St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-13
STRIPPING The FORESTS.
BITTER OPPOSITION 10 A TIMBER
BILL IN THE HOUSE.
SOME PITHY SPEECHES MADE
BY Picker. of South Dakota; Doc
little, of Washington; Hart
man, of Montana, and Other
Westerners-Chair an McRae
Does Not Believe in Reserving
100000 Acres Forever.

Does Not Believe in Reserving
100000 Acres Forever.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-There were
indications this morning that some of
the members of the house had ''stayed
up" with the senate part of the last
night, as there was plainly no quorum
present, but no point was made. The
amendments of the senate to the house
joint resolution allowing the state of
Wisconsin to place a statue of Pere
Marquette in the capitol, were agreed
to.
Mr.. Meiklejohn, of Nebraska, called
up the bill applying the land laws of
March 3, 1891, to that portion of the
Sioux reservation which extended into
Nebraska, and the bill was passed. The
house passed the concurrent resolution
authorizing two thousand copies OF
the hearings before the committee on
ways and means for the use of the
house, but not before Burrows, of
Michigan, Hopkins, of Maine, Dali
zell. of Pennsylvania. made a fight for
an increased number.
Mr.. Wilson stated that the house
would not be justified in printing more
than two thousand copies. The state
mentS were all on2one side, and by per-
SONS who were interested in maintain
ing the present tariff rates, Tor against
any changes in existing tariff laws. Mr..
DalZell asked if all persons were not in
vted to present their views. Mr.. Will
son replied that it was true, but so few
persons who asked changes appeared
as to make his statement practically
true. He also said that these statements
were mainly repetitions of statements
made to thei committee in 1890. and he
SAW NO REASON
why there should be practically repub-
LEGATION. The Republican members of
the committee insisted upon an in
creased number of copies to at least
5000. Mr.. Richardson demanded the
previous question, which was ordered
yeas 80, nays 67-and the resolution was
agreed to without division.
The JOINT resolution providing for
elections in the Cherokee strip was
passed, but not until Mr.. Coffee, Wy
Oming, asked to offer an amendment to
allow women as well as men the right
of suffrage, as is the case in his state.
The fight in the morning hour came up
on the bill to protect forest reservations,
reported from the committee on public
lands. When the house went into COM
mittee the bill was rather viciously at
tackled.
Picker, South Dakota, said he was in
favor of protecting the timber, but this
bill meant the stripping of timber off
the reservations. He objected to section
seven of the bill, which provides for the
sale of timber on public lands. Her
mann, Oregon, also spoke in opposition,
and Simpson, Kansas, followed in
denunciatory speech. In this bill was
an instance where public Interests were
neglected for private interests. The
reservations contained great coal fields,
and private interests were sure to get
hold of them.
Doolittle. of Washington, said if this
bill passed
THE LUAIBERMEN
would strip the timber off the lands.
Hartman, Montana; Coffeen, of Wyo-
| ming, and RawlinS, of I tab, also spoke
against the bill.
Chairman McRae, of the public land
committee, replied to the criticisms of
the bill with great vigor. He had read
a pet portion of the law passed III 1891,
which allowed settlers in a number of
Western states to take timber for actual
needs. He then pointed out that the
opposition to the pending bill came
from the representatives of the states
were citizens could cut timber without
fear of prosecution. He did not believe
100000 acres of land should be re-
served for all time, but that provision
should be made to restore lands upon
which there is no timber, and to sell
portion of the timber on the reservation
in order to protect the remainder.
At the conclusion of McRae's speech
the bill was considered for amendments,
and Coffeen wanted to amend so as to
declare that all reservations heretofore
made should be restored to the public
domain, except in California, Oregon
Washington. The discussion was con-
tinued by Coffeen and Doll, of Colorado,
fore any vote could be reached the
morning hour expired and the bill went
over,
Mr.. Loud then began his speech. He
criticised the Argument made by Nc
Creary in support of this bill, first
praising him for his former support of
| the Chinese legislation, but that now he
was for different measure, his support
! or which reminded him of the way
silver Democrat marched up to receive
the Cleveland golden collar.
Mr.. McCerary resented the imputation
that he was not in favor Of silver, and
said he voted for the amendment pro-
| posing to revive the Bland-Allison law.
Mr.. Loud then described the evils of the
Chinese invasion of the Pacific coast.
| He criticised the administration for not
| enforcing the law. He claimed that the
| executive power was trying to overawe
| the legislative power.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi spoke in
favor of the bill, aud Mr.. Bartlett, of
New York, opposed the bill, after which,
at 5:45 p. M, the house adjourned.