The herald., 1897-04-24

ton March 4th, when 1t was presumed
the Indian appropriation bill had been
signed by President Cleveland. These
speculators, Cooper said, were all ready
to lump the moment the reservation
was opened. And yet. said he. the gen.
tlemen talked about depriving the poor
prospector of his opportunities.
Lacey of iowa, Republican, offered
a senate substitute proposition to in
struct the confreres to insist upon a
| proposition to lease the gilsonite lands
with such limitations as would prevent
their control by combinations,
Shafroth of Colorado, Silver Republic
| can. protested against change OF poll
| CIV toward mineral lands, and said that
| the value of the deposits was greatly
| exaggerated.
| Mcguire of California, Democrat, op-
posed the amendment. The policy pur-
| sued toward the natural resources OF the
country had resulted in their monopoly.
Bartholdt of Missouri, Republican, IN
supporting the motion to concur in the
senate amendment, saind that the st.
Louis company which controlled gill
sonite mines in the vicinity of the I'm
compahgre reservation did not desire
anv of those lands. All they desired was
| the opening of the reservation SO tnat
| a railroad might be built.
Fleming of Georgia, Democrat, main
ta,ned that the Indians had an nuex-
tineuished right in these lands until
they were allotted or accepted lanos
elsewhere. He offered an amendment
| to reserve to the United States IN per-
netuity a. royalty of $4 per ton ON all
| gilsonite mines, and another TO give SIX
| months' notice of the opening of the
reservation, explaining that under the
terms of the senate amenomenth' oy
which the lands were to be opened OH
the signing of the bill, SPECTATORS VINO
had agents in Washington would Sc
| cure them all through theT advance
information.
Dingley said the question at issue was
whether, in this particular case tne
laws applicable to mineral LANDS snouio
apply. This was the only large giisoh-
ite deposit in the country. II the roy
| atty obtained by Great Britain on as
| phaltum land in Trinidad were op-
tanned the government would pront TO
the extent of $50, 600, 900. If these lanos
were thrown open to indiyidual entry
| II would inevitably result In the trans
ference of individual rights and the Gre
alton of a monopoly which could put up
| the price.
At Dingley's suggestion FIeming
withdrew his amendments.
Bailey offered an amendment, wnlcn
was voted down, 40 to 70, to grant the
lands in the reservation to the state
NJ Utah for educational purposes. The
proposition of Lacey then prevailed
without division.
when the senate amendment to strike
| ont the provision in the bill to ratiry the
| gas and oil leases of the Seneca Indians
| was reached, G. w. Stone OF Pennsyi-
yania, Republican. movd tor concur.
He denounced in unmeasured terms the
methods by which it is alleged the lease
was obtained from the Indians.
! The motion to concur was defeated, ~
| to 70.
The motion was equivalent to agree
ing to a motion to non-concur.
The amendment qualifying the right
NJ children of an Indian mother and
white man to inherit by requiring the
consent of a majority Of the members OF
| the tribe was also non-concurred In. In
all eighteen 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 Uncompah-
gre reservation were not pressed, with
the understanding. however, that this
question should come separately before
| the house.
The house bill was then sent to con-
ference, Messrs. Sherman of New York,
Curtis of Kansas and Allen of Mississ-
ippi being appointed conferees.
Under the resolution adopted earlier
| IN the day the speaker appointed the
following committee to attend the Grant
tomb dedication 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, Fitzpatrick,
Sulloway, Dinsmore. Bartholdt, Tate
and Ridgly Of Kansas.
| At 4 o'clock the house adjourned untfi
Monday.
IN COMMITTEE
| The Republican senator's in caucus to-
| day decided to accept the proposition
made by the opposition for the filling OF
senate committees, leaving the arrange
menL OF ueldliS " OChdIoH NACXuAiidA :
committee. The caucus also considered
the question Of filling the elective offices
of the senate, and the managing COM
mittee was authorized to negotiate with
the opposition to the end Of securing a
! division Of these places. Both the secre-
tary and sergeant-at-arms of the senate
are Democrats and the Republicans
think they should be allowed to name a
man to fill one of these places. The de-
tails of this negotiation will be left to a
| subcommittee consisting Of Senators
Mcmillan, Lodge and Spooner.
NOMINATIONS
| President Mckinley has decided to
nominate William r. Day of Canton to
| be first assistant secretary Of state, and
ex-Representative Bellamy Storrer of
Cincinnati to be minister to Belgium.
The nominations were to have been sent
| to the senate today but that body ad-
journed until Monday.
REINSTATED
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Col. A. r.
Green of Kansas. inspector of survey
corps of general and district land offices,
has been reinstated in that Office by the
secretary Of the interior.
An Attempted Robbery
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-J. L.
| Brown was held up today by two men in
| this city early this morning. He stabbed
| one OF them in the abdomen with a