Show CONGRESS by western asad press tu to the 1111 washington feb 19 van wyck called u up the texas pacific forfeiture bill and ang it was read the bill was then entered upon and the commit tee amendment waa was agreed to morgan offered an amendment similar to offered by him in tho the case of tho the atlantic pacific bill providing for reference to the U S courts of all A controversies concerning the rights and equities claimed by the united beatea or by private parties in tho the lands forfeited morgan addressed the senate in support of his amendment in order that he be might not be misunderstood lie desired at once emphatically to announce his condic tion that the texas pacific grant should ho be forfeited and bis his detert determination nin to vote for tho the bill bills whether the the senate adopted his amendment or not the c company had never earned a foot of the land la and morgan did not believe auy valid transfer of it could have been made without the express sanction of congress washington fob 19 the house met in continuation of yesterdays yesterday ya session giolman introduced a joint resola tied requesting the president to open negotiations french lie with a view to negotiating a new convention with that government for the establishment of another french and american claims com mission which shall have amplo ju ris diction to reopen examine and anti finally determine all claims were filed before the late commission under the convention of january 15 1880 the house then went into committee of tho the vt hole on the river and harbor bill |