The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01


planted itself firmly on its rights to seize
all vessels engaged in peIagic sealing ana
had maintained that right there would be
no vessels now disturbing our seal rights.
he could not look complaisantly upon
the amendment to brand the females or 70
XIII the seals and he therefore supported
the committee amendment He hoped
the incoming administration would nave
sutflclent fortitude to demand that Great
Britain should faithfully perform her duty
IN the premises as outlined oy the Paris
tribunal and execute her part OF the
award. The American Nation was always
seeking shelter from foreign difhcuitles,
put ne for one did not want British pro-
lection. The amendment was adopted.
The following, among other new amend
ments, were adopted: For the appoint
ment OF board of three commissioners
10 revise and codify the criminal and penal
laws OF the United States; directing the
expenditure of $75, 900 of q former appro-
prlatlon for the purchase OF site Tor
public building at Salt Lake City, Utah;
apr ting a committee TO select site
in the city of Washington for q memorial
building, to be erected by the Daughters
OF the American Revolution; restoring to
the pubic domai and opening TO settle
rado, Montana, Washington. Idaho and
South Dakota (some 2l000.000 acres) set
apart as forest reservation by executive
proclamation on February %; establish
ing branch hyrographic offices at Duluth,
Sault Ste. Marie and Buffalo; appropriat-
Ing $500 to purchase the State fish hatch
cry at Battle Creek. CAL; appro priating
500. ior public building at Butte,
Mont.
Chandler R. j of New Hampshire offered
an amendment to create permanent CEN
sus bureau, but 1t was ruled out on point
of order
In the Senate tonight in the discussion
OF the amendment to the sundry civil OIL
restoring to the public domain some IL
0OO,O acres as a forest reservation, Mr..
Clark, who offered the amendment. said
that the order was issued on t e recon-
mendation of class OF scientists who
think more of forest trees than OF roof
trees and more of the life OF tree than
the life OF man.
The order meant that settlers on the
reservation could not cut stick OF fire.
wood, and that the gold mines on one OF
the reservations in South Dakota would
have to close down for lack Of timber. He
was aware that the insertion Of this
amendment in the bill would probably
lead to it's veto, but he for one was ready
to meet the Pre- ident on this ground.
This order would mean the retarding OF
development in the West, and the subject
was of more vital interest to the land laws
of the States of the Wes. than the Sena-
tors ofthe East had any conception OF.
Carter of Montana, who was Comm1s-
sioner OF the General Land Office during
President Harrison's administration. sup
ported the amendment.
As an example of the injury wrought by
the order, he mentioned the case of the
great Anaconda mine near Butte, Mont.
which required carload of timber every
day to prop up the levels and galleries of
the mine and protect the lives of the min
ers, and the land from which all this tim
Der was cut must come, in part at least,
from one OF the forest reservations. An
other case in point was that of the old and
famous Homestead mine In South Da-
kota.
No one who was interested in this mat
ter had been consulted prior to the pro-
mitigation of this order, and he believed
that the President would not hesitate to
rescind the order when he thoroughly un.
derstood the true conditions.
Cannon (R.) of Utah also supported the
amendment and declared that not one OF
the fourteen Senators from the Western
States affected had been consulted re-
garding the order.
Lindsay inquired whether the adoption
of an amendment exec pting domestic and
mining timber from the operation of the
order would be satisfactory.
Cannon said he would prefer to have
the order stand as it is rather than have
it tenn porized.
The amendmeH1 was supported by SEN
ators Stewart (S1ver of Nevada, Petit
grew (Silver) Of SCUM Dakota, Wilson
(R.) OF Washington. Dubois (Silver) OF
Ida and Mantle tR.) OF Montana. the
latter asserting that in his State there
were thousands and thousands of acres
included il this order on which there
was not stick of tim ber.
The amendment was then unanimously
adopted.
The sundry civil bill was sthen passed
and at II :07 the Senate adjourned until
to- morrow at IL A. NJ