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lion of certain additional safeguards that ho had 

 offered in the form of ubstitute: 



I A* at, here and now, when we arv making 

 con ceeiion, ream . to the u. .\.-rnm.-nt of t h.- united 

 s through pr- 



uijuMicv and aim* ' these COrpom- 



lion*. As I staUxl thr olhcr ilay. I have no ari.l 

 land* in mv .liMri. ( or Stair. Imi \eni> n 

 a good deal of time in the grval Wot. and t 

 : 



<-mpliiint on all -!!- from I he 



M mid monopolist. 

 that was j ' tin water 



companies 1 und.- rotund that rfoot that tun.- some 

 of the State* hare taken the matter in hand ami 



law* to regulate it : but th. - 



nd which we might !- thr | 

 ..-illation.' If we make n.. such regulation 

 it in-.. ., oro tun.- in the future 



t hut. a* we had given the ri^ht without rescnin.: 

 the right to rep i late charge*, the States could not 

 JHtlate them. The - .\, of 



course, control the water within their borders to a 

 certH luit ninny of these reservoirs are of 



ilmr kind lakes which do not flow at all ex- 

 cept when there ha> -id.-rablc melting of 



now on the mountain-, so that the entire body of 



.rid on the (n.vernment's land. 



w. if we give to companies or individual- t he 



right to enter uj>n these reservoirs and do not 



BuJnanjrrwen-ation.it might become a question 



hereafter as to whether the States could control or 



"I seriously belie\ iker. that when we 



are making a concession such as is proposed to be 

 made here, we have the right to prescribe the con- 

 dition* upon which it shall i>e made. I lclieve we 

 have the power to sav that any company or corpo- 

 ration that shall avail itself of 'the oonoeiaioDI that 

 we here jrrant shall do so upon certain terms. You 

 have a right to wll a piece of land to a man. and 

 when you do sell it you part with the title, but at 

 the same time \..u have a right to make the sale 

 u|>n the condition that no saloon shall ever be put 

 upon it. Now. when the I'nited States mal 

 concession like this, it has a right to fix the condi- 

 tions, and I have no doubt whatever that Congress 

 ha* th- rii;ht to make the reservation that is con- 

 templated in the proposed fourth section of the 



MllMitUtc. 



" Wherever th- fad is brought to the attention 

 of the S-cr.tary of the Interior that there are al- 

 ready sufficient 'regulations provided for the j i 

 tionof the |*',,ple. he will not step in. Hut if it 

 thoiild ever be found that a corrupt set of official* 

 have refused to protect the people, let us have the 

 remedy hereto pr-t.-et th.- pi-. pie in the benefits of 

 those reservoir sites. Whenever it is found that 

 Mates have d. n.- th.-ir duty. then, under the 

 provision I proposed, th.- matter will IH- left in the 

 hand- Wh.-r- it is f,,, m .l that the 



. .Mature ha* done its duty, tin 

 vision allow* the control of the matt, r t, remain in 

 th'-linnd-of the localasseml.lv. j',,,t until we have 

 inch an aararance. let us retain control of tin mat- 

 ter here in our own h 



The act was approved by the President. Feb. 26, 

 1697. 



Xntflatimr I nited Staten Coln.-Th. 

 greas paawd and the Preside. 

 anpr -lowing act, to amend sectioi, 



of the Revised Statute*. preacril.ini: the punishment 

 for mutilating I lM d for ut- 



or paasing or attempting to utter or pass >u< h mu- 



<\5459. Every p r*^n who fraudulently, by 

 any art. way. or means, defaces, mutilat. 

 diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens, or causes 



or procures to IN- fraudulently defaced, mutilated, 

 impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened. 

 < ! \\ illin^ly aids or assists in fraudulently >!< ta< in^. 

 mutilating, impairin.i;. diminishiiiu'. fain: 

 in^. or li^htenin^ tlie pld or siher coin \\ hich 



.M. !'. be coined at the 



mints of tli,- I'nited States, or any foreign p. Id or 

 coins which arc by law made cum-n: or are 

 tual use or circulation .. \\ it Inn th,- 



I'nited States, or who passes, utters, publi-li 



.-r attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or 

 brinu' into the United Slate- frm any foreign place 

 .ime to be defaced, mntilated, im- 

 paired, diminished, falsified. iii:l,i< lied. 

 with intent to defraud any jiei-son whats, H -\. 

 IIMS in his possession any Mich defaced, mutilated, 

 impaired, diminished, falsified, lightened 

 -..in. kiiowin.i: the same t.. be defaced, mutilated, 

 impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or li^ r hi 

 with intent to defraud any \>< ; -hall 

 IM- imprisoned not more "than live years and lined 

 not more than x 



Much IMs.-iissed. I nt not Decided. -The policy 

 of the (iovernmeiil with regard to Culia ua- tin- 

 subject of much di-eus^ioii durini: this ses>i,n of 

 Coiiu'n-ss and various iv-olut: introduced 



and di-cu*sed rclalinu' t" the recognition of bellig- 

 erent ri.Lrhls. Cuban independence, and the 

 mi-nt of Am.-ricans ^n the i-land. Hut no impor- 

 tant action was taken, a- ther- ii-|..,-it mn 

 than heretofore to force the lv\ecini\e into aggres- 

 sive measures. 



A bill to e-tablish a uniform law on the sal 

 of bankruptcy throughout the I'nited states was 



debated in the 9 - rn -at Idi-th as usual, and 



as usual the matter remained unsettled. 



The affairs <>f tin- 1'acific Hailmads were the sub- 

 ject of discussion in various phases, but nothing 

 definite was accomplished. 



I'.oth House and Senate passed an act for tin- ap- 

 pointment of ft nonpar! i-an conimi--ion t> collate 

 information and to consider and recommend legis- 

 lation to meet the | iroblems presented by lab.ir. a-ri- 

 culture. and capital: but the President failed to take 

 up the matter before the close of the session. 



One of the most interesting and important topics 

 was the bill to amend the act entitled "An I 

 incorporate the .Maritime Canal Company of 

 raguii appro\ed I-Yb. 'Ji. 1880." It i'nvohed a 

 chancre of (iovernment policy in re^anl to the en- 

 terprise, and the Senate, though -ominir to no c-.n- 

 c'.usjon. i:ave the matter a full di-cu>- 



Lcss important mea-iirt- that went more or less 

 iinal passage were an act to amend sec- 

 tion 1H5H of th. overini: Hie ap- 

 pointment of Territorial officers ; a l^ill to amend an 

 act entitled " An Act to repeal the timber-culture 

 laws and for other purposes": an act for tl.. 

 vent ion <>f the introduction and spread of conta- 

 gious disease* into the t'niteil 

 vidini; for fr.-e home-leads on the public la: 

 Oklahoma Territory for actual ami Immt //-/ 

 tl.-rs. and reserving the public lands for that pur- 



-implify the -y-tcm of makin-_- 



in the -ub-i-t.ncc dejiartmetit to officers ami en- 

 listed men of the army ; a bill to limit the effect of 

 the regulation of commerce between U 

 - and with 



Three of the regular appropriation hill* the, 



agricultural, the Indian, and the Sunday civil fell 

 by the way. the President taking no action before 

 the dose ,,f the s<-ssif.n. A deficiency bill failed 

 through di-a-.Teement of the House and the Senate. 

 Miscellaneous. Apart from the variou- private 



n bills and mea-ures ^rantin*: America: 

 i-try to certain vessels, the following minor acts 

 were passed: 



