The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-10
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Mondays Proceedings at the
National Capital.
THE MINES AND MINING BILL.
Supreme Court Enlogies on the Late
Chief Justice Waite-AnOther
Railroad Accident.
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, April, 9.-Merrill gave
notice that he would, on Wednesday
next, address the Senate on the Presi-
dents annual message, and Coke gave
like notice for Thursday.
A number of bills were then intro
duced and referred.
The bill to provide for the admission
of the State of Dakota into the Union,
and for the organization of the Territory
of Lincoln. was taken up. A substitute
was reported from the committee on
Territories to the original bill, to estab-
liSh the boundaries of the proposed
State, and des gnateHthe remaining por-
tions of the present Territory as the
Territory of North Dakota mot Lin
coln), with Bismarck as the capital.
Teller reported back the House bill
20 give validity to certain patents for
inventions that were irregularly issued,
being signeI by the Second Assistant
Secreta of the Interior Hawkins, in
stead Of by the Secretary himself.
Passed.
Butler reported back the House bill
to ratify and confirm the act of the
county of San Juan. Passed, with an
seat.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following:
By Allison-For the establishment of
q permanent court of arbitration be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain and France.
By Chandler-For the completion of
the direct tax of 1861. This bill
reviews and re-enacts those sec
tons of the act of 1861, imposing
a direct tax of $20,000,000, and
provides for the collection of
all the uopaid balances, with per cent.
interest thereon. The States are to
have the privilege of assuming their
quota, less 15 per cent. deduction, other
wise the tax is to be collected from the
land of the individuals. as provided in
the original act.
The Dill to authorize the sale to aliens
of certain mineral lands was taken UP
for conside:a lion.
Faulkner, a member of the commit
tee on mines and and mining, from
which the bill had been reported, spoke
in opposition to it. He regarded it as
s bill fraught with danger. The act of
1887, which this bill propos to modify,
was the first act passed which affected
the holding of real estate. The bill
would not n y allow individuals to OBJ
tain mineral rights in this country, but
it would allow corporations formed in
England, France or Germany to pur-
chase any number of patents to mining
lands.
Stewart asked Faulkner whether
there was any law in West Virginia that
prevented aliens from having an inter
est in mining property.
Faulkner-None,t that l know OF.
SteWart-Nor in any other State.
Faulkner moved an amendment. pro-
viding that law where mining claims,
which have been patented, are acquired
by partnership, majority of the part
ners or directors SHALL be citizens OF the
United States.
Stewart said there seemed to be total
misrepresentation OF the object of the
bill. 1t left the law, so far as mining
claims were concerned, in the same
condition as if the act of 1887 had not
been ,passed. And the Senator himself
,(Faulkaer) had demonstrated that no
evil had resulted from it, as it had then
stood.
DoIph said the law of 1887 had been
aimed against the evil of allowing for
eigners to hold large tracts of agri-
cultural lands. The bill simply restored
the condition of affairs in the
mining districts of the Terri
tories that existed before the act.
of 1887.
Without final action on the bill or
the amendment, the bill was laid aside,
and bill taken up to provide for the
admission of Dakota into the Union,
and for the organization of the Terri
tory of Lincoln.
PIatt, chairman of the committee on
Territories, said the bill was one of four
which had been reported by the COM
mittee on Territories, for the admission
of new States.
II provides for the admission. of the
southern part of Dakota, SSunder the
Constitution already formed. The
other three bills were enabling acts for
the Territories of Washington, Mon
tana and the northern portion OF Da
kots. The proposed State OF South
Dakota had a population OF 4eO ,OOo, anu
he thought that they had a right to pe
admitted as State, and to participate
in the next Presiden tial election.
Vest-DO you mean that the people
of south Dakota have a legal and con-
,stifntional right to come into the Union
as 4 State without action on the part OF
CongressY
Vest-That claim has been asserted,
and / wanted to know whether the
Senator from New York endorsed that
proposition or not.
Piatt said there were now in the
Union nine States having less popula-
fian than the proposed State of South
Dakota, He argued that South Dakota
had brought herself within the prece-
dent under which States had been ad-
mitted. It could not be said that she
had done anything irregular. Why
should she not be admitted, and ad-
mitied nowt Why should the senate
turn q deaf ear to her prayer? Why
Should the Senate refuse to participate
IN that greatest and grandest act of
legislation, the admission of a new
State into the Union, thus adding TO
the grandeur. strength. glory and re-
nown of the American Republic.
Butler obtained the floor and the Dill
went over till tomorrow.
exe, ], avecutive session the Senate