The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-19
CLAIMS At CAPE NONE
MR. NELSON, OF MINNESOTA, DE-
FENDs MEN WHO ARE NOT
AMERICANS BY BIRTH
WERE TO BECOME CITIZENS
That Was Sufficient to EntitIe Them
to Consideration, Be They
Swedes, Norvegians or
Lap1anders.

most the entire session of the senate to-
day the Alaskan civil code bill was under
consideration
In this connection Mr.. Stewart New
| delivered an address of nearly three
hours upon the mining laws of the United
states and their relation to the proposed
amendment of Mr.. Hansbrough as to the
| rights OF alien locaters of claims
Mr.. Nelson CMinn.). Mr.. Carter (Mont.)
| and Mr.. Teller (Col) discussed the pend
ing amendment at length, both Mr.. Mel
son and Mr.. Teller being particularly
! vigorous In their denunciation of it.
Mr.. Nelson sustained the rights Of the
so-called aliens who had located the min
ing claims in question.
Mr.. Hansbreugh interrupted Mr.. Mel
son to read paragraph from a document
| drawn by the law and order league OF
| the Cape Nome district, which declared
| that the people who Mr.. Nelson said
had located the claims were not really
| the locaters of the claims.
| In reply Mr.. Nelson said that the tirna
had come to call things by their correct
| names. He denounced the claw and or
der league as an organization formed
| to jump claims located by honest pros
pectors.
Continuing Mr. Nelson said the claim
ants in the Cape Nome district were all
| either declared citizens of the United
States or people who honestly had intend
| ed to become citizens of the United
States. He declared there was no reason
| in equity, justice or common sense why
| any discrimination should be made
against the swedes or Norwegians.
THE law and order league" he said,
| 'had attempted to drive these people from
| the Cape Nome district, and had been
| prevented from doing so only by the Unit
| ed States military forces AS result
| the league had asked the removal of the
commander of the United States troops
| in that district. The proposition. reduced
| to it's analysis, was simply one TO fortify
| claim jumpers as they never before had
! been fortified"
| Mr. Tillman e. CO agreed with M.
Nelson in what he had said of the rights
| of the Swedes, Gorwegians. Laplanders
| and Firms, and speaking of the Hans
| brough amendment. said that the sena-
tors ought to take 1t by the nape Of the
| neck and kick it out of the senate.
NICARAGUAN CANAL PROJECT.
The state delegations in congress from
the Pacific coast called or President Nc
Kinley today in behalf of the Nicar aqua
canal project. The president assured
| them that he was earnestly insfavor Of
! the canal, but thought it now would be
| wise to wait until tht Walker comm s.
| sion should report. He said that II would
be very embarrassing should congress
take some definite action and the com
| mittee afterward make a report against
| what had already become law. He made
| no particular point about the Hay
Pauncefote treaty.
TO BENEFIT THREE.
Representative Grosvenor (O.) Introduc-
! ed a bill today authorizing the president
| to appoint three volunteer officers as brig
| adler. generals with view to their re-
| tirement The bill is an administration
! measure having been presented by Mr..
! Grosvenor after a conference with ad-
rninistration officials. and at their re-
| quest. 1t is designed to benefit Gen. Jo-
| seph Wheeler. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee ard
Gen James Fl. Wilson. all of them volun-
teer officers. who, by the terms OF the
| bill.s would be given rank as brigadicr
| generals in the regular Service, and sub
sequently retired.
EIGHT-HOUR MEASURE.
The house subcommittee on labor, in
| charge of the Gardner eight-hour bill,
| reached a decision today on the tina!
| form of the bill. and on several amend
| ments, all of which will be reported to
| the full committee on labor next Er1day,
when it is expected final action will be
taken The bill has attracted much at
| tention in labor circles, being actively
! urged by the American Federation of
| Labor, and, being vigorously opposed by
| many large shipbHilding, steel, ammuni-
| ton and other concerns doing business
! with the government, as the measure Will
have the effect of fixing eight hours as a
day on armor and like contracts, and in
| the building of ships. The amendments
are intended to overcome objections, and
are the result of recent hearings One
of them provides that the bill shalt not
| apply to transportation. This overcomes
the objection that goods en- route for n
| factory where government work was be-
ing done might be held up because the
| train hands did not conform to the eight
! hour rule Another amendment provides
| that the act shall not apply to goods
| bought in the open market. This is to
| overcome the objection that the eight
hour restriction could be carried back to
the mines, lumber camps and all points
| producing raw material which later goes
into goveMment articles. These and 9TH
er amendments are destined to free the
measure from the chief objections
brought against it. and some of them
were drafted by the Federation of Labor
authorities The action of the committee
was unanimous today in ordering a re-
port.
STIRRED MR.. GROSVENOR.