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! the act shall be construed as changing the
! existing mining laws of the United States
but that, in any suit action. or proceeding
/ hereafter commenced, involving the valid
/ ity of an unpatented mining location on the
! public domain, any party in interest may
put in issue the competency of the locator,
and the court shall determine whether the
| locator was a citizen of the United States
/ or had declared his intention to become
such at the time the location was made.
! Mr.. Teller resented MIR. Carter's intima-
| tion that he tMr. Teller wanted the min
/ ing laws changed. Nobody, he said, pro-
/ posed to change the mining laws except the
/ Senators from North Dakota md Montana
! (Hansbrough and Carter, and they pro-
! posed il because they wanted to take care
of a certain class of disreputable scalawags
who infest every mining camp He said
it was unfortunate that such blackmailers
and thieves were allowed to go unhung. As
TO Mr.. Carters amendment, Mr.. Teller
asked whether the purchaser of mining
location should be required to find out
whether the original locator was a citizen
or not. 1t could not be done he said. II
there was class of men utterly condemn
ed and despised in a mining camp, it was
the class of claim jumpers, and those were
the men who were behind the proposed leg
islation.
The bill went over without action.
The Morning Hour.
During the morning hour Mr.. Carter sub
mitted a report from the Committee on
Military Affairs, made in response to
resolution adopted last December, direct
ing the committee to furnish information
as to the part taken by the Army in the
exploration OF Alaska. The report is an
exhaustive presentation in narrative form
of the various military explorations which
have been made in Alaska since the ac-
QUESTION Of that Territory. 1t begins with
an account of the expedition of 1863 and in
cludes all made since that time
The report was ordered to be printed
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Hoar
directing the Secretary of War to inform
the Senate of the number of inmates of the
National Soldiers Home who are colored
men or Indians, or are descended from
such.
Mr.. Hoar explained that his desire wa:
simply to ascertain whether there were
sufficient number of inmates of that de-
scription TO warrant separate institutions.
Mr.. Pettus suggested the inclusion in the
same enquiry OF national insane asylums,
and after a short colloquy the resolution
was modified accordingly and was Sgreed
to.
resolution was offered by Mr. Gallinger
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for a statement showing the aggregate
amount Of revenue, since the war reve-
nue. law went into effect. received from
stamps on notes. bank checks, insurance
policies, leases, mortgages. kilograms, ex
press packages, and medicines.
Mr.. Hoar suggested the inclusion of du-
ties on succession to estates, and Mr..
Spooner suggested the inclusion of beer.
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut remarked that
there was desire TO have the war tax
measure amended and that if that ques-
tion was taken up the whole subject would
have to be considered and the information
would have to extend to all the subjects.
He thought, therefore. the resolution
should go over.
statement was made by Mr. Gallinger
to the effect that for reasons which he did
not care TO name he desired the informa-
ton mentioned in his resolution, and he
suggested that if further information on
the same subject were desired by other
Senators II could be obtained by a separ-
ate resolution. Mr.. Plat then withdrew
his objection. but as Mr.. Gallinger said
that he had no objection to the resolution
going over until today. it was so ordered.
After an executive session the Senate
at 5:25 o'clock adjourned until today