Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-17
HUM VI UUVUNuUU.
Vice-President Morton Once
More In His Seat.
The Senate Passes the House
Anti-LOttery Bill.
The Report on the Land Forfeiture
Bill COncurred In.
The Kennedy Matter Referred to the
House Judiciary Committee.
Capital Cuttings.
Associated Press Dispatches.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Vice President
Morton presided in the senate today.
The following bills were passed: The
senate bill authorizing the librarian of
congress to purchase, at not exceeding
10000, Townsend's library of national,
state and individual records concerning
the origin, progress and consequences of
the late civil war; the senate bill to
grant right OF way through public lands
for irrigation purposes.
The conference report on the railroad
land forfeiture bill was resumed, and
Morgan continued his argument against
it. He spoke of the bill as unconsti-
tutional, and said the bill was mere
sham and pretense as a forfeiture bill.
1t was nothing but political perform
ance.
Bate also opposed the conference re-
port, and asked where under the bill the
forfeiture came in.
Plumb said it forfeited all lands which
under the decision of the supreme court,
could be forfeited; it forfeited some
where between seven and ten million
acres it confirmed not single acre to
anv railroad company and did not dis
turb the status of any acre granted to
railroad companies, except by terminal
ing the right of companies to build any
more of their roads, and by forfeiting
grants opposite to uncompleted por-
tions.
A vote was then taken and the con-
ference report agreed to-yeas, 20; nays,
13; strict party vote.
The house anti-loterv bill was then,
on motion of Sawyer, taken from the
calendar and passed without word OF
discussion.
On motion of Plum b, the senate pro-
ceeded to consideration of the house bill
to repeal the timber culture laws.
Plumb moved an amendment in the
nature of substitute.
Manderson moved an amendment pro
viding that no more than $40 <instead of
160) acres shall be embraced in one town
site. Agreed to.
Plumb also moved TO add to the sub
stitute new section, restricting reservoir
sites TO so much land only as is actually
necessary for the construction and
maintenance of reservoires. Agreed to.
Teller also offered an amendment
(Which was agreed toy giving right of
way through public lands to canal or
ditch companies formed for the pur-
pose OF irrigation.
Sanders offered an amendment, pro-
viding that, in the gold and silver min
ing regions of the state of Nevada, or
those states and territories in which
there are public lands containing tim
Der, and where there is United States
law authorizing the sale OF such timber
lands, the residents of such states or ter
ritories, if prosecuted for cutting timber,
may plead that it was cut for agricul-
tural or mining purposes. After some
notifications, this was agreed to.
Manderson moved to add to it a new
section setting apart the Annette islands
in Alexander archipelago in Southwest
ern Alaska, as a reservation for the use
of the Metlakantla Indians, recently
emigrated from British Columbia to
Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives
as may join them. Agreed to.
The substitute was then agreed to and
the bill passed.
The senate bill to establish United
States land court was laid aside unit
tomorrow and the senate adjourned.