The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
House Committee Casts Reflections
Upon Utah Senators.
ASPHALTUM LEASE FIGHT
CONGRESSMAN LACEY DENOUNC-
Els THE CANNON BILL.
Mineral Prospecting In the Corridors
of the CAPITOL - Utah Senators
Dsnounce the Report and Regard
the Language as Personally Of
fensive-Inauence of Syndicate.
Washington Office of The Herald,
1415 G Street, N. w.

Washington, D. c., June 15.-The favor
able report of the house committee on
the Cannon bill opening the Uncompahgre
mineral lands was printed today. The
house committee amends the bill by au
thorizing the secretary of the interior to
lease the reserved mineral lands on royal
ties. determined by the secretary. The
amendments, and more particularly GER
tain language in the report, have outraged
the members of the Utah delegation. In
this report there are expressions tnaI the
members of the delegation regard as per
SOnally offensive. II is stated that the
opening of the reservation. as provided
by the senate bill, would lead to "A scan
dalous capture of the mineral wealth of
Utah by few shrewd men, and that
the proposed opening is a case of Min
eral prospecting in the corridors OF the
capitol"
The Utah senators do not mince words
in denouncing this report as having been
drawn NJ in the interests of the eastern
syndicate that seeks to seize the lands.
They say that, Whatever haR G@ the
be leased. as provided in the house
amendment.
Judge King has carefully investigated
the action of the house committee on this
matter. He says that the report was
never formally submitted to the commit
tee, and is the individual work of Judge
Lacey OF the house committee.
RELIEF FROM ASSESSMENTS.
Representative Shafroth this afternoon
reported from the house public lands COM
mlttee the bill relieving enlisted mine
owners from assessment work. The bill
contains the amendments suggested by
Judge Bell, extending the operations of
the law to cover partial as well as entire
owners of mines. In his report Mr.. Shat
roth says: THE statutes of the United
States require that the locator of each
mining claim shall do 800 worth of work
each year upon the same in order to re-
tain his right to acquire title to the prop
erty. This work is called the annual as
SeSSment work. A great many soldiers
who are interested in mines have enlisted
in the army and it is Impossible for them
while they are absent risl<ing their lives.
there ought to be no possibility of them
losing an interest in any mining claim
they possess by failure to do this work
The amendments which are made are for
the purpose of protecting those soldiers
and sailors who have undivided interests
in mining claims, which should be pro-
tected as Wen as where the. claim is en-
tireiy held by enlisted men,.
UTAH PENSIONS.
Senator Cannon this afternoon called up
and secured the passage of the following
pension bills: Mrs. F. B. Hamilton, s35;
John w. HALEY 500 Mrs. Sarah A Erb.
$50: P. o. Murch, 80.
The case of Mrs. Erb has broken the
record for rapid passage, as it was only
introduced yesterday.
Washington, June 15-Idaho-Postofices
esta blished Elva, Bingham county.
Robert Andrus, postmaster Thomas,
Bingham county. Mary Murphy, post
master.
Pensions granted, today: Utah-Original.
Alex w. Vogt, Salt Lake City, Sc: in
crease. BENJAMIN W. Valentine, Green
-Renewal-William ]. Barker,
FRANK H. HoSFORD.