New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-08
-uF NEW FOREST RESERVES
rS OF THEM WOULD BE REoPENED
nv THE PETTIGREw AMENDMENT.

INV TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
l s,nstop May "A good deal OF confusion
",certainty seems to prevail both in and out
sh1 as to the exact effect Of the sc-called
N,ou amendment adopted yesterday by the
Ee'" an the Executive procamations OF Feb
F~, % last setting apart some 2,cOo'ooo OF acres
'"N,i, lands IN the far Western states as aooi-
CT, forest reserves. President Cleveland IL
u" W. remembered in the closing fortnight OF his
W. IN office created by Executive order thirteen
w." NATIONAL parks in the States OF South Da-
~ Montana Wyoming. Idaho. Utah. Washing
~ and California. Scarcely was the INK or! on
~. orocauations when a clamor OF protest arose
.oth branches of Congress against the sweeping
's-.ctsr and burdensome conditions or the forest
srve orders Senators and Representatives
- the States directly affected by the Presidents
-, SET to work to have the proclamatons re-
ID hv means OF an amendment to the Sundry
I'll Appropriation bill. then pending In the Sem
-. A provision suspen6ing the operation OF the
asrs was inserted in the bill before it passed the
s.,ste but the House Of Representatives stood
=. against an absolute annulment or the Presi-
sa,t.s action and secured the acceptance in con-
Sarca Of a far less radical provision, which left
-. n,odifca lion or recall of the proclamations OF
vahruarv % to the discretion OF the incoming Ad-
,nisira,ion The forest reserve clause finally ac-
,ed by both houses read as follows:
Tba President is hereby authorized at any time
. rrof,fv any Executive order that has been or
Nv ~ hereafter be made establishing any forest re-
serve, an" toange the boundary lines OF such reserve
O. NAV vacate altogether any order creating such
reserve
The sundry Civil Appropriation bill failed, how
,rar 70 receive the Presidents signature, and fell
an March 1 with the adjournment OF the LIVth
Congress.
Early IN the present session the House Of Repre-
.s,tatves repassed the Sundry Civil bill pract-
csuy as It had been agreed on by the conference
committee Of the two branches in the closing hours
:, ina last Congress. The forest-reserve clause
sbove quoted stood unaltered. When the measure
ssched the deliberative branch the Senators from
ne Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States be-
,,p 10 press FOR a more explicit annulment OF the
,..srve proclamatons, and. after conference with
~. secretary Of the Interior and some representa-
svss ~ the commission which recommended the
sgresation OF the forest tracts, general
.,beme for the survey. protection and adninistra-
,on OF the forest reserves was drawn up 10 be
admitted as substitute for the House clause per-
mrtng the modification Of existing park oounda-
RES In this amendment the following proviso was
.rhod,ed comforting on the President practically
,ba same authority as was given TO him IN the
House measure;
That. 10 remove any doubt which may exist per
,,niag 10 the authority Of the President thereunto
49, PRESIDENT of the United States is hereby au-
,sorizei and empowered 10 revoke. modify or sus-
y watjons or any part thereof from time 70 time.
A. he snail deem best for the public interests
Ella borats provisions were made for the preserVa-
ing and domestic purposes. the prosecution OF min
,Ds operations and the protection of entries taken
,ha Committee on Appropriations and had me
out by settlers. all OF which were approVea o., o3
ne Srndry Civil bill was brought forward in the
senate On Wednesday howeyer Mr.; bii fe originsi
amendment. as Endorsed by the con mn ne nara
SI already printed giving the President discIe-
tionary power 10 recall any ana az Iescane ~ the
t5rfeen orders OF February %, reopenlng ne re-
served tracts specified to general entry un.l
lss After that date the lands embraced IN inese
sslaven reservations not disposed OF were again 70
become subject the operation OF salu o ttaT
and PRO b1 tb ti0 PTes ad hI% e
70 this partial change in the terms OF the Wed
rave been made but Mr.. Pettigrew yes.erGqaS
morning wen! one ssP fepes offered some
Their notifications. which reopened the eleven ~
ma indeHnite period when the elaborate surveys
ordered by the bill should be cSmpeTeu be exact
"a OF the Pettigrew amendment, thus trans
w5red was follows: u.o,o,,o+,o,s
sd February 1897 setting apa[ To1 and F1 TaH
NsnGs1a Washington. idaho and south Dakota
forest reservations be. and they are hereby sus1
pended and the lands embraced therein res oTdae
and proclamatons had not been issued prov iH,
further that LANDS % sa when The surveys
OF said reservations completed. be subject 20
sucb orders as the President NAV make in refer
OF any actual settler or claimant now reslding upon
In this last form the amendment was accepted
by the senate after a long parliamentary struse.e,
o. he body The bill now goes to conference. where
Is expected thar the House vii insist upon 6r ara
hal PettiCrew amendment Of April s.
cafSrnia created by the order Of February % are
exempted from the operations Of the repeating
an "a acres and thu San 5scso @ go
plant has apparently came from California about