The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-03-30
SHALL WE RETALIATE?
Question of Excluding Alien
Miners From Alaska.
POpulist Senator Allen Ready tn
Advise Not to Enlist in the
Philippine Army.

Washington, March 26.-The trouble
some question of alien ownership of
| mining claims in Alaska was before the
senate today, but action had not been
| reached when the senate adjourned for
the day.
The conduct Of the British government
in excluding American citizens from
claim ownership in the Atlin coun-
try seems to have provoked n
| desire for retaliation, and in this spirit
Senator HansbrOugh today offered a
sweeping anti-alien amendment to the
Alaska civil code bill. 1t was supported
by Senator Carter, who has charge of
the bill. Senator Morgan offered a sub
stitute, and the two amendments were
pending when the senate adjourned
During the discussion it was asserted
that the Laplanders which the American
government sent north some time ago
with herd of reindeer to relieve the ice
bound whalers in the arctic. heard of
the rich gold strikes at Cape Nome and,
using the reindeer, OUTRAGED a party of
American miners and seized number Of
the best claims.
The bill was under consideration dur
ing the greater part of the session. An
amendment was agreed to fixing a
license on every kind of trade and com
nerce in the district of Alaska. the
license ranging from $40 to $500 Der
annum. The measure had not been
disposed Of at the conclusion OF the
session.
Populist Aliens Resolution.
The resolution offered last Saturday
by Senator Allen calling on the secretary
OF war for information relative to causu-
alities in the American army in the Phil
ippines was then taken up.
Senator Allen supported the resOlu-
ton in a brief speech, after Senator
Gallinger had suggested that it ought
to go to the committee on military
affairs.
Senator Galiinger intimated that the
resolution would have the effect of dis
cOuraging enistments in the army.
Senator Allen declared that to send
the resolution to the committee on mill
tary affairs was to destroy and smother
1t. He said that owing to the climatic
and other conditions in the Philippines,
the American army could not remain
there for two years. He said that i'll
ness and suicide among the troops were
OH thC lHCI6dscs IIC DelieN6u Utle Amerl-
can people were entitled to the facts.
He was prepared, he said, to go so far
as to advise men not to enlist for duty
in the Philippines.
Adverting to a reference by Senator
Allen during the course Of his speech,
that Senator Galinger had not served
in the civil war, the latter said his SER
vices had been offered and had been
refused on what he thought were INSULT
cient grounds. His wish to have the
resolution referred was not due to any
effort to have it smOth9red, but that it
should be examined by proper commit
tee. He was satisfied that while the per-
centage OF illness was not high in the
Philippines, the evident intention of the
resolution was to obtain information
that might be easily garbled for politi-
cal purposes.
Senator Hawley, chairman of the COM
mittee on military affairs, was inclined
to think the inquiry ought to be made,
the statistics from the Philippines placed
side by side with similar statistics on
the wars with other nations. He be-
lieved Senator Allen would be disap-
pointed in the result. In order that the
resolution might be amended, it was on
his motion referred to the committee on
military affairs