Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-11
IN CONGRESS-.
The Sale of Mineral Lands
to Aliens.
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.
The Deadlock in the House Con
tinues-NOminatiOnS and
News in General.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON April 10.-Among the
petitions and memorials presented
and referred in the Senate to-day wa
one for amendments to the interstate
commerce bill, SO as to make the &C
apply to the transportation OF oil b,
the pipe lines.
On motion of Sherman, the Freed
mans Bank bill was taken from The
calendar and referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
Plumb, in presenting petition il
favor Of the bill to preserve the Vel
lowstone Park, said that it was one o
many which had been sent to him and
which were evidently circulated from
center and had personal purposes
for their foundation.
Vest said the Senators from Kansas
was mistaken. The bill which had
passed the Senate had been drawn
by himself from his personal knowl-
edge of the affairs at the Park. 1t
had been reported from the Commit
tee on Territories, OF which he was
not member, and had no personal
object. Dawes asked Plumb whether
he proposed to have the Yellowstone
Park surrendered; if not, did he pro-
pose to adopt measures for its preser-
walton. He was in favor OF its pres
ervation, and was, therefore, in favor
of all proper means and measures to
secure its preservation.
Plumb replied that he was in favor
of the preservation of the Park
The Senate resumed consideration
OF the bill to authorize the sale to
aliens OF certain mineral lands
The question was on the amend
ment offered by Faulkner, requir-
ing a majority of the stockholders
trustees or directors of mining COM
pany to be citizens of the United
States. The amendment was re-
jected.
Gray moved to amend the bill by
inserting these words: "But Legis-
latures of Territories may prescribe
conditions on which mining claims,
works or property used in the produc-
ton of metals from said mineral lands
or claims may be owned, operated or
worked by corporations created
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Or in any of the States of the United
States" After much discussion Gray
modified his amendment SO as to
simply provide that the laws of the
United States and Territories shall
be, until changed by an act of Con-
gress or OF Territorial legislation, the
same same as though this act had not
been passed.
On motion Of Hawley. the phrase
ology of the bill was amended, and
the bill passed-yeas, 81 nays, 13.
It reads as follows: "That an
Act entitled 'Ah Act to Re-
strict Owners of Real Estate in
the Territories to American citizens,
ETC.. approved March 3rd, 1887, shall
not relate to or in any way or manner
affect the title to mineral lands or
mining claims in the Territories of the
United States which may be acquired
or had been under the mineral land
laws of the United States, nor to
mills or other reduction works or
property used in the production Of
metals from said mineral lands or
claims; but as to all such mineral
lands, mining claims, mills, reduction
works and other property, the laws of
the United States aud of the Territor-
les shall be, until changed by act Of
Congress or an act of Territorial legis-
lature, the same as though said act
had not been passed.
The Senate then resumed to the con-
sideration of the bill to provide for
the admission of the State Of South
Dakota and the organization of the
Territory of North Dakota.
Butt. hoped that the present Terri
tory OF Dakota would not be dismem-
bered. The question Of admission of
Territories was entirely within the
discretion of Congress. If any other
doctrine should prevail why should
not the Territory Of Utah be admitted
as State, or what was to prevent
100 900 socialists, anarchists, nihilists
and communists taking refuge in some
corner of the Territory and proceeding
to frame a constitution and State
Government and demaR4 to be admit
ted as a State. The bill of the minority
he said proposed to authorize the
people of the Terri ory to meet in con-
yention, frame constitution and State
Government and submit them to Con-
gress and (upon third ratification by
Congress) to declare Dakota a State
of the Union. The majority bill on the
other hand had proposed to ratify aud
confirm the so-called constitution
adopted in South Dakota two and one
half years ago and to seat as United
States Senators, two gentlemen, Re-
publicans, who claim to have been
then elected. Would the Senate con
sent to seat as full fedged Senators
equal to those who represented
SOVEREIGN STATES,
Two men who simply represented
1900 votes out of los, 900 votes? That
was the proposition. He referred to
one of the gentlemen seeking q seat as
O Senator from Dakota (Mr. Edgerton)
as one whom he had spoken OF
-courteously in the last Congress, but
who in a recent speech in Dakota,
had alluded to him in an offensive
manner, drawing as parallel case q
Southern man who learned nothing,
forgot nothing and resorted to the
bowie knife and revolver, and the
Dakota man whose weapons were the
Bible and the spelling-book. That,
said he, after reading this extract
from Mr.. Edgerton's speech, is the
language of a man to whom extended
the courtesy of expressing
kindly feelings when he was
attempting to get a seat on this floor
He is entitled to all the credit and all
the honor and all the eclat and pres
tige which that character Of language
can give him, but may be permitted
to say that if had to select either at
.comnanions or citizens of a prea1