The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-09
HOUSE.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Washington, Bills Introduced
Asking the postmsster-geuer&l why
be does not furnish double postal
card, according to Law.
By Beltzhoover, TO punish the sale
Of firearms TO Indians.
By Oulberson, for the rscoingge of
the t!aIe dollar.
By Ryan, for q commission to az
certain the losses Of United States
citizens by Indian depTedstions.
By Bellord. directing the secretary
of the interior TO pay Mrs. Meeker
and others certain sums out Of the
Ute Indian annuity fund.
By Brent, extending tbs land laws
to the Territory of Alaska.
By Bennett. for the Territory Of
Pembina.
Stevenson, chairman Of The COM
mi.tee on mines, reported back the
Senst9 bill amending sections 1924
and 1926 OF the Revised Statutes, IN
regard to mineral lands. The pur-
port of tle bill is to add to the existing
law the provision that when the
claimant OF q patent IS not a resident
of the land district, the necessary
application and afiidavits may be
made by his authorized agent. Also,
that the period within which work is
required to be done annually on all
unpatsrted mineral claims she'll
commence on the let of January sue
ceediug the date Of location of the
claim. and tina. this section shall ap-
ply to all claims since May 10, 1872.
The bill was dicussed by Bslford,
Maginnis, Page and Regain. The
latter commended That the effect OF the
proposed measure would be to allow
spectators in New York to send out
their agents and to locate any num-
Der of claims in mining districts, the
reply to that being that such can be
done nov.
Clymer took the same view az
Reagan, and expressed the spprehen-
sion that all the vast mineral wealth
of the country would fell into the
grasp Of consolidated companies.
Calkins replied to these obiec
lions, and said thst they did
rot touch the point OF this
bill. Under the present law the agent
or attorney OF the owner OF 8 mining
claim could make sn' affidavit of
entry. Reagan inquired whether,
under the proposed bill, the privilege
was not given to corporations remote
from mining districts to get out
patents for mineral claims through
agents and attorneys.
Calkins-Not at al. The bill does
not touch that question at all. II l
stake out a claim and sell it, this bill
allows the agent of the purchaser to
make an affidavit OF the original loca.
ton for the purpose of applying for q
patent. That is all that the bill pro-
poees. As the law now stands, the
discoyerer of a mine is prohibited
from di5pCsing of hia claim until after
be has got a paten. for it. This bill
proposes to enable him TO dispose of
his claim before he gets patent.
Springer supported the bill and
denied that it was in the interest of
corporations.
Belford said that the bill simply
provided that an agent might swear
70 a TAFT, within his knowledge IL
stead of the principal being obliged
to do sc. 1t was just act and it
ought to be passed in the interest Of
hard handed and heroic miners Of the |
west. There was nospeculstion in it.
There was no fraud in it. It was net
in the interest of corporations, but in
the interest of the honest miner, and
if the House voted it down it would
do an act of Injustice to every miner
in Colorado and Nevada.
Reagan argued against the bill and |
wai interrupted by Cannon, who
inquired WHITTIER he did not believe
more capital had gore into the mines
than had come out of them? whether
it was not to the interest of miners
that they should have the iulles.
chance tosell their lands? and whether
f anybody ought to be protected it
should not be the capitalist?
Reagan replied that he did not be-
ieve more capital had been invested
n mines than had been produced by
hem. The bsne of this country vas
he lettering of great industries and
interests by corporations and monopo-
les. His purpose was to give the
,reatsst encouragement to the heroic
DioDeers that 60 into the westsrn :
Tilds. He desired to keep them IN
Uttered and unoppressed By corpo:s- {
ions and monopolies. u
Haskell supported the bill. There
7ss not s. thing wrong in il. There
7as not a miner in Colorado but {
7ould vote for its passage.
Wright supported the bill.
After further Discussion by Ackliu t
nd Bennett In favor of the bill, it {
IA psssed-yess III, nays 20.
Wright moved that when the House
diourned today it be to meet on =
'ridsy. Lost-yeas 70. nays 40 q
Adjourned. {
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, 8.-Tbe House con 8 8
dered in committee of the whole the =
port of the committee on revision =.
rules. "
Reagan, chairman OF the COM
iltee on commerce, attacked the in
sw rule that proposes to deprive that 60
immittee OF the duty Of preparing ht
e river and harbor appropriation VI
Il, and to assign ii to the committee
appropriation. -
Armfeld, from the committee on ~
ines and mining reported bill con- w w
rning the locations of mineral ~
nds 1t provides thst any person ~ ~
sirous of prospecting and exploring VI
e public domain in Colorado for the
icovery OF gold. or silver bearing Do
IS, which do not outcrop or appear iol
the surface oS the ground, NAV orr
ate mining claim l, 500 feet in ola