Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
THE SENATE REFUSED
Would Not Take Up the Pro- Boer
Resolution.
VOTE WIS 20 YEAS, % NAYS
Discussion of the Alaska Bill is
Resumed.
ANTI-POLYGAMY LAW S

A House bill authorizing both the district
and circuit courts of the United States for
the southern district of Mississippi to be
held at Biloxi. Miss. was passed when the
Senate convened today.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to enlarge and
improve the public building at Burlington,
Ia, was passed.
Mr. Jones tArk) introduced two resolu-
tior,s, ore calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury to transmit to the Senate copies
of the. report of Secret Service Agent Burns
and all documents, etc, relating to the al
legged irregular practices of Special Enploye
of the Treasury William II. Theobald, sta
toned at the port of New York, and the
other calling upon the Attorney General
for the report of Special Agent w. A. Suth-
crIand relative to the connection of William
Theobald with the Chinese investigation
and criminal trial of Deputy Collector Por-
ter Of Malone and Chinese Inspector Brown
and Chinese Interpreter Moy 10y.
Both resolutions were agreed to.
Refused to Consider BOer Resolution.
Mr.. Pettigrew. after ascertaining that his
resolution expressing sympathy for the
Beers. which was before the Senate when
the body adjourned on Saturday, had gone
TO the calendar. moved 10 take up the reso-
luton. On this motion the ayes and noes
were demanded. 1t was defeated, % to 20,
as follows:
Yeas-Allen. Bate, Berry, Chandler, Clay,
Hale. Harris. Heitfeld, IIear. Jones (ArkD,
Kenncy. MeCumber McEnery, Martin, Ma
son. Pettigrew. Ross. Teller, Turner, Vest
-
Nays-AIdrich. Allison, Bard. Carter,
o Clark CWyo). Davis. Fairbanks, Foster.
Frye, GaIlinger, Gear, Hawley, Jones
tNevJ. kean. Lodge. McComas, Morgan.
Nelson, Penrose. Perkins, Pettus. Platt
Conn, Plat IN. W, Sewell, Shnup, Stew
art. Sullivan, Warren Wolcott-29-
\ bill was passed to provide for the es-
Establishment of the Intersection of the true
1"eth meridian with Red river. to ascertain
the amount Of taxes collected by Texas in
what was formerly known as Greer county,
and the expenditures made on account of
said county by the state of Texas and for
other purposes.
In explanation of the bill 1t is stated that
for long time the county Of Greer was
in dispute between the state of Texas and
Oklahoma territory. and during the PEN
dency Of the dispute the expenses of the
courts and of the system of education in
Greer county We're paid out of the treasury
OF Texas. The bill as passed lays the foun-
dation for claim against the United States
for the money thus expended by the state
OF Texas.
The conference report on the bill dividing
the northern district of New York into two
judicial districts and providing for terms
Of courts therein was agreed to.
The Alaskan Bill.
Consideration was then resumed of the
Alaskan civil code bill. the pending question
being the amendment of Mr.. Carter (Mont)
in charge Of the bill.
Mr. Jones (ArkD offered an amendment
striking out Of Mr.. Carriers all but the
following: That nothing in this contained
shall be construed as changing the existing
mining laws of the United States.''
Mr.. Turner ONash) opposed Mr.. Jones'
amendment, holding that the Carter amend
nent ought TO be adopted He declared
that hundreds and thousands of claims in
the Cape Nome district had been located by
persons in the interest of the various trans
pOrtatiOn companies, and were now held by
those companies. He said these locations
were Illegal and fraudulent. and were
therefore a proper subject of legislation by
Congress He further declared, In re
Spouse to inquiries. that these claims Were
located by aliens in the employ Of the North
American Transportation Company, AID
other transportation companies.
When pressed as to how he knew these
locations were fraudulent and Illegal he
said he understood a majority of the
locators, who were employees of the trans
portation companies, were aliens
Mr.. Turner maintained that the whole
country in the Cape Nome district had been
''gobbled up" in the interest of these big
companies, Which were now holding the
claims TO the detrirnent of hundreds Of
American miners