The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-11
1t WENT THROUGH
With A NHOP
The Tucker Bill Passes ( a
Strict Party Vote.
CHEERED BY DEMOCRATS.
A New Compromise Bill. by Squis, OF
Washington.
Teller, Allison, Sherman and Cheers
Say the Squire Measure Is tb
CHEERED BY DEMOCRATS.
Teller, Allison, Sherman and Cheri
Say the Squire Measure Is To
Best That Has Yet Been Laid
Before the Senate.

Washington, Oct. 10.-Routine Dusi-
ness occupied the morning hour.
General Black. of Hin OILS. offered and
had passed joint resolution AUTHORIZING
the erection in Statuary hall of a group
representing Columbus and Isabella
Cultivate, from the committe on
rules, presented as special order forcon-
sideration, the McCreary bill to amend
the Geary exclusion act from day today,
after the adoption of the order until dis
posed of. He gave notice that he would
call up the rule tomorrow morning.
McRae called up the bill which passed
both houses in the last Congress, for the
relief of settlers on timber and stone
lands, under the act of 1878, and it passed
the Senate.
I The bill to extend the time for the pay
>Anent of homesteads in certain Indian
lands under the act of 1891 was taken up,
and after some explanation by Flynn, OF
Oklahoma, and Simpson, of Kansas, il
passed.
McRae's bill regulating the sale time
on forest reservations and providing for
the protection of such reservations, W a
called up and considered in committee OF
the whole. The reservations include
over IL 500, 600 acres, among others
the following: Alaska - Afagnock
forest and fish culture reserve.
Arizona-Grand canyon forest reserve,
1851. $40 acres. California-San Gabriel
timber land reserve, 555. $50 acres: Sierra
forest reserve, 4,096, 600 acres, San Ber-
nardinc forest reserve, 732, 100 acres; Ira
\ Buca canyon forest reserve, 49, $50 acres.
tlrsll 1o,,
142, $50 acres; Cascade range forest re-
serve, 4, 1872 500 acres; Ashland forest re-
serve, is, $50 acres. Washington-The
Pacific forest reserve. 967, $50 acres. Nc
Rae explained the purpose of the bill was
30 protect the forests, secure the water
flow, and give the department authority
to sell for legitimate purposes such tim
Der as can be spared.
The bill aroused the opposition of
western members and / O'Clock arrived
without action.
The speaker took the chair, the special
order bringing the Tucker bill 10 vote,
arc the pending amendments were read.
Burrows amendment seeking to except
from repeal those laws providing for the
free registry vote of citizens irrespective
of color or previous condition and pro-
vidlng punishment for those interfering
with registration or voting, and giving
the United States judges jurisdiction on
voting jurisdiction, was defeated on
strict party lines by vote OF 10G to 1913.
The vote demonstrated the fact that the
Democrats had more than quorum
present.
The vote then required on Lacy's
amendment providing for the punish
ment OF crimes against the ballot in con-
gressional and delegate elections. Lacy
demanded the ayes and noes, claiming
the defeat Of his amendment would give
bribery and ballot box suffers free rein
in delegate elections in the territories.
Lacy's amendment was lost-90 to 1856.
Fitch withdrew his amendment and a
bill.
The bin passed-Ayes, 200; nays, 1O1.
A strict party vote.
When the speaker announced the vote,
the Democrats broke into a cheer, and
at 2:45 the House adjourned.