Show T P it ii it tha the unearned lands of that declared forfeited by congress ry ny western asad press to the HERALD washington fob feb 19 morgan addressed the in support of his amendment providing for a reference to united unite states courts of all controversies 0 concerning tho rights and eq equities claimed by bytho the U united states or by private vate parties in lit the lands forfeited by the texas pacific R arco it co lu in order that ho lie might not bo be misunderstood der stood ho lie desired at once emphatically to announce his conviction that this texas pacific grant should be forfeited and his determination to vote for the bill whether the tile senate adopted his amendment or not the company had never earned a foot of land and morgan did not believe any y valid transfer could have been made roade without the express sanction of congress having eaid said this much as to his personal position lie addressed I 1 himself I 1 to the tile enerita of the legal question involved and the course of congress generally with regard to land grants this much of tho the report mr t was in the last issue of the tile DAILY HERALD repeated hero here forthe for the sake of completeness of the whole transaction ED n lie uc explained the circumstances surrounding tile special grant to the texas pacific company van wyck asked whether morgan understood there was a mortgage on thee e lands morgan said it had been so argued g sy counsel van wyck said that was a mistake morgan said that the contention and the claim clain made by the company is as he lie understood it was that there was a mortgage which affected all heir their lands ands he ile was not presenting his own view but merely what was claimed and it were disreputable to present it to the senate let the blaine rest on such gentlemen as and judge dillon morgan had no reason to doubt that such eminent counsel had given their conviction convictions in that opinion io ill a had asked evarts when hat gentleman was before the senate on oil public lands do you isk ask congress agress for any affirmative leg n to ratify this grant which you you have bought from froin the tex is as pacific co and evarts replied we do not we think we have a good ille title morgan differed dilT ered with evarts in eliat respect blair supported morgans amends amend ment lapham proceeded at length to arue tho the legal aspects of the case van wyck said tho the lands had never been mortgaged by any lapham said it was claimed the anda lands were mortgaged and that the bondholders holders claim that the bonds of i Q A si lien on indiano ino iano van I 1 wyck 1 ack sai said d that no person had so claimed before either of the committee of congress lapham replied that the failure so to do was because alib committee could not havo have tried the question if it ard been brought up I 1 van iran wyck repeated that there were no mortgages on the land morgans ain amendment end ment was rejected yeas 24 nays 31 sherman herman joffere d art arf amendment amend withholding the lande lands from settle feht for two years rejected the been perfected in committee of the whole it was reported to tho senate whereupon morgan re reon offered ered his amendment which was a again ain voted down yeas 2 nays 28 the bill wag was then read the third time and passed yeu 56 nays naysh 2 blair and bowen voted nay adjourned Adour adjourned 11 ned 7 bei before re adjournment hoar ar endeavored to get up tip tile pacific railroad billin bill in an amendment to the thurman act but the chair announced the next special order to be the bill for tho improvement of the galveston harbor und rid this wai laid formally before a tho j 0 senate prior to adjournment washington v feb 19 following i is the text of the house bill 1 as amended and passed by the sen senate ate today to daiy diy forfeiting the lands granted to aid the construction of llie the texas paci 6 c RM I 1 road be it enacted etc that all lands grin granted ted tho tile texas pacific railroad company under tinder the act of Co congress tigress entitled an act to cincot borate the texas pacific railroad company and toa ittin itin the construction of its road ami and for other purposes approved march 3rd ard 1871 and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto ther etOi be Andi n they aira declared forfeited 4 and the thel whale of 8 said aid lando lands restored to the public domain and nude mide subject to dilip disposal isal under tinder tile general laws laas of the aued united states as thop though 1 li said grant had never nuver been ninde vr provided that ill the price of the tile lands a forfeited and shall bo be the same as heretofore fixed forthe fur alie even grant bec see 2 that ue ait of march ach ard 3rd 1875 entitled an all act for the relief of Bolt sett lera leril railroad is hereby repeal repealed c I 1 the bill goes back t to the fur fr cobit non concurrence in ali alie e senate amendments |