The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

value of the deposits was greatly exag-
gerated.
Mr.. Mcguire 6Dem. CALI, opposed the
amendment. The policy pursued to-
ward the natural resources of the
country had resulted in their mono-'-
olg.
Mr.. Bartholdt CDem. MOD. in sup
porting the motion to con cur IN the
senate amendment. said that the St.
3 Louis company which controlled gill
sonite mines in the vicinity of the I'm
compahgre reservation did not desire
any of these lands. All they desired
was the opening of the reservation. 50
that railroad might be built
Mr.. Fleming QDem., Gal, maintained
that the Indians held an unexlinguished
right in the lands, under their treaty,
until they were allotted acceptable
lands elsewhere. He offered an amend
ment to reserve TO the United States
in perpetuity a royalty of 81 per ton
on all gilsonite mined, and another to
give six months notice Of the opening
CT the reservation. explaining that IN
der the terms Of the senate amendment
by which the lands were TO be opened
on the signing of the bill spectators
who had agents in Washington would
secure them all through their advance
information.
Mr. Dingley said the question at is
sue was as to whether in this particu-
lar case the laws applicable to mineral
lands should apply.
This was the only large gilsonite de-
post in the country If the ROYALTY
obtained by Great Britain from the as
phaltum land in Trinidad were OBJ
tanned, the government would profit TO
the extent OF SSO0O0,0O0.
II these lands were thrown open to
individual entry il would inevitably
result in the transference of individual
rights in the creation of a monopoly
which could put up the price. At Mr..
Dingley's suggestion, Mr.. Fleming
Withdrew his amendments.
NOT FOR EDUCATION.
Mr.. Baile.y offered an amendment,
which was voted down-40 to 70 to
grant the lands in the reservation to
the state of Utah for educational pur-
poses.
The proposition of Mr.. Lacey then
prevailed without division.
When the senate amendment to strike
out the provision in the bill TO ratify
the gas and oil leases of the Seneca In
dams was reached, Mr.. G. W. Stone
(Rep., PAD. moved TO concur. He de-
nounced. in unmeasured terms, the
methods by which it is alleged the lease
was obtained from the Indians.
The motion to concur was defeated
80 to 20. This motion was equivalent
to agreeing to a motion to non-concur.
The amendment qualifying the right
of the children of an Indian mother and
a white man to inherit by requiring the
consent Of a majority of the members
of the tribe, was also non-concurred in.
In all eight of the Is amendments were
agreed to.
When the committee of the whole
made its report to the house under the
threat of no quorum, the instructions
TO the conferees relative to the Uncom- |
pahgre reservation were not pressed |
with the understanding, however, that |
this question should come separately |
before the house.
The bill was then sent TO conference, |
and Messrs. Sherman of New York, |
Curtis of Kansas and Allen of Missis |
sippi We're appointed conferees. Under
the resolution adopted earlier in the /
day, the speaker appointed the follow /
ing committee TO attend the Grant |
tomb memorial exercises at New York: /
The speaker: Messrs. Lowe, Cummings, |
Payne. Mcclellan, Dingley. Bailey, Hit, |
McMillin, DalZell, Allen, Burton, Hart
man, Mercer, Walker of Virginia. Nc
Cleary. Brewer, Overstreet, Fitzpat-
rick, SullOway, Dinsmore. Bartholdt,
Tate and Ridgeley OF Kansas.
At 4 o'clock the house adjourned IN
til Monday.