Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

said that the st. Louis company which con-
trolled g~ilsonite mines in the vicinity OF
the Uncompahgre reservation did not desire
any OF those lands. All II desired was
the opening OF the reservation, so that a
railroad might be built.
AMENDMENT BY FLEMING.
Mr.. Fleming. democrat of Georgia, main
tanned that the Indians held an %inextin-
guished right in the lands. under their
treaty, until they we're allotted acceptable
lands elsewhere. He offered an amendment
to reserve to the United States in perpetuity
a royalty of 81 per ton on all silsonite mined
and another to give six months notice of
the opening Of the reservation. explaining
that under the terms of the senate amend
ment by which the lands were to be opened
upon the signing of the bill, speculators
who had agents in Washington would Sc
cure them all through their advance in
formation.
Mr.. Dingley said the question at issue was
as to whether, in this particular case. the
laws applicable to mineral lands should
apply. This was the only large gilsonite
deposit In the country. If the royalty OBJ
tanned by Great Britain from the asphaltum
land in Trinidad were obtained the govern
ment would profit TO the extent of $50, 000,-
900. II these lands were thrown open to
individual entry it would inevitably result in
the transfer olce Of individual rights in the
creation OF a monopoly which could put
up the price. At Mr.. Dingley's suggestion
Mr., Fleming withdrew his amendment.
Mr.. Bailey offered an amendment which
was voted dow n, 40 to 20, to grant the lands
in the reservation to the state of Utah for
educational purposes. The proposition of
MIR. 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 Indians was
reached c. W. Stone, republican of Penn
sylvania, moved to concur. He denounced
in 1lnmCagutnd tprmc tho rOnthpdC hy ,ubi,b
1t is alleged the lease was obtained from the
Indians.
BAILEY VOTED DOWN.
The motion to concur was defeated, 40 to
20. This motion was equivalent to agreeing
to a motion to nonconcur.
The amendment qualifying the right of the
children of an Indian mother and a white
man to inherit by requiring the consent of
q majority of the members of the tribe was
also nonconcurred in. In all eight of the
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 Uncompahgre reservation were
not pressed, with the understanding, how
ever, that this question should come sep
arately before the house.
The bill was then sent to the conference
and Meesrs. Sherman of New York, Curtis
Of Kansas and Allen of Mississippi were APP
pointed conferees.
Under the resolution adopted earlier In
the day the speaker appointed the following
committee to attend the Grant toni dedi-
cation exercises at New York:
The speaker, Messrs. Lowe, Cummings,
Payne, Mcclellan. Dingley, Bailey, Hit, Nc
Millin. Dalzell. Allen, Burton, Hartman.
Mercer, Walker of Virginia, McCleary,
Brewer, Oyerstreet, Fitzpatrick, Sulloway,
Dinsmore, Bartholdt, Tate and Ridgely of
Kansas.
At 4 o'clock the house adjourned until Mon
day