The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-18
IN THE HOUSE.
The ELL go Protect Forest Reserves
lions Passed.

Warrington, Dec. 1.-THE Dill 20
protect forest reservations which was
a bone of contention during the last
session and which has twice been I'M
der discussion during the present ses-
sion, was finally passed today under
suspension of the rules.
The motion to suspend the rules rem
dered the opposition hopeless to pre-
vent vote and as the bill secured the
necessary two5thirds it was passed.
The bill provides that no public for
ss.st reservation shall be established ex-
nept to Improve and protect the forest
within the reservation; securing favor
able conditions Of water flow. 1t gives
the secretary of the interior power to
make regulations for protection
against fire and depredations. It also
gives him authority to prescribe regu-
1ations under which dead or matured
trees may be removed, as made neces-
6ary to preserve the remaining tim
Der. Under this authority, he is en-
powered to sell such timber in limited
quantities to each purchaser. He is
also authorized to make a detail of
troops for the protection of the reser-
vaticns. The bill further provides for
the restoration of agricultural and
mineral lands in forest reservations 20
Ane puDlic DOMAIN.
The remainder Of the day was devot-
ed to the army appropriation bill..It re-
duces the number Of paymaSterS by
five and the number of captains in the
subsistence to four and transfers the
Fort Leayenworth military prison to
the department of justice. The bill
passed without amendments.
At the opening Of the session Of the
House MIR. Herman, Republican,, of
Oregon, presented a preamble and res
olution declaring that the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty was an obstacle to the con-
struction of an inter-oceanic canal and
that it should be abrogated. 1t was
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Fifteen of the bills favorably report
ed from the Friday night session were
then passed without objection, in eX-
actly four minutes.
Mr.. McRae, chairman of the Com
Tnittee on Public Lands, moved to pass,
under a, suspension of the rules, the
bill 20 protect public forest reserva-
tions.
Mr.. Wells Oemocra). of Wisconsin,
charged that rascality was behind the
bill and predicted that those who were
pushing it through with whip and spur
would live to regret their action.
The vote resulted 159 to 50, and the
bill was passed.
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the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency, then presented the report of the
majority on the Carlisle banking bill
and ii was ordered printed, together
with the minority report to be pre-
scented by Mr.. Walker Republican,, OF
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Cultivate, chairman of the Mil
ttary Affairs committee, called UP the
army appropriation bill and explained
its provisions. The bill carried S23,-
299, S0S-S16S, GIG less than the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year. and
S1,3o5,S34 less than the estimates
Three propositions in the bill were
new, all being recommended by tho
secretary of war. One reduced the
number of majors in the pay depart
ment to twenty, a. reduction Of five
The second reduced the number of cap
tains in the subsistence department by
four, and the third transferred the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth
TO the jurisdiction of the department
of justice. The bill was passed with
out amendment Mr.. Springer, in ac-
cordance with the notice given early
in the day, at this point announced he
would tomorrow, Immediately after the
call Of committees for reports, call UT
the banking bill, by virtue of special
order for its privilege. Then, at {
O'Clock, the House adjourned.
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