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Amsndment will again De stated
nCnt
Mr.. Bate. Then understand from
this amendment that the money comes
Out OF the proceeds OF thai land m is
uot 20 DC paid out OF The Treasury Of
the United States.
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. The Trina
ury Of the United States A. 10 be teim-
Dursed from the revenues OF The landa
which are now under lease.
ar. Bate. The Senator from Wyo-
ming = member OF the Foreign Rela-
1 lions Committee. I believe.
Mr. Clark Of Wyoming. Yes.
| NJ. Bate. l am unfamiliar with thta
/ matter, because I am not connected
Win the committee In any way. and 1
can only learn these facts as they arc
presented now In considering the bin
DO l understand the Seua.or % say
hat the crown lands undoubtedly be-
| .onged to the Queen?
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. There "a no
question on earth about 10; that Is. un-
der the monarchy.
Mr.. Bate. Then the recent govern
/ mcnt seized those landsg
AR. clark OF Wyoming. They took
Ar. Bate. They have also taken the
rentals annually OF those lands and APP
propriated them 10 themse.vosg
Dir. Clark or Wyoming. Yes. cir.
Mr. Bate. And this woman has got
none OF the rentals and none OF The
lands?
Mr. Clark OF Wyoming. She has
none OF the lands and none OF the rent
ais.
AIR. Bate. The United States Govern
n "a a nj
Into It's own possession and keep hem
IS property belonging to the United
States?
nn. Clark Of Wyoming Yes; that is
the proposition exactly.
Mr.. Bate. And oners to her $3.50, 900
for them as a bonus, / suppose.
Mr.. clark OF Wyoming. WELL
Mr.. Ba,e. AS compensation, then.
But she has not been consulted about
that matter.
Mr.. Clark Of Wyoming. Not that I
know or by the Government II she Is
willing 10 take 80. as the amendment
proposes, that ends all claims she has
upon the Government OF the Uulted
states or upon the Territory OF Hawaii
In regard to this matter.
air. Bate. Il seems 20 me, upon that
kind OF a showing. II Is very credltable
TO this Government that IL should be
done.
AR. Clark OF Montana. Il Is not cred
liable to the Government the way Il IS
now.
Mr.. Kyle. VIII the Senator from
Wyoming allow me? Were these lands
the personal property OF the Queen?
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming They were
not the personal property OF the Queen
in the sense that she could ALLEVIATE
them. They were the personal property
OF the Queen or the reignlng sovereign
In the sense that the revenues OF these
lands went TO the reigning sovereign.
Mr.. Kyle. The annual income from
these lands was set aside by the mon
archy for the support OF the Queen.
Was not that all2
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. Yes.
Mr.. Kyle. The same as II Is In Great
Britain?
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. Yes. air:
that Is right.
Mr.. Kyle. But they were not her
personal property az all7
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. Not IN the
sense that she could give any deed In
fee simple.
Mr. Kyle. She had no other right to
them than any other woman who might
have been upon the throne as queen.
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. The Senator
is right
Mr. Kyle. Il was not her property
at al. as ! understand.
Mr.. Pettigrcw. what Is the Income
derived from these lands?
NJ. Clark OF Wyoming. can not
give the exact figures. but the income
az present is between one hundred and
one hundred and fly thousand dollars
per annum.
a. pol.f.--o,. VII. So. a. - 49,.
time the Queen was deposed7
Mr. Clerk OF Wyoming Fifty tnou-
sand dollars.
Mr. Pettlgrew. She was deposed in
1893?
Mr. Clark OF Wyoming. Yes. sir.
Mr. PettlTrew. II seems % me We
can not AFFORD % pass THE bili without
prov ding for the Queen, inasmuch as
We de;hroned the Queen. Nobody else
did O.. The Unlte1 States did Il. We
landed our troops there.
Mr.. Clark Of Wyoming. The Sena-
tor is perfectly right.
Mr. Pet.igrew. We took her govern
meut away. No other forces ala u
'Nnn the forces % the United States.
Then we made a tre1ty with the pup
pete We set ND for TILE % that country.
Therefore. Il seems 10 me. y would be
shameful TO pass this bill without max
ing come such provision.
W. Jones OF Arkansas. Mr. I-r-i-
dent
The President p~O tn----a. Dos
the Senator from Wyoming yield %
the Senator from Arkansas?
Mr. Clark OF Wyoming. II / have
the floor.
The President pro temrorc. The Sen
stcr from Wyoming has the floor.
Mr.. Clark % Wyoming. ! yield %
IRE Se-stor from Ark7nsas
NJ. Jones % Arkansas. One difi~ul-
" ahout this. u occurs 70 ne. "a that
this provision IN the bill seems 20 be
a recognition In the Queen % the own
ers'!T % these lands. II IL on that
ground that We propose 20 make a one
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