The evening world., 1890-07-18
CONGRESS DAY BY DAY.
THE LAND GRANT FORFEITURE BILL
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Conditions Under witch tho Record
MAY lie Dortorcd-Iitnt Plays upvoc
with Member. mud Intrrirrcz with
Busiurss-Tbr SrrnIc Mndc 20 Prog.
resr on the sundry JIvII nil.


into Committee oi the Nholc-Nlr Peter
Kan. III the chair ON the Land Grant For
tciture bill.
A short debate, raitcit ated in Ivy Mr.
McEsc Afk. Nil Cpbb ,AIR., aud Mr.. Pay
son III" cntuod, hut the heatof tho cham
Der was Rn great thatR ma ority oi the mem
bets sought the hiCt2es to hc iounu III th,
lobby, aud but little attention was gwen t,
| the uiaCussIon.
Mr.. Anderson kan offered an amend
mcrt turIeit.ng railroad lands not earned a
the time limited by the granting acts.
Lost-yeas. ~; nays. 1s.
On mut.on OF MIR. Herbert iAla.) al
amendment was adopted providing that al
cash entries heretofore permitted to bt
made within the limits of the grant to aid
in the construction ui the Alabama and Flor.
ida or the Mobile aud Girard railroads bu
validated, aud patents issued to purchascr-
thereof, provided that the Government re-.
tains the purchase money!
MIR. Holman und. offered an amendment
forieitiug all land not earned within the
time limited by the granting act-. Lost
yeas, %; nays, 80.
MIR. Mcliae Ark offered ali amendment
directing the Atturney-Geueral to institute
suit against persons holding lauds opposite
to the constructed portion of railroads
which wa, not constructed within the :imo
specified in the granting act.
MIR. Bynum Iud. in the course of some
brief remarks read from tie manuscript of
the official reporters of the htrJyd the re-
port OF the recent colioquy between Mr.
Ia: non all MIR. Houk, III which they re.
lerred to each other AZ nuisances. This
| re ference was omitted from the RrcO,d. and
in alluding to tho omission Mr.. By mum
quoted from speech made by Mr.. Cannon
during the Fiftleth Congress, deprecatlng u
mutilation of the RecOrd.
MIR. Cannon raj that during the colloQuy
re erred to in the heat of debate he Cannon
and the gentleman from Tennessee iHouk
al said things which they wUuld not have
said in cooler moment But that cololuy
had beeu personal to themselves. aud from
time immemorIal personal matters of that
kind had been ION agreement between the
spntlemeW left ont OF the RcCDrd. The
,cntemau from Tennessee and himself had
met AZ gentlemen should meet. after their
blood had cooled lite. They had agreed
that il was due to themselves and to the
esteem which they entertained for each
other to leave out of the Record the purely
per,o ,onal matter. This had been done u
thousand times, and, 20 far as he knew
heretofore no man had questioned tie n ght
on one hand ar the propriety on the other.
II had remained for the gentleman
from Indiana to rise III lis place aud
put in the RscOrd what had been stricken
thcroTromby agreement between the two gem
temen concerned. In Justification for thi,
. IN IN m nj
the last Congress, and read where het Cannon,
protested against the mutIlation of the Rrt-
prd. He recollected the circumstance well.
1t was q controversy between the gentleman
from Indiana lBynuml and himself. Tie
gentleman did not come to him and agree to
strike ont what had been said, but had
struck it out without consultation. lie
Cannon was Rratiiied 10 believe that there
was no Representative on either side of the
House. save alone the gentleman from In-
diana. who had the heart on one hand or
the maiignity OIL the other. to seek to oh
trude himself where, under the parliament
airy usage OF the House, he did not belong.
Applause on lepubllc IN side.D
Mr.. Eynum said that the gentleman was
mistaken in regard to the controver y be-
tween them at the last Congress. He BY
mum had not kept anything ont OF the
Record. hut had made one of his statements
more specific. SO TAR As the gentleman de-
nunc alton Was concerned the gentleman
had perfect privilege and right to utter IT.
Hear! heart Republican hlssea.
Mr.. Cannon (deprecatiuglyl-l beg the
gallant gentleman from Indiana not to hurt
me outside OF the House. Qaughter.)
The Mcliae amendment was lost-leas,
70: nays. 93; and the bill Was reported to
the House.
MIR. Holman moved to recommit the bill
with instructions 10 the Committee on Pub
nc Lands to report it back with a proyiso
furie.mg all lardA not earned within the
time limited III the granting acts. Lost
\ cas-, \ i;uayE, lOI.
1he bill was then passed.
lie bill, which In n Senate bill with a
House substitute therefor, forfeits all lands
granted TO AID III the construction of a rail- !
road opposite to aud cpleimlnuus with the
portion OF any such railroad not now COM
IN the Senate Mr.. Gray. moved the con-
sideratlon al tue HonEe bill tn transfer tie
department To the Navy. Nh Allison |
hoped the motion would not be pressed, as /. |
was very important that the Suudry, ClNl |
soon a. possible. Mr.. Gray withdrew the |
motion, sAylng he would renew II AT the first |
con, ,enleHt time.
1 lie EenAlt resumed COnhlutFhllOn OF tHe
Sundry CiVll Appropriation bill, the penu- |
lng question being ON tie amendment To |
AID to the appropriation of $500, 600 fOr |
topogtAphIc survey. prOVlslon inat one |
half OF that sum should be expended west OF
the lGlst meridian, aud that the act OF |
October. lhSs, TeHerNlng rTIgable lands, |
be repealed.
MIR. Call continued his argument against |
the amendment. He argued IN favor of u |
continuance OF the irrigation surveys, and |
Said that ali irrigation schemes uu a large |
scale that had been successful had beeu |
established Dy governments. The repeal Ot !
the irrigation law would, lac sad, Omen that /
vast area OF aria lauda, l, goo, 900 sqGaIe |
miles, TO the operations ot loIe.gn syudi- |
Gates, Who would seize much OF IL under the /
Desert LRnt and The 4 Timber Land laws, ami !
the people would be deprived OF their use |
and oCcupAt OH.
Mr. Moody argued in favor OF the ameud- |
ment and spoke OF Its tranrceudent lupuT- |
tAnce ~ the people OF south Dakota. lie |
rldlelled the pfetenriOus Oi Ma or Powell, |
aud spoke of hlm as " tycoon of many 1
taIlI, who knew as much about the arid /
Iauds ot tile West a. lie did about tEe mouu- |
tRlur OF the moon, aud not one " hit more. /
i he region in which he Nj. Moody lived. !
and Tor hundreds OF mies west OF II, which 4
AasOr Powell had deslg Ated - ard lAud, ,
Was As tne an agricultural country as the l
sun ever shone upon. There Nas not an /
acre VI desert land IN IT, IL WAS a. well /
wAteTed as any part OF New England or as
TIE state ~ New York. lie denied. however, |
that these lands were withdrawn n M eetl.e-
ment N der the con HtTuCt on given 10 the /
lrrIEAuOn act. n they had been the people
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