The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-12
THE LAWMAKERS.
Congressional Proceedings of
Both Houses.
THE WORK OF YESTERDAY.
The Spanish Treaty ResoIutiOns-The
Senate AdjOurns TIL
Monday.
THE WORK OF YESTERDAY.
The Senate.


following;
/ IEaeredS, A commercial treaty of
great importance has been negotiated
between the United States and Spain,
which was made public by the King of
Spain, to such an extent that it was
cabled from Madrid by the Times, New
York, and given to the American
people by that journal before the same
was presented with becoming sOlemnity
and. secresy to the Senate, and
Whereas, There are provisions of said
treaty materially affecting the subject
of revenues and taxation and involving
no serious questions of diplomacy and
State secrets, discussion thereof should
be in open session, so that the people
may be fully appraised of the reasons
why said treaty should be ratified or
rejected; therefore,
Resolced, That the committee on
rules be directed to report an amend
ment or additional rules requiring that
treaties len concern matters OF
revenue be considered in open session.
On objection by Wilson the matter
went over one day.
Consideration of the Oregon Central
land forfeiture bill was resumed.
Ito. providing that all settlers in good
faith on the lands forfeited, who are
otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to
preference III the right to enter lands
according with the homestead or pre-
empiton laws, and shall be regarded as
having legally settled such lands from
the date OF settlement, and In case such
settler be not so entitled, under the
laws, to purchase not to exceed 160acres
at 81 %. and reducing to $1.25 the price
of even-numbered sections along the
line of the uncompleted portions.
The amendment offered by Plumb
was agreed to, the vote being 80 to IL,
recalling the act of March 80, 1875,
which allowed settlers on railroad lands
subsequently forfeited to locate an
amount equal to the original entry,
without additional cost.
Sherman, in some remarks faVOrlng
) this, said the land was open to home
| stead entry, which was enough.
r It would not do to permit spectators
5 to get a hold on these lands and hold
/ them from settlement. He (Sherman)
: would favor in the bill repeal OF the
t presumption laws, They had long out
lived their usefulness.
! Morgan inquired of Dolph whether
s there were any other parties affected by
the forfeiture than the United States
: government and the railroad company
: Slater did not think there were. He
believed there had been no effort made
: by the company to sell the lands.
\ Dolph believed there was a mortgage
1 and perhaps deed of trust, which en-
? braced in their descriptions all the
e Hands of the company. both earned and
unearned, but supposed that the grantee
- of the land-the grant being made upon
!. conditions subsequent-cOud only take
: or mortgage such rights as existed, and
O ii the conditions had not been per-
e formed, there could have existed no
q right which the mortgage could take.
There were no questions involved,
DoIph said, that would not be clearly
and equitablY settled by the provisions
of the bill.
o. Morgan had understood, in commit
q tee, that there were no mortgages OF
ineumbrance, or that anybody's rights
It were affected except those OF the com
q pany and the government. 1t mort
: cages existed on the lands of the com
: pany, the matter should be looked int
:. and the rights of all parties affected as
. certained. 1t might be that th'
g mortgages rights covered the right t.
- take the lands and build the uhcom
:, pleted portion of the road. He moyet
= to recommit the bill to the COMMITTEES
. on public lands for further examina
" ton.
a member of the committee, he did no
know, until this morning, that mort
cages existed on these lands.
Dolph said he had made, in the com
u mittee, the statement Just made b.
ss him.
~ Morgan remarked that he had no
heard Il. and inquired of Slater whel
he, Slater, had first heard it.
Il Slater replied that he was not sure o
= having heard it before this morning, bn
10 thought the bill protected the rights Q
+ all as it stood.
A. Van WICK said, day after day, unit
- midnight, the attorneys of those rallrea
e companies appeared before the com
70 mittee and made every conceivable OF
&c lection to these forfeitures. Eyerybod
at knew that in every land grant the raj
- road company had put mortgage o.
~ Fits entire grant, and it could have bee
- l-safely assumed from tbs beginning tina
% this company had followed that course
- If Morgan's position was correct, Va
a. Wyek figured, not only would ever
mortgage have to be heard, but ever.
Judgment creditor too.
We Morgan thought the bill should pre-
is vide a complies method of settling b
re fore the courts all question OF rights tnt
or may be involved, as had been done Wit
~ the Atlantic & Pacific forfeiture bill
Is. He insisted on his motion for recon
initial. He expected to vote for the TO
fixture as he had voted for 81
Atlantic & Pacific forfeiture, an
he expected TO vote fer the Te1'
y Pacific forfeiture, but he wante
nc to see carefully provided for the right
- - of mortgages, settlers and lnnocel
e 40 people, who bought the bonds OF II
az. land grant roads. IN
50 After further debate. the bill. at
o'clock. had to yield to unfinished bus
ness of yesterday, being. the bill pr
- yiding for the admission OF Dakota:
his Harrison replied at length TO Vest
- tn re- OOu