., May 23.-The
abolition of the commerce court was
urged in petition from the Arizona
legislature presented to the Senate
today. The petition asserts that the
court is used ny The railroads 10
block the work Of the interstate COM
merce commission"
Adverse Report on Wool Bill.
Washington, D. c., May 23.-The
Senate committee on finance today au-
thorized Senator Smoot of Utah to-
report adversely the House wool tar
iff revision bill and to announce that
later the Republican members of the
committee would take up the framing
CT a Republican substitute. The ad-
verse report was on six to eight vote
WOOL BILL
In presenting the committees ad-
verse report on the House bill, Mr..
Smoot stated that the majority eX-
pected to report a substitute. Senator
| Hepburn protested that as the ma jori-
ty had taken no action, no member had
a right to make such promise which
vas calculated, he said, ito create the
impression that the Republican party
| is about to enter upon a revision of
! the tariff"
No Tariff Board for Him.
| Senators Lodge and Penrose added
that the Republican members of the
committee would present a bill based
On the report Of the tariff board.
Congress legislates and it has no
master to dictate its course said Mr.
! Hepburn, tersely, indicating pur.
pose not to be guided by the tariff
board.
| Wool Tariff Too High?
Senator Bailey remarked that a
majority of the Republican members
Of the committee wanted to confess
that the rates of the Payne-Aldricn
bill were too high and that Senator
Hepburn did not agree with them.
That states my position accurate
ly," replied Mr.. Hepburn. Il do moi
want a revision"
And the others do concluded Mr.
Bailey
Free Use of Panama Canal for Amer
cans.
! Washington, D. c., May 23.--By 6
vote of LAT to 1876 the House today re
affirmed its decision that no toll should
be charged American vessels engaged
in coast wise trace for passage
through the Panama canal. The pro
vision was bitterly fought and the re
suit was received with cheers.
The canal government bill eventu
: ally was passed 206 to 81. Represen
tative Broussard of Louisiana sough
unsuccessfully to amend the provision
prohibiting railroads from operating
vessels in competition with their owl
. lines. The amendment would hav,
made such provision apply specifcal
ly to the traffic through the Panam;
canal.
Magdalena Bay Correspondence.
Washington, d. c., May 23-Presi
: dent Taft, responding to a resolution
by Senator Hitchcock, today sent t.
r the Senate a second message on tn
2 reported activity of japanese in tn
=, vicinity of Magdalena Bay, Mexico
t The president transmitted all of tn
f correspondence between the state lie
: partment and the American Synd
Y cate which owned land it was propos
Y ed to sell to a Japanese fishing con
. pany. This correspondence was brief
set forth in the first message.