Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-19

operation, for the construction or benift of
/ which such lands are granted, and all such
| lands declard part of the public domain;
provided that the act shall not be construed
as forfeiting the right of way or station
| ground of any railroad company here
| tofore granted. Mr.. Morgan opposed the
report as IogrolIing scheme gotten up for
the beni6t of all land grant roads. While
| the first section professed to be a forfeiture
| of all. other sections related to the seperate
railroads and exempted them from the
operation Of the forfeiture section, or else
| secured them for certain pecuniary advan-
| tages The most that could be said of the
| bill was that few small railroads that
| had not got friends enough in the two
| houses were to be crucifed for the sake of
| gIossing over and vanishing a false pre-
tense of the general forfeiture. After
| speaking for over four hours, Mr.. Morgan
| yielded for a motion to adjourn.
H0use.-As speaker Reed entered the
chamber this morning few moments be-
fore noon, and received round of ap-
pause from the republican side of the
house and from spectators in the galleries.
After prayer Mr. 0'Ferrall made the point
that no quorum was present. The speaker
without taking notice of the point stated
that the question was on ordering the
previous question on approving the journal
of Tuesdays proceedings and directing
the clerk to call the roll. On ordering the
previous question the vote stood yeas, 81;
nays, 44-no quorum, ard on motion of
Mr. Mckinley, Of Ohio. amid democratic
applause, the house at 1876 adjourned.
FRIDAY, Sept. II.
SeHdte-In the senate Mr.. ingalls, bill
/ to apply the general laws of Oregon, so
far as practicable. to the district of Alaska.
and authorizing the United States court
of Oregon to try cases arising In Alaska,
was today sent to the judiciary committee.
Mr. Platt, of the territories committee,
did not properly have iuris sd;ction of the
bill. The object of this measure is to
secure judicial determination by the
United States supreme court of the rights
of the United States in Behring sea.
The senate passed number of bills ON the
calendar and then took up the railroad
land forfeiture bill Mr. Morgan con-
tinued his argument in opposition to the
bill. He was followed by Mr.. Sanders In
favor of the conference report, the main
point of his contention being that the
lands actually patented to the railroad
companies could not be taken from them
lands Mr. Hearst took the contrary view
and insisted that mineral lands were
especially reserved by the original grants
Mr.. Sanders said that in the courts of
Washington. California, and the supreme
courts of the United States the term min
eral lands has been held tG mean lands
commercially valued for mining purposes.
Without concluding his argument San
ders yielded for an executive session, and
the senate soon adjourned.
H0uSe.-Ihe clerk in the house today
proceeded, under instructions from the
speaker, to call the roll on the question of
ordering the previous question on the APP
proval of the journal of Tuesday, proceed
ings. During the roll call a message was
received from the senaue announcing the
passage of the tariff bill with amendments.
By direction of the speaker it was referred
to the committee on ways and means. The
previous question was ordered-yeas, 113;
NAYS "a, the clerk noting a quorum. The
question REQUIRED on the approval of the
journal. The quorum disappeared and
call of the house was ordered.