Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-25
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report on the sundry civil appropriatiou bill.
Mr.. Cannon explained that in former confer
ence all the disagreements had been settled
except this disagreement on the Senate amend
of the public lands. The Senate had place d
legislation OF wide-reaching Importance on the
bill The House conferees would have been
glad to have dispensed with any legislation,
but the Senate conferees had insisted upon it.
The report was the
RESULT OF A COMPROMISE.
The legislation Of 1888 Withdrawing lands
from sale west OF the Tooth meridian was so
modified that all entries made in good faith up
to the time Of the passage of this act were vali-
dated except entries on reservoir sites which
have been selected. The reservoir sites which
have been selected are reserved as under the
law OF 1885, and the reservoir sites hereafter
to be selected are reserved from tho date of
their selection In the future whenever public
lands are occupied by claimants with q view 10
obtaining title the claimant can obtain title
from the governmentunder all the land laws to
800 acres only.
Mr.. Sayres (Tex.) and Mr. McEae (Ark. }
thought that such important legislation should
receive more careful consideration than could
be given 1t on conference report
THE CONFERENCE REPORT AGREED 70.
The conference report was agreed to.
CONFERENCE ON THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
By unanimous consent the Senate amend
ments (Which have not been acted upon) to the
river and harbor bill were non-concurrei in
and a conference ordered.
On motion of Mr.. McCreary (Ky.) Saturday,
September Is, was set apart for the delivery OF
euiogies to the late Senator Beck Of Kentucky.
REPRESENTATIVE wATsoN's DEATH ANNOUNCED.
Then Mr.. O'Neil Pa) rose and said: Mr.
Speaker, as / entered the House few moments
hafQ TIC <a1o AL
that my colleague, the Hon. Lewis F. Watson,
had died suddenly at the Shoreham this morn
ing at IL O'Clock. This, to me, Mr.. Speaker,
came as a shock. The death Of an associate
must always come to us as a shock. / bring to
the memory of the House the fact that Mr..
sylvania delegation who has died during
this session of Congress in the
city of Washington. Mr.. Watson was a gentle
man OF high esteem in the portion of the state
OF pennsylvania where he resided, man OF
great business capacity, n man who had the
confidence of the people among whom he lived.
He was elected TO the Forty-ffth and Forty
seventh and again to the Fifty-first Congresses,
and had been renOminated to be elected in
November next to the Fifty-second Congress
Mr.. Speaker. my colleagues, like myself, are
feeling this with deep sorrow, with great sad
be fixed to pronounce eulogies on our deceased
friend and colleague.
RESOLUTIONS
Mr.. ONeill then offered resolutions express
i've of the regret with which the House has
heard Of the death of the Hon. Lewis F. Wat
son and for the appointment of committee oil
seven Representatives and three Senators to
take order for experimenting the funeral.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
MIR. O'Neill asked to be excused from acting on
the committee.
THE FUNERAL COMMITTEE.
The Speaker appointed as the funeral CON-
mittee Messrs. Cuibertson CPa.), McAdoo,
Craig. Townsend pa }, Maish, Wallace (N.Y. }
and Kerr Pa.)
The House then. as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased adjourned.