The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Washington, April 9.-After some
further discussion today the senate re-
jected the ~sectarian school amendment
to the Indian appropriation bill offered
by Mr.. Jones Dem. Ark.) by a vote of
80 to Is. AS has been the practice for
two or three years, the free homes
measure was offered as an amendment
to the bill, but it was ruled out on the
point Of order that it was general legis-
lation and therefore not germane to an
appropriation bill. Without division the
bill vas passed. The measure carried
about S. 14,O 600.
An unsuccessful effort was made to
agree upon q date for a vote on the
resolution relative to the seating Of
Mr.. Quay as a senator from Pennsyl-
vania. The effort will be renewed to-
morrow.
During the last two hours of the
session the Alaskan civil code bill was
under consideration An amendment
offered by Mr.. H%anSbrOugh concerning
the title to mining claims in the Cape
Nome district provoked a warm de-
bate.
The bill for the government of
Hawaii as passed by the house was pre-
scented and at the request of Mr.. Gull
lom was ordered printed. Mr.. CuIlom
said he would not ask for a confer
ence.
Seating of Quay.
The resolution respecting the seating
Of Mr.. Quay was then laid before the
senate and Mr.. Chandler announced
that the friends Of Mr.. Quay were
rn2 nv FOR y VTnfn
Mr. Burrows (Mich.) hoped no vote
would be taken at this time. He was,
ne said, in receipt of a telegram from
an absent senator who desired that no
lme for a vote be fixed until he re-
turned.
Mr.. Stewart Mev.) thought Mr.. Bur
rows request that the case 90 over
was. in view of the unanimous consent.
unusual and unreasonable. THE sena-
tor has had months in which to prepare
his speech and now he wants more
months, said Mr.. Stewart, tartly.
Mr.. Chandler, in view of a statement
by Mr.. AIdrich that the business of
the senate would be facilitated by the
fixing Of a date for a vote upon the
case asked that the vote be taken two
weeks from tomorrow at 4 D. m, but
Mr.. BURROWS again interposed objection
while a certain senator was absent.
Mr.. PenrOSe requested the name of
the absent senator. Mr.. Burrows re-
spending that he was not at liberty to
give his name. He would withdraw OBJ
lection to the effort to fix a date for q
vote, but Mr.. Jones CArk) renewed il
and the Quay case went over with the
understanding that Mr.. Chandler to-
morrow would ask that a date would
be fixed for a vote probably two weeks
from tomorrow.
Indian Appropriation Bill.
The senate then proceeded with the
Indian appropriation bill, the question
being the amendment Of Mr.. Jones
(Ark.) authorizing the secretary of the
interior in certain circumstances to
make contracts for the education of
Indian pupils. The amendment raised
the whole question of government sup
port Of s~ectarian schools.
Mr.. Berry (Ark.) opposed the amend
ment, which was defeated IS to 80.
The free homes" amendment was Of
fered to the bill, but was ruled out on
a point of order, the chair holding that
1t was general legislation and could
not be added to an appropriation bill.
The bill was then passed.
The senate then resumed c~onsidera-
ton of the Alaskan civil code bill. Mr..
Hansbrough proposed the following
amendment:
That no persons who are not citi-
e Of the United States or who prior
to making location had not legally de-
clared their intention to become such.
shall be permitted to locate, hold or
convey mining claims in said district of
Alaska, nor shall any title to a mining
claim acquired by location or purchase
through any such person OF persons be
legal"
Opposed to Foreigners.
The amendment precipitated a lively
debate 1t was developed tina some
mining claims a been located at Cane
Nome by L~aplanders, who had gone to
Alaska on the relief expedition to take
care of a herd of reindeer. 1t was
stated that some of these Laplanders
had made application to become Amer
lean citizens before the United States
commissioner in Alaska. They located
claims in the Cape Nome district. Later
they disposed of the claims.
Mr.. Stewart protested against the
adoption of the amendment. He said
that one c. d. Lane had acquired some
Cape Nome claims from the Laplanders
who had located them and had expend-
ed on them about $500, 900. Should the
amendment be adopted, he said. Mr..
Lane would not only lose the claims.
but all he had invested in them. Suisse
quent to the location of the claims by
the Laplandefs, the claims were re-
located by other miners, who now
claimed possession of them. The adop-
ton Of the amendment, it was said.
would give the ~relocators the claims.
Mr.. Teller held that the Laplanders
had no right to the claims they had To-
Gated.
Mr.. Daniel Cva.) opposed the amend
ment-
Located by Laplanders.
Mr.. Hansbrough said the Laplanders
had located from 1000 to 1000 acres of
placer claims on the various creeks in
the district. They were not citizens of
the United States. Later American cit
liens arrived in the district and, finding
all the richest claims located by
aliens" they located them. AS Amer
lean citizens, they claimed only their
rights. So far as he personally was
concerned, MI. HansbrOugh said he
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