The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-01

Consideration was resumed of the
Alaskan civil code bill, the pending
question being the amendment of Mr..
Carter (Mont), in charge of the bill
Mr. Jones (Ark.) offered an amend
ment striking out Mr.. Carriers amend
ment, all but the following: THAT
nothing in this act contained shall be
construed as changing the existing
mining laws of the United States"
Mr.. Turner (Wash.) opposed Mr..
Jones amendment, holding that the
Carter amendment ought to be adopted.
He declared that hundreds and thou
sands of claims in the Cape Nome dis
tricts had been located by persons IN
the interest of the various transpOrta-
ton companies, and were now held by
those companies. He said these loca-
tions were illegal and fraudulent and
were therefore a proper subject OF legls-
latiOn by congress-
Gobble Up Claims.
He further declared, in response to in
quiries. that these claims were located
by aliens in the employ OF the North
American Transportation company and
other transportation companies.
When pressed as to how he knew
these locations were fraudulent and
illegal" he said ne understood that a
majority of the lOcatOrs, who were
employees of the transportation COM
panies, were aliens.
Mr.. Turner maintained that the
whole country in the Cape Nome dis
trict had been "gobbIed up" in the
interest of these big companies, which
were now holding the claims to the
/ detriment Of hundreds OF American
miners.
Mr.. Teller called attention to the fact
that in the entire controversy it had
not been regarded by anybody, but Mr..
! Turner. said that there were to exceed
! twenty-five aliens who had located
/ claims in the Cape Nome district, and
/ it had not appeared that they were
! employees Of transportation companies.
1 Mr.. Turner had read a letter from
! an American miner who mad been IN
/ Cane Nome. saying that the Lapland-
/ ers who had gone to the district in the
! employ of the United States had been
employed by the transportation com
/ panieI to locate these claims, the COM
| panie7 paying about 81 claim for the
| locations.
Aliens Are Trespassers.
Mr.. Hansbrough made an earnest
/ apDeaI in behalf of the Carter amend
ment He held that an alien on the
/ public domain was a tresDasser, and
] had 10 right to treatment better than
/ that accorded a trespasser.
! 1.-THE American miners" he declared
will not stand idly by and see claims
| usurped by men who have no right to
! them"
Mr.. Hansbrough asserted his belief
| that there was a monster conspiracy
| in the opposition to the amendment to
grab the richest GOLD fields on the face
of the earth. and that the consDiratoFs
were the millionaires and corporations
! that had acquired the claims in the
! Cape Nome district.
Mr.. Ross of Vermont made legal
argument against the pending amend
rent. holding that if it were desirable
to raise the question of the citizenship
of Eocators. the proper way for the
parties in interest was to appeal to the
| attorney general Of the United States
| to raise the question on the part OF
| the government.
| Mr. Stewart addressed the senate at
| length in opposition to the Carter
| amendment.
The conference report on the joint
| resolution for the administration OF
! civil affairs in Porto Rico, pending the
/ appointment and qualification Of per
! manent civil officers, was agreed to.
/ After a brief executive session tbs
1 senate at $40 .. m. adjourned