The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
is Faith IN CONGRESS.
- MINER SAYS ANY ACTS PASS
= WILL BE FoR THE BEST.
z.~.. Nay he Made in Lana Laws
.>.en Claims VIII Ne Upheld
...-.s ". Logan Satisfied With
..,ts Of His washingten visit.

4. inclined to deal very lioer-
'Ie Aisskan Matters" said James
~ ~, ast night. Mr.. Logan may very
". -. - called one of the latter-day
Roog - the great Northern goio.
=. xent to Dawson in the ran OF
ID thu representative OF tne
- nci.co Chronicle, which po-
~ =. retained until navi-
Glcn anened in 1889. when. with
sssds OF others. he startee TOT
- diegings at Cape Nome'
- nat place early In July. vas
- beach AZ mining p,oposa oa,stas
~ Mr.. Logan and his associates
v@.sr sct,ev. nephew OF Admiral Scniey,
sss,shberrer, OF Fosston. MINI. ano
y rNsil OF Chicago. They workeu
~ t.vs ON the beach, the gross outpu.
!. tca. twelve by sixteen feet, with
- ..~rare depth Of three feet, being
.trsrg over 81, 1000. The property was
..sss ma recorded, and It was to secure
Ip-ss asfnite idea OF the legality OF the
s.s.saction that Mr.. Logan, IN august
y ~ year, fastened 70 Wasnihe.on-
: a 10 what he actually accompnsnr ra
-. ". Logan does not apparently care
!. S.riose al this time, though ne UNI
ssstrgIv expresses himself as tnor-
.-ssv satisfied with the outcome OF MS
Ss5e "a the capital.
what Congress VIII Do.
.~rt. neople. / imagine. meaning by this
". -lners and those representing tnem-
49,. :. such" said Mr.. Logan, are
sss"~r more interested in what congress
Z -ssrr "a do for Alaska than In what
..ss..rlished. First let me say that SEN
s.-- end representatives. regardless OF
49,. ara gravely and keenly alive 70
- imnortance OF broad, yet careful leg
ssssion for Alaska. Such measures AZ
~ csssed will be along lines giving .he
seafest benefit to the greatest numoer
1870. n ia the policy of the gov
~.s,~nt / think, to conduct AFFAIRS large
4 +hyough the military authorities.
1.r~h the civic powers will not be ma
s~s.iIv afYected thereby. That IL 70 say.
49, 1ooal government viii be recognized
sSiv in It's successful preservation OF law
~ order.
.srbere viii be a court at Cape Nome,
s.cther At eltka, and a third at either
rsxls or Rampant. These. with the &C.
slve AID OF the soldiers, should ana VIII
Ne the people of Alaska as perfect pro
.sss,cr legal and otherwise, as may be
~ n any OF the states of the Union. The
~ A. the head Of afYairs will be selected
A. their perfect fitness.
concsrning the land laws Ms now
ssoiied 70 Alaska, some radical changes
~ In prospect. Just here let me say
nat Gov. Brady, who appears to be not
~ popular with certain class. Is prob
Any the very best friend the Alaska
miner has before congress today. IL WAS
nv pleasure and privilege TO appear De.
fore the public lands committees several
lime. and GOV. Brady was then on every
Icssion urging such measures as the
miners appear to want and making such
osher recommendations as the conditions
pr<rned to demand Such laws as are
enacted will be largely duo to the enort
1t Gov Brady.
Can Pass M Retroactive Laws.
.srbe mower OF attorney law will either
- repealed or amended I'm such way
q III make violation Of It impossible.
what hns already been done at Cape
Nome In the way Of abusing the law
must be unraveled by the courts. Con-
ev&As cannot pass any retroactive law.
Concerning beach claims, II Is nor
easy to predict just what congress VIII
Al. Locked at from an impartial stand
point. there is no reason why congress
should pass a law naming 30 or 100
feet as the limit of a mans claim on the
beach. when that same man Ia permitted
10 locate n creek claim i.s2o feet In length.
Such a measure may be passed. but
hardly think SO. Under the Revised Stat
utes, a. extended TO Alaska, a person or
association OF persons 10 permitted 10
locate mineral bearing SAND down 70 the
line OF ordinary high tide. Those who
have visited thu beach at Cape Nome
win fully appreciate Just what thfs
means That particular beach In In no
sense tide land In my Judgment,
'The policy OF the federal government
has always been not to Interfere with
the tide lands OF territory or district,
leaving the disposal of such lands to tho
state. No exception viii. In ms Judgment
be made OF Alaska. II H. not unlikely.
however, that measure will be passed
Whereby certain tide land rights may be
acquired subject az all times To the SOW
ereign VIII OF an Alaskan statehood.
Il own some beach claims. and am
satisfied that viii be permitted 20 work
them unmolested. There can be no doubt
that the land living above the line of or
binary high tide Is just as much public
hnd as that 10 be found along the banks
OF Snake or Nome rivers. The federal
authorities will 50 recognize It. I went
70 Washington for q given purpose. The
result OF that visit il eminently satisfae-
tory 20 myself Mere than this, I do not.
for purely personal reasons care 20 say
now"