Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-09
TIE ALASKAN Bill.
Story from Washington that Some Re-
publicans Were Fooled into
Working With Demo-
Gratis.

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Tia OPPeoahNeeln1tls o 3 oenauto1 a1k1HaHns
brouugh's amendment We're PLAYED
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The Hansbro,1gh amendment to the
Alaskan hill .nToyiding that aliens
could not hold claims n5the Cane Nome
regions was nnnnsed nv senator Nel-
son 81 Minnesota and other renubli-
cans who work d with the democrats
fl defeat .a massage bf the amend
ment Senator Hanshrouph claimed
that the claims filed in4the Nome re-
gion d sold to a4California syndicate
Of millionaires, should be set aside. in
favor Of the miners who were actually
the ground working. Nelson
claimed that the men Who fled these
claims were Scandinayians and citi-
zens. Terry 4. the washington cor
respondent Of The Minneapolis journal
saws Of the defeat of the amendment:
Both sides claim IL be right There
can he no @nuestion az "a fhe earnest
ness and energy with which both urged
their respective claims. The Nelson
fo1lowing embraced = eood MANY lead.
ing democrats in the senate. which NAV
or ma not be significant noliticaIly
Whether tits or moi. however # flir-
nishes 4 hook upon which IA hang !
yery good story which I tell as s. Was
told to me by 4 man who followed the
case from the beginning Of the debate
in the senate to the vote on the anal
passage Of the bill. He saws:
.After the debate in the senate had
gone on for almost a month # became.
apparent to me that Senators Taller
Stewart and Jones. the latter If whom
is chairman Of the Democratic national
committee and seems all along "a have
hada deep interest in IA mar I.ee
one Of The syndicate would defeat r
entire bill in the event Of the adontion
o f$the amendments offered Nv Senator
Ha%nsbrouph 1T is nossih1e that M
Hansbrough had enough votes ~ ma &C
his amendment. ~11nderstand fbat No
claims he had-but this would have re-
suited in the bill,s heinz faIEad r.
death. 1t would have been debated
right up to the end Of the session ~
Jones, Teller and other democrats md
a vote would ave been o1,t-sof rho
question. IL
sThe great trouble with the ren,,b,i-
can party is that it Is ALWAYS wantine
to reform Something and al tines ;4s
desires along This line laad II ,InconS
sciously to nlay into the hands ~ !
}democracy. That seams tn haya baan
the case with the Alaskan hill o.
eral senators on the III Sac
gentlemen from Nav mn & NJ ohioaM
Senator Nelson was with tban
thought that the amendments offarod
|by Mr. H%ansbroueh 80 "a a1isns I,aTa
retroactive and won1d distnrh Tics
and equities. This nns;t;ons yvos aan1
tested Nv the HanshrnIIoh sida w;tb :
good deal of force and abiIitr, h,,t a. a
M effect and in tho and +hasa 49,
|licans Joined with the y re- = ~
named and comnaIled iba rr;th 5, n 80
Of the amendments $40 800 fI"e
ward ara known * hova 49,. .1a
ton on many narhans se,era1 h, - ~,
Of. thec claims IL tbase forsiaa -, aiu - y
It is well known "a mo bora g. $500.
.herders with The ,,nda,.sf. na;na ~
they We're IL return hona 81 So ~
their work voc dnna Hnho 80 80 40
tWayward syndicate u,onts Ss ssma;ns4
delay in detarm ! - s su.aene :
alien. titles SO the syndicate nav taLa
the gold from the ground
1T is well known That Lane in 1909
subscribed very Iiberallv IA The Rrysn
campaign fund. and has already 1acad
considerable sums for camnsisn mr.
poses this year in the hands If chair
man Jones the DISTINGUISHED ~senaTar
from Arkansas. Mr. Tones was lrs,4r
careful not to engage ii the dab.+o ~
the senate. but T understand hot he
worked persistentIy anon the dame
cratic members in behalf IF lana -
f.There is no question Il nv m;nd
but that Lane and HAYWARD IL tbon ~
permitted to go ahead This vaar and
next and work these alien claims tba
government meanwhile not hsIina ~
right to bring the aliens into co,,,.t
can we'll afford to contrih,,ta - ro',nG
million to the BRYAN camnaian f,na