The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-11
PUBLIC BUSINESS RESUMED AFTER
A SUSPENSION OFF SOME THREE
WEEKS.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL UP.
SENATE AMENDMENT, REVOKING
THE CLEVELAND FORESTRY
ORDER, DEBATED.
VOTE IS TO BE TAKEN TODAY
Sessions to BE Held Daily Until the
Consideration of the Bill Is
Completed.

sent to conference three weeks ago. The
lie business, which has been suspended
since the Indian appropriation bill was
sent to conference three weeks ago. The
consideration of the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was entered upon, under a
special order providing for a recess
each day until disposed Of. Mr.. Simp-
son Ran.) pursued his tactics Of the
last few weeks, attempting to harass
the majority with points of no quorum,
but without success, and the Demo-
cratic lack Of harmony on the subject
of party policy was again in evidence
Mr. McMillin and Mr.. Bland both
criticised the method Of procedure pur-
sued by the majority. The former said
it marked the continued decadence Of
the rights and powers of individual
members, and the latter declared that
it was an outrage to force legislation
through the house without considera-
ton by, or information from, COM
mittee appointed to examine it. In the
Indian bill, he said, two or three jobs
had been found. The most conflicting
statements were made on the floor,
and members could not vote intelll-
gently He said he would continue to
oppose and protest against such pro-
cedure.
On the question of the adoption of
the order the Democrats divided, Mr..
Bailey and his followers voting with
the Republicans, and several of the
Democrats, including Mr.. McMillin and
Mr.. Bland, with the Populists, against
the order. The vote resulted Ill to 10.
Mr. Cannon, in charge of the bill
for the majority, yielded fifteen min
utes to Mr.. Lacey Rep., Io.). chairman
of the committee on public lands of the
last house, who discussed the forest
reservation amendment. Mr.. Lacey
criticised the senate provision restor-
ing to the public domain the ,reserya-
tons created by the order OF Presl-
dent Cleveland last February. He
thought the order should simply be
suspended, pending an examination.
If the senate provision became law,
he said, the lands could not be re-
served until they had been surveyed,
perhaps years hence. He said some OF
the most bitter opposition to the or
der undoubtedly came from the head
quarters of mine operators. He thought
the suspension should not be for more
than one year, as was originally pro-
posed in the senate.
Mr.. McRae Oem., Ark also took
ground against the complete revoca-
ton of the Cleveland order. The
present overflow of the Mississippi
and it's tributaries was largely due to
the denudation of the forests at the
head waters of those streams, and, in
his opinion should be warning to
congress of the necessity of the preser-
walton Of our forests.
Mr. Knowles Pop., N. d. and Mr.
Hartman (Sil., Mont) supported the
senate amendments for the unquali-
fed suspension of Mr.. Cleveland's or
der, and the restoration Of the lands
to the public domain. The latter char
acterized the order as the parting
shot of the greatest enemy the Ameri-
can people ever had"
Mr.. King Pem., UtaN also sup
ported this portion of the senate
amendment. So far as the reservation
in his state was concerned, he said it
worked hardship and injustice to peo-
pie in his state who had settled on
the land reserved in good faith and
who had built homes and made I'M
proVementS
Mr.. Wheeler Dem., Ala.) used a pro
forma amendment to refer rather SEN
sationally to 1.-The very important ad-
mission made in an interview by "the
distinguished chairman of the ways
and means committee, Mr.. Dingley, to
the effect that the real purpose Of the
tariff bill was to create surplus and
impound the greenbacks.
Il made no such statement" inter-
rupted Mr.. Dingley.
When the amendment relating to the
forest reservation was reached, Mr..
Hartman (Mont.) moved concurrence.
MI. Lacey moved concurrence, with
amendments providing for the suSpen-
sion of Mr.. Cleveland's executive order
until March l, 1898, when the Order,
as it may be modified, shall go into
effect and substituting what is Known
as the McRae bill for the provision
permitting the use by bona fide set
tiers of timber and stone on such
reservations.
Mr.. Shafroth (Sil., Rep, COLI argued
earnestly for the adoption of the sem
ate amendment, especially for that por-
ton Of it allowing miners and pros
pectors free use of timber. Mr.. Bell
Pop., Wash.) declared that his state
was more vitality interested in the
revocation of Mr.. Cleveland's forest re-
serve order than any other state I'm
til the order was revoked, he said, set
tiers could not cut stick of timber
for any purpose without violating the
law. 1t was agreed to take vote OH
the pending proposition at l o'clock
tomorrow. The house. at 8 o'clock took
a recess until noon tomorrow.