The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-10
srcTARIAN AMENDMENT LOST.
p,AN BILL PASSED CARRYING
ABOUT SS,414,OOO.

. Homes" Amendment to the
NO Also Defeated in the Sem
Tbe Alaskan Code Bill Was
r.t.o, I'D and an Argument Pre-
,.,ted on the Amendment to
.,ihit Aliens From Locating and
roIding Gold Claims in Alaska
.-.-,,.roton. April 9.-After some fur
lf.,lsston the Senate to-day rejected
t7' -.tarian school amendment to the
Ie onpropriaion bill offered by Mr.
- . democrat, of Arkansas, by a vote
OF 80 to 10,
has been the practice for two or
.. years. the free homes" measure
" ,fesred as an amendment to the bill,
o.as ruled out on the point of or
-, that it was general legislation, and,
's,..fore. not germane to an appropria-
ton bill
without division the bill was passed.
NIL. measure carried about $S,414,OOO.
min, M the Indian bill the pending
..sti,n was the amendment of Mr.. Jones
= Arkansas authorizing the Secretary of
,..orior in certain circumstances to make
a+raots for the education of Indian pu-
NJ The amendment had raised the
- Question of government support of
.,at,rian schools and had resulted on Sat
,,rjs,- In spirited debate. Mr.. Berry
snok4 against the amendment.
ne ,mendment was defeated, 16 to 80,
as follows: c,,,- ,,..4,
yess-Bate, Carter, Clark of Montana,
nl,is1 Hansbrough, Heitfeld, Jones of
ri
wonev. Morgan, Pettigrew, Taliaferro,
hurley. Nesi-l6.
Vavs-Aldrich, Allison. Berry. Clark of
v,,yor7ing Cullom. Davis, DebOe, Fair
hanks Foraker, Frye. Gallinger, Gear,
Harris Hawley, Jones of Nevada, Kean.
Mcbride. McCumber, Mcmillan, Platt of
connecticut, Plat of New York, Pritch-
ard Quarles. Ross, Scott, Sewen, Shoup,
stewart. Teller Thurston-3O.
after adopting several minor amend
ments the measure was reported from the
committee of the Whole to the Senate,
sn3 the amendments agreed to.
The free homes amendment was Offered
end defeated, and the bill then passed.
Aliens and Gold Claims.
Consideration of the Alaskan code bill
was then resumed.
Mr.. Hansbrough proposed the following
amendment:
"'rhat no persons who are not citizens
nj the United States, or who prior to
ms king location, had not legally declared
their intention to become such, shall be
permitted to locate, hold or convey min
Ing claims in said district Of Alaska, nor
shall any tide to a mining claim acquired
nv location or purchase through any such
person or persons be legal"
The amendment precipitated a lively de-
b2te Some Lapanders. who had gone 90
Alaska on the relief expedition to take
care of a herd of reindeer, had located
claims in the Cape Nome district, and
later disposed of them.
II was stated some of these Laplanders
had made application to become American
citizens before the United States Commits
soner in Alaska.
Mir. Stewart protested against the adop-
ton of the amendment. Subsequent to
the location of claims by the Iaplanders,
the claims were relocated by other miners
who now claim possession of them. The
adoption of the amendment, 1t was said,
would give the relocators the claims. Mr..
Teller contended the Laplanders had an
undoubted right to the claims.
Mr. Daniel of Virginia, opposed the
amendment. Mr.. Hansbrough said the
Laplanders had located from 1000 to 2000
acres Of placer claims on the various
creeks in the district. They were not
American citizens. Later. American citi-
zens arrived in the district and finding all
the richest claims located by aliens
they relocated them. As American citi-
Sens they claimed only their rights.
Mr.. Teller maintained that it made no
difference whether the Laplanders were
citizens of the United States or not.
The pending bill was laid aside without
further debate.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that on Tuesday,
April H. he would address the Senate on
the Philippine question.
Al i4j p. m, The Senate adjourned.