Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Senate Agrees to the Con-
ference Report on the Land
Forfeiture Bill.
The House Anti-Lottery Bill
Passed by the House With
out a Word OF Discussion.
The Land Forfeiture Bill.

WASHINGTON. sept. l6.-Nice Pres.
ident Morton presided in the senate
TODAY. The following were among
the bills passed: House bill TO au-
thorize the secretary Of the in erior to
sell certain lands and to grant the
proceeds Of such sale to the town of
Pelican, Oneida county, Wis, for
school purposes. Senate bill to grant
right Of way through public lands for
irrigation purposes,
The conference report On the rail-
road land forfeiture bill WAS resumed
and Senator Morgan continued his ar
gument against 1t. He spoke Of the
first section Of the bill a. unConstitu.
tional and that said bin was u mere
sham and pretense as forfeiture bill.
II was nothing but mere political
performance, invented to get up the
idea that congress WAS forfeiting the
railroad land grants, while the whole
provisions of the bill were 10 confirm
the title Of or, at railway companies to
their lands. Mr.; Morgan related an
incident connected with a railroad
grant in Alabama, wherein a land Of
tice official of that state came to
Washington and finding that patents
for the grant had be n signed at the
land Office weEt to the railroad CON-
pany and offered to get their lands
patented for commission of 10 per
cent. The offer had been accepted,
aud this man had received 10000
acres. The bill would confirm that
fraud, was why he opposed it. Any
senator who wsn'ed to sustain that
fraud might vote for the bill. That
was all that he wanted to say, and
with that be closed his speech. Bate
also opposed the conference report and
asked to be informed where under the
bill, the forfeiture came IN. Plumb
lin charge Of the billy said that 1t for
feited all lands which under the deci-
sion of the supreme court, could be
forfeited. 1t forfeited somewh here be-
tween seven and ten million of acres
of land. 1t confirmed not a single
acre to any railroad company, snd did
not disturb the status of any acre
granted to any railroad company ex-
cept by terminating the right of com.
panies to build any more oftheir roads,
and forfeiting grants opposite TO the
uncompleted portions. Bate said tha,
he was not at bill satisfied with Mr..
Plumb's answer. He desired to know
how much land was to he forfeited
under the bill and how much was to
be confirmed. Although he desired
to see these railroad lands forfeited, he
wss compelled to vote against the con-
ference report. A vote was then
taken and the conference report was
agreed to by strict party vote-yeas,
20; nays l3.
The house anti.lottery bill was then
on motion of Sawyer taken from the
calendar and passed without a word
of discussion.
On motion of Plumb the senate pro.
ceeded to the consideration of the
house bill to repeal the timber culture
laws. Plumb, who reported the bill
back from the committee on public
lands, moved an amendment in the
nature of IA substitute that no more
.han $40, instead of 100. acr' , shall be
embraced in one townsite entry.
Agreed 10. Plumb also moved to add
TO the substitute new section limit
ing existing reser soir sites to 30 much
land only rs is actually necessary to
the construction and maintenance OF
reservoirs. Agreed to.
coLoRADo's POPULATION.
The population Of the state Of Colo
RADIO, according to the count of the
census bureau, 10 4lO,975. This is an
increase during the decade Of 2l6,6iS,
or lll.49 per cent. The population OF
the city Of Pueblo 10 given ~ 26,l2s,
which is an increase Of 774.35 yer cent.
The population Of Leadville 10 ll,l5s,
showing . decrease Of S,66l, or 24.7C
per cent. .
The total Offers of ~ per cent. bopd,
to the treasury today for the entire
country 90 far a. heard from aggre-
gated about s9O0.opo. The prepay,
mens Of interest on the A. amounted
10 about $500, 900.
A bill carrying an appropriation o
SlOO. 900 to defray tbs cost Of the erso
tion Of 0 United States mint at Oma
ha was today introduced In the hous
BY Representative Connsll. He Gle
INTRODUCED . bill for the erection Of
statusor monument In the city q