| Show Oil AND COAl lEASING Bill PAS PASSED SED BY UI 1 Q Naval Oil Reserves Urged c by Navy Department Are Excluded From Provisions I Lessees Privileged o d to Buy j SENATOR SMOOT HAS 1914 ACT l CONTINUED Senator King ling Clause Prohibiting the Withdrawal al of i Mineral lineral al Lands 1 by the l President resident i iI I W T tan Ian 7 Tile ThC The 1 1 ah Im h nl land M I-M Mi M i q k f i. 0 hilr was 17 parsed u. u g Senate late today by a aoe vote oe of 37 to 32 2 It now note goes to the tile House The oil land leasing lensing bill has been heen pending in the Senate for four years Its passage at this session was made possible by hy an agreement to eliminate eliminate eliminate nate from its llo is provisions ons the naval nn oil reserves which ich were urged by hy the navy j department A separate bill hill providing for tor the op- op oration o of these reserves by the government gov gov- government O the leases of ur the present claimants being bein obtained either through condemnation proceedings or by direct purchase I is being framed now and will willI I be introduced as soon a as as- approved b by President Wilson lIson How lIu Voted Yote Consideration of the thc Pittman bill was wal begun In the Senate prior to the holidays but under an unanimous con con- cent a agreement nt a at final lInal voto was not taken until late toda today The vote follows H For the time bill Democrats Ashurst Bankhead Beckham Chamberlain Fletcher Gerry Hollis Jones New Mexico Kendricks s Lewis McKellar Myer I cr Overman Owens Phelan Pittman Pomerene Robinson froth Sh Sheppard Shields Simmons Smith Arizona St Sterling Stone Thompson Wolcott Wolcott- 28 8 Republicans Republicans Republicans-Fernald Fernald Hale Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son Knox Lodge McCumber McCumber I ber bel McLean IcLean McNary Ic ar and Warren 9 9 Total Total 37 37 Against Ag the bill Democrats Gore Democrats Gore Hardwick Johnson lohn- lohn son South Dakota King KIrby Smith South Carolina Swanson Tillman Trammell Underwood and Vardaman Vardaman- 11 11 Republicans Borah Borah Calder Cummins Cummins Cum Cum- mins Curtis France h Gallinger er Gronna Harding Jones of or Washington l ton Kellogg Kenyon Kenyan La Follette Follette Follette Fol- Fol lette New Norris Poindexter Sll Sherman Sher Sher- r- r man Smoot Sutherland Townsend and Wadsworth 21 1 Total Total 32 To U 11 Ho Inc Paid Id IdAs As finally finally passed p the bill provides fox for the general leasing of or coal phosphate phate oil gas and sodium lands hands by the secretary of the Interior with royalties s sto I to be bo pal paid to the government and for purchase of or the time lands b by lessees under I certain conditions condition With the NC exception eption of or the provision pro to open uPen naval reserve No 2 In California which was eliminated elim clim- the tho bill was vas passed virtually a as introduced Senator Smoots Smoot's amendment to continuo continue continuo con con- the temporary leasing act net u of 1314 1919 n effect until the new now act becomes operative w was u acc accepted An amendment by Senator King Kine- pro- pro Continued on Pane Pago e 2 2 SENA SENATE IE PASSES j i r t OIL LAND Bil BIU F j Continued From Page 1 1 J I g that no public mineral lands C Ch can h be he withdrawn b by the time President or tl nn reserve resene created except b by act of or C Con Congress n. n gross gress was Wa accepted Another r amend amend- amendment meat ment b by the Utah senator providing pro r rI for fo forthe the c ceding of all unreserved public lands to the states was defeated I I The principal fight today was ore ore- sections which Senator Donator Pittman Ala b bI charge of tho men measure declared were err I inserted as a pi protection election against m nio- nio They provide pro that no person pers person association or corporation shall be per permitted per misted to hold b by lenses leases an area greater than 2360 iCO acres and that lessees shard h u not hold more moro than a tenth interest ft any oT organization el engaged In the trans Irani transportation ni or refining of ot minerals I holders Mn In Combine I An amendment b by hy Senator Sterl Sterling ui nI r I permitting holders of claims to combine com combine com com- bine with the thc consent of or the secretary fr of or the Interior for the purpose of or con c con constructing pipe lines JInes and refineries s wn sa a. a adopted J t Senator Thomas I vigorously the Sterlin Sterling amendment and anti sect section n limiting lessees lessees' stock In refining c companies com companies com com- m. m declaring that he did not b bt bi- here lIc Congress should penalize a mai mil mu for buying stock Ills motion to out the section was rejected 40 Time The Senate rejected Senator amendment which would have authorized author authorIzed authorIzed the President to develop elop mine I da- da operate coal conI and oil properties or put He lIc lands when the public exi exigencies r rt e quire It it y The Senate adopted Senator Ken KeD Kendrick's Kendricks tricks drick's amendment authorizing the sec st secretary rotary of the Interior to grant a pro pram permit on land located a a. geographic structure of or a oil and gas field Instead of or initial 11 It to land located within a twenty miles from a producing well well Un Under er the provisions pro of or the bill i prospector would receive a permit 1 l ti O acres If It he discovered oil he ou receive a patent for one fourth t tarea th tb area An All amendment b by Senator K ie he thick accepted by the Senate wo woul permit the secretary of ot the Interior give e the lessee preference In the le It Itai ing lug of or the remainder 1 1 To Cure Cure- Curen a n Cold CoM In la One One- Day nT Take LAV ATI BRO BROMO IO QUINiN Tablets Druggists refund mOn money It If tails falls to cure I 1 R V. 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