Show the house passes the cannon amendment A SURE THING THE EL 13 OPEN mm THE PRESIDENT VETOES THE BILL the dawn of prosperity tor for uintah county special ibi to the VERNAL EXPRESS I 1 D C march 3 1897 the conference confere noo committee of the two houses on the indian appropriation bill has chail gaii considerable difficulty in coming coining to an agreement the amendment inserted by senator cannon throwing open the ho buncom lenda lands has met with considerably ably resistance and add for three abreo da a the senators have been laboring with tho the committee in ia tho the interests teresta in of the amendment owing to tho the possibility the amendment might bo be law on account of the statement that tho the president would veto the bill if this amendment was to bo be loft left on the bill senator cannon prepared the following amendment in the nature of a substitute to be insulted if the com committee cittee continued in its intentions that all the mineral lands of the indian reservation in the state of utah 1 hereby open for location and entry under tho mineral land lani laws s of tho the united states and on january 1 1898 all the remaining lands land of 0 tho ho isaid eaid reservation not theretofore to the indians indiana of sail said resor reservation iball be ba open for location and entry under all the land laws law of the united states pro provided aided that no person aci aon be allowed to enter more than four claims containing gilsonite tho the appropriation committo committee at a late hour tonight to night agreed to senator cannons suppo supposed aed amendments amend menta to take the place of that thab agreed upon several days ago senate throwing open the uncompahgre reservation ilia ibis insures ag passage substantially ly in the form as given above the opening at this hour bour isnow la now safe unless the tha should pocket the indian appropriation bill at two this morning the sundry civil and efficiency bills were y yet et in ILI conference senator cannons amendment opening the uncompahgre reservation was agreed to in toi ins substantially the same as the original amendment |