St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-12
TIL f. HOUSE.
Passage Of the Gtii Eorfeiting the
OntOnagOn & EBruie River Railway
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-On motion of
Mr.. Peters. Kan. bill was passed extend
ing the laws of the United States over GER
tam unorganlzed territory south OF the state
of Kansas, known as the public land strip,
and providing that this land shall be subject
to entry by actual settlers under homestead
law. The speaker announced the appoint
of MeSsrS Morris, Harr son and McKinlay as
conferereS Oh the fractional gallon bill and
of Messrs. Cobb. Van Eaton and Payson
on the alien landlord bill. Mr.. Randall
moved the house proceed to the considera-
ton of the Sundry civil appropriation bill,
but the motion was lost, 119 To 121. In the
morning hour Mr.. Payson, ILL.,, on behalf
of the committee on public lands called I'D
the bill
DECLARING A FORFEITURE
of the OntOnagOn u Brule river land grant.
lii detailing the circumstances of the grant,
Mr. Payson declared that from the organ
ization of the Ontenagon d Brule River
company no steps had ever been taken by
it which did not indicate that that organ
iZation had been purely speculative, and
effected for the purpose OF getting land
from the general government. 1t had been
an attempt at barefaced robbery from its
conception down to the present time Re-
ferring to the statement made by persons
interested in the road. that it had been ac-
cepted by commissioners and reported upon
as having been built in trSt-claSs style, he
asserted that miles of the road had no other
ballast than ice and snow. which, melting
in the spring, left the rails held in sls-
pension eight inches above the ground. In
support of his assertion. he produced pho
tographs Of various sections of the road and
commented upon them, much to the amuse-
ment of the house. A bridge. as depicted
by photograph, he declared to be
BUMPED LIKE A CAMEL,
and backed liked whale, section of
mile in length showed but one railroad tie,
while 250 foot cut was shown as being
filed with logs and brush. The bill was
passed without a division. Ut forfeits
3S4. 800 acres.) The house then went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Hammond in
the chair, on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. In the course of the general debate,
Mr. Lanham. OF Texas, made an appeal in
favor of the redemption of the trade dollar,
and alluding to the standard silver dollar he
declared that it's coinage would never be
suspended, no matter who might recon-
mend to the contrary. Mr.. Herbert, of
Alabama, said that while the sundry civil
bill appropriated less than the bill of last
year,
THE DECREASE
was attributed to the fact that the commit
tee OH appropriations had surrendered jur-
isdiction over the items for navy yards and
the new naval observatory, claiming that
those items could be provided for in the
regular naval appropriation bill. He con-
tended On the contrary, that the appropri
tions for the objects named should be made
in the sundry civil bill, which would then,
instead of showing decrease, exceed in
amount of appropriations the bill of last
year. Mr.. Randall argued that the naval
committee had proper jurisdiction over the
subject of navy yards, but they pointed out
that when they were provided for in the
pending measure the bill would still carry
less money than that OF last year. Pend
ing further discussion the committee rose
fha uAI