Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-27
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Money Trust Investigation

|
Vestigation the committee on bank
ing and currency announced today
| that it had sent to more than 10000
banks request for detailed informa
ton on all phases of their business
and their relations with other institu
tions. The committee has embraced
national, state, private and savings
! banks in its inquiry, as well as loan
and trust companies. Reports are
asked for showing conditions at close
| of business April 80.
| Direct Election of Senators.
Washington, D. c.. April 27.-The
| House will not act in the coEstitu,
! tiOnal amendment for direct election
Of senator's until the pOstoffice appro-
priation bill has been disposed of
| Chairman Rucker of the elections
committee said today he had intended
! to ask for immediate agreement witt
! the Senate on the direct election reso.
! luton, but that at the request of mem
! bers who desired to speak on the sub
ject had decided to Withhold action
until next week.
Fall and Catron File Expenses.
Senators Fall and Catron have filed
| their campaign expense statements
with the secretary of state.
! - L
for hotel expenses while entertaining
! friends at Santa Fe.
Senator Catron's expenses show that
| he gave Solomon Luna $500 as treas.
urer of the Republican state commit
tee and $50 to Celso Lopez, treas
urer of the Santa Fe committee.
| National Park for Elephant Butte
Senator Fall, of New Mexico, will
shortly introduce a bill in the senate
! to create National park and game
preserve at Elephant Butte dam.
Bills From New States.
Bills havebeen introduced in the
senate as follows: By Senator Mark
Smith to appropriate $150,000 for a
site and erection of a public building
at Nogales, AriZ.
| Annex for Soldiers.
BY Senator Catron for erection of a
! public building at Ration, N. NJ, to
| cost S1S0,000: also providing that an
annex to all the national homes for
I disabled volunteer soldiers be esta
! bished in Ten Mile gap between the
Organ and Franklin mountains, n. NJ
in section "a, township 25 south
range 3 east, New Mexico meridian
about % miles north of Ell Paso, Tex.
| Campbell Taken to Task.
Washington, D. c., April 27.-Pre
sidential politics again held the atten
! tion of the House today Representa-
| tive Langley of Kentucky, Republi
can, took Representative Campbell OF
Kansas, Republican, to task for his re
! cent attack on Colonel Roosevelt.
Il do not think it proper for gentle.
men who may have gotten the worst
o. it on the stump or in the newspaper
to come into the House and air their
! grievances said Mr.. Langley.
! The Kentuckian a little later de
| clared that if the Republican leaders
continued to fight each other Dem.
ocratic victor in November might be
expected. The postofIice appropria
ton bill was under consideration.
"Harvester Trust" Again.
Representative Barnhart of Indiana
Democrat, speaking on his amend
ment to the postal laws to require the
names of owners, stockholders and
publishers OF newspapers to be print
ed daily, contended there were many
| rumors that the International Har
vester Company controlled certain
New York papers and that he knew
| il controlled a certain Chicago paper
, Il don't think the gentleman know!
that interrupted =. Representative
| Mann.
Charged rribuns ,st Organ.
| do not the McC .uKs control the
/ Chicago Tribune?' asked Mr.. Banhart
| Not the same McCormicks who
! are in the International Harvester
Company" said Mr.. Mann.
Are they not the same family?'
! asked Mr.. Banhart.
F.. NO, not even the same family,
! said Mr.. Mann.
"My information has been that the
same family that are the principa