Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-14
1t Occupies the Time of the Senate
Today.
THE PRESIDENTS VETO DISCUSSED.
Senator Sanders Thinks It Should
Be Sustained.
APPROPRIATION BILL
1t is Brought Up for Debate in
the House.
SENATE.

The certificate Of presidential electors for the
state Of Florida was presented to the Senate
and placed on Hle
bill authorizing the removal of the Pima
and Gila Indians from their reservation in
Arizona to another reservation was reported
and placed on the calendar.
THE M'oARRAaHAN CLAIM
The Presidents veto of last session Of the
bill to submit to the court Of private land
claims the title Of WIN. McGarrahan to the
Rancho Panoche Grande, In California was laid
before the Senate as 3 special order and the vote
was about being taken on the question. shall
the bull passP when Mr. Sanders demanded an
explanation on the part Of the friends Of the
bill of the reasons why it should pass.
He went on to explain his own understanding
OF the mstter-one Of his objections to the bill
being that it rested on th imputation that the
Judicial and executive departments of the gov
eminent had been for many years past guilty
OF vrongdoing in the premises. He was un-
willing by any vote of his to make 30 grave
an imputation. The question as to the
literature Of the executive, the Judicial and the
legislative departments of the government to
the extent of at least 5000 printed pages. On
two occasions, at least, the grant had been de-
csred invalid by the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
ImputatIons on the integrity OF the original
claim and on the processes by which it was
sought to have it confirmed were found on
every page Of its history. His own proposition
was that even II the executive and judicial de-
partments of the government bad declared the
original grant TO be valid one it still would
not have found the remotest foundation for
such provisions az were contained in the pend
ing bill He thought, therefore, that Senators
should be grateful TO the President for having
recalled their attention to the bill.
MR.. PETERS INQUIRY.
Mr.. PETER asked what would be the condition
of the lands involved In case the President's
veto was sustained.
Mr.. Sanders replied that large portion Of
those lands had been already patented to the
United States
claim and reciting its various phases in the
courts and committees of Congress he was re-
minded by Mr.. PETER that his question had not
been answered, and then Mr. Sanders said that
If the veto were sustained the ownership Of the
land would remain as 1t now was, and he added
that considerable portion of it remained us
the public domain Of the United States.
II the veto was overruled the New lndria
quicksilver mine would remain the property of
the mining company. without any liability on
its part for the which il had extracted in
the past or would extract in the future And
yet the bill proposed, he said, to let the treas
ury be looted" to the extent of what the mine
had yielded.
THE ASTI-oPTIoN BILL.
The McGarraghan bill was debated up to
O'Clock, at which time the morning hour ex-
pired and the bill went over till tomorrow
The anti-option bill was then taken up and Mr.
George resumed his argument in support of his
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