CONCLUSIONS. The minority entirely agree with the majority that the Philippines should be given a new fundamental law granting to the people a larger measure of self-government. The minority would gladly support the passage of the Jones bill without the preamble. They would even support the Jones bill with the preamble as a substitute for the Senate bill with the Clarke amendment. But they are united in opposition to the Clarke amendment. The minority believe the Jones bill as reported to the House is a much more consistent and more carefully framed piece of legislation than the Senate bill. But either the House bill or the Senate bill is absurd with the Clarke amendment. To provide for and institute an entirely new form of government which may be abandoned in two years, and must be thrown aside within four years, is indefensible from any standpoint. If the "scuttle" policy is to prevail it would be much better to pass the Clarke amendment alone, and let the Philippine people prepare under their present government for their independent republic, or whatever they may decide they will try first. The minority would have been glad to cooperate with the majority in supporting a bill on which all could have agreed. But being unable to support the Clarke amendment under any circumstances, they are compelled to forego that privilege. In this "dissenting opinion" they feel that it is fitting they should express the appreciation of the uniform courtesy during the deliberations of the committee manifested by the chairman, Mr. Jones. The minority are glad to express their profound respect and affectionate regard toward this Nestor of the House, whose record of continuous service is longest in point of time among the entire membership of that body. It may not be improper to express the hope that his party associates in the House may substitute his bill for the Senate bill, so that its passage may be the crowning act of a long, an honorable, and a distinguished career of public service. O H. M. TOWNER. GEORGE M. YOUNG. R. W. AUSTIN. GAME PRESERVE IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. APRIL 7, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. MCCLINTIC, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 1793.] The Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill (S. 1793) granting to the State of Kansas certain lands in said State. for use as a game preserve, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report it back to the House with the following amend ments: In line 4. strike out the word "grant" and insert the words "issue patent." In line 9 strike out the words "hereby granted." In line 12. strike out the words "declared by the Secretary of the Interior" and insert in lieu thereof the following: "specified in said patent." As thus amended the committee recommend that the bill be passed. The bill was referred to the Interior Department, and the Secretary of that department furnished the committee with the following report thereon: Hon. HENRY L. MYERS, Department oF THE INTERIOR, Chairman Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate. MY DEAR SENATOR: In response to your request therefor, I have the honor to submit the following report on S. 1793, a bill Granting to the State of Kansas title to certain lands in said State for use as a game preserve. The area described in the bill is near the town of Garden City, Kans., being from three-quarters of a mile to about 5 miles distant therefrom. The sections named are shown by the records of the General Land Office to be public, with the exception of a strip of 21.12 acres along the west boundary of sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 33 W., 2.64 chains wide and 80 chains long, and the E. of E. sec. 1, T. 25 S., R. 33 W., which are within approved selections of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co., not included in the reconveyance to the United States of the remainder of said sections under an exchange authorized by the act of February 28, 1911 (36 Stat., 960). The area of public land in the sections mentioned in the bill is 3,022.40 acres. Such sections were excluded from the Kansas National Forest on December 1, when the reservation was abolished under the President's proclamation of October 14, 1915. The Secretary of Agriculture, when recommending such action, informed me that the Forest Service had maintained a forest nursery, equipped with buildings, tank, fencing, etc., on sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. He also stated that there are antelope in that vicinity, and that he was advised of contemplated legislation to grant said section and improvements, with the other sections named in the bill, to the State of Kansas for a game preserve, and recommended that such sections be not restored to the public domain with the rest of the public land in the reservation, but withdrawn by the terms of the proclamation abolishing the national forest. As there appeared to be no objection to withdrawal of the public lands in such sections for the desired purpose, I concurred in the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, and by a provision in said proclamation of October 14, the public lands in secs. 25, 26, and 35 of T. 24 S., R. 33 W., and secs. 1 and 2 of T. 25 S., R. 33 W., were withdrawn under authority of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), as amended, for classification and pending consideration by Congress of proposed legislation to set such lands apart as a game refuge. Since, as hereinbefore stated, the title to a portion of the area described in the bill is not in the United States, I would suggest that the words "the public lands in" be inserted after "Kansas" in line 4 of the bill, or that the areas in adverse ownership herein described be omitted. I would also suggest that the words "use or" be inserted after "time" in line 8, and, in order that the question of reversion may be determined by this department and not the courts, that the words "such reversion to be declared by the Secretary of the Interior" be added after "States," the last word in the bill. Very truly, yours, FRANKLIN K. LANE. The bill was also referred to the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary thereof in his reply to the committee used the following language: The bill provides for granting to the State of Kansas five sections of land for a game preserve in the northeastern corner of the Kansas National Forest in Finney County near Garden City. On December 21, 1915, the Secretary of the Interior was advised that the lands within the Kansas National Forest were no longer needed for national forest purposes and was requested, after a conference between the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the forester, to have a proclamation drafted to open the area to entry with the exception of certain sections which the State of Kansas had proposed to be set apart as a game preserve. These areas as described in Senate bill 1793 are now withdrawn under the act of June 25, 1910, pending action by Congress. The purpose of this game preserve is to provide permanently for the preservation of a small herd of antelope which has been protected for several years on the Kansas National Forest and which is certain to become exterminated in the near future when the lands in the forest are opened to settlement unless provision is made for its protection. From every point of view the project seems to be desirable. The antelope, which is now in greater danger of extermination than any other species of big game native to the United States, is rapidly disappearing with the settlement of arid lands in the West, and it is very important that some provision be made for preserving this species. A small herd of antelope already exists on the Kansas National Forest and if it can be rounded up and placed in an inclosure safe from coyotes and other predatory animals it can probably be preserved indefinitely. The State of Kansas through its system of hunting licenses has recently provided a game protection fund and a regular income for the preservation of game. By means of this fund it has established one of the largest fish hatcheries in the United States and is doubtless in a position to maintain a game preserve, but at present has no lands suitable for such purpose. The present bill if enacted into law will provide not only the land necessary for such a preserve, but the nucleus of a herd of antelope. 64TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session. EXTENSION ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLO. APRIL 7, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. TIMBERLAKE, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 10124.] The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10124) adding certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, having had the same under consideration, respectfully recommend that the bill be amended as follows: Amend the title by transposing the words "certain lands" so the title will read "To add certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado." Strike out all of the bill after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: That the eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park between the section corner common to sections two and three, township three north and sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township four north, range seventy-three west, and the township corner common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, is hereby changed so as to read as follows: Beginning at a point on the present eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, which is the northwest corner of section two and the northeast corner of section three, township three north, range seventy-three, west of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, running thence east along the township line to its intersection with the main hydrographic divide east of Cow Creek, between section thirty-one, township four north, and section six, township three north, range seventy-three west; thence northwesterly following along said hydrographic divide, passing over Twin Sisters, The Crags, passing west of Lily Lake, and continuing along said hydrographic divide, now between Aspen Brook and Fish Creek and passing over Lily Mountain and Gianttrack Mountain to a point which is the southeast corner of section thirty-four and the southwest corner of section thirty-five, township five north, range seventy-three west; thence north along the section lines between sections thirty-four and thirty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven, twenty-two and twenty-three, fourteen and fifteen, to the quarter corner common to sections fourteen and fifteen, all in township five north, range seventy-three west; thence east along quarter-section line, through sections fourteen and thirteen, township five north, range seventy-three west, and along the continuation of said quarter-section line, through section eighteen to the quarter corner common to sections eighteen and seventeen, township five north, range seventy-two west; thence north along the section line between sections eighteen and seventeen, seven and eight, five and six, all in township five north, range seventy-two west, to that point which is the northeast corner of section six and the northwest corner of section five in said township and range; thence west along the township line to the township corner common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, which is on the present eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. And the lands lying between the present existing eastern boundary and the eastern boundary as changed by this act between said section-corner common to sections two and three, township three north and sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township four north, range seventy-three west, and said townshipcorner common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventythree west, are hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States, and said tracts are hereby made a part of and included in the Rocky Mountain National Park, and all the provisions of the act to establish the Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes, approved January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby made applicable to and extended over the lands hereby added to the park. And that as so amended the bill do pass. The committee submitted this bill to the Department of the Interior, and the Acting Secretary thereof has made the following report thereon: Hon. SCOTT FERRIS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. FERRIS: I have your letter of February 1 inclosing with request for report thereon H. R. 10124, proposing to add certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The areas proposed by the bill to be added to the park have an approximate area of 10,842 acres, of which 206.11 acres are patented and 481.05 are embraced in pending entries. Of the total acreage proposed to be added to the park 2,851 acres are within the Colorado National Forest. There is herewith inclosed a map of the Rocky Mountain National Park, showing the boundaries of the park as provided in the bill and also showing the lands in private ownership and in pending entries which the bill would include in the park. The area of the lands affected by these private claims is comparatively negligible, and in the interest of better administration of the park I suggest that they be eliminated from the bill. I also suggest that the S.SW. sec. 24, and N. 7 NW. sec. 25, T. 4 N., R. 73 W., which is unentered public land and comprises the highest point of the Twin Sisters, be included in the land to be added to the park. As will be seen by reference to the attached map, a large portion of the lands proposed to be added to the park is in detached tracts. However, their natural formation, scenic beauty, and ready accessibility from Estes Park, the gateway to the Rocky Mountain National Park, and also the fact that these lands if included in the park will be afforded fire protection, make them particularly desirable as an addition to the park. The substitution of the following description for that in H. R. 10124, beginning on line 3, of page 1, and ending with the word "eighteen" on line 16, page 4, will make effective the above suggestions, and I recommend that this be done: "That the eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park between the section corner common to sections two and three, township three north, and sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township four north, range seventy-three west, and the township corner common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, is hereby changed so as to read as follows: Beginning at a point on the present eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, which is the northwest corner of section |