The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-04
INTERSTATE GAME PROTECTION
House Passes Law Prohibiting Inter-
State Commerce iu Game Killed I'm
Violation OF State Iaws-Re-oIution-
In the Ant Calling f'r Information
as to Irregular Practice. OF Ger
tain Treasury Department Employ
ees Alaska Gold Mining Question.
SENATE.

upon the secretary Of the treasury for
copies OF documents, ETC., relating 10
the alleged irregular practices OF the
special employe of the treasury. Will
liam H. Theobald. al New York. and
calling upon the attorney general for
report of the special agent Souther-
Ian relative to the connection OF Will
liam Theobald with the Chinese inyes-
tigation and criminal trial of Deputy
Collector Prock. of Malone. n Chi
nese Inspector Brown. and Chinese
Interpreter My 10y.
senator Pettigrew, after ascertaining
that his resolution expressing sympa-
thy for the Beers, which was before
the senate when the body adjourned
on Saturday, had gone TO the calendar.
moved to take up the resolution. On
this motion the ayes and e were
demanded. 1t was defeated % TO 20.
When the consideration of the Alas
kan Civil Code bill was resumed Sen
ator Jones, offered an amendment to
Senator Carriers amendment striking
out of the latter all but a provision
that nothing herein contained shall
be constructed as changing the exist
ing mining laws.
Senator Turner, of Washington, de-
Tending Senator Carriers amendment
maintained that the whole Cape Nome
country had been gobbled up in the in
terest of the big transportation COM
panies now holding the claims, to the
deriment of American miners.
Senator Hansbrough. appealing for
the Carter amendment, asserted his
belief that there was a monster con-
spiracy in the opposition to the amend
ment, to grab the richest gold fields
Of earth n that the millionaires and
corporations that acquired the claims
in the Cape Nome district were the
conSpiratorS.
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, in
terjected a speech on the recent West
Virginia senatorial contest, maintain
ing that there was never any fraud
in connection with Senator Scotts
election and no well-founded charges
had ever been made that there was.
His speech was a reply TO n
PettuS' recent speech on the case and
the latter declined to enter into this
post mortem" examination.
Senator Foraker presented the con-
ference report on the joint resolution
for administration of civil affairs in
Porto Rico pending the appointment
and qualification of permanent civil
OiliCcTS. Alter SOIlc ueDdlc dlu SA-
PLANTATION it vas agreed to.
The senate at $40 o'clock p. m. ad-
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The house today passed the Lacey
bill to enlarge the powers of the de-
parment of agriculture and to prohibit
Interstate in game killed
in violation of local laws. 1t authorizes
the secretary of agriculture to provide
for the introduction n restoration
of game, song and insectiverous wild
birds. This gives him the power to pre-
vent the introduction of undesirable
foreign birds and animals and prevents
the killing of game in violation of
state laws for concealed shipment
to state where it can be sold in the
open market.
The senate bill to create a commits
| sion of five to investigate n report
| upon the commercial and industrial IN
ditions in China and Japan was de-
bated at length, but was vigorously
| antagonized by the democrats, and
| they finally succeeded in striking out
the enacting clause in committee and
this motion was pending when the
| house adjourned. If the motion pre-
/ walls in the house the bill is dead.
The bill for a constitutional amend
ment to d~isqualify polygamists for
| election as senators and representa-
| tives n to prohibit polygamy, which
was reported by the committee on the
| election of the president, vice president
and representatives in congress, was
| referred to the committee on judiciary
| after meeting with opposition from
both sides of the house. Every speak
er who antagonized the bill said he OPP
| posed polygamy and did not see any
reason for legislating the constitution
| and evading the rights of the state.
The house agreed to the conference
report on the joint resolution on the
extending tenure of military officers in
| Porto Rico.
This was District of Columbia day
| in the house. The bill to codify the Dis
trict laws was taken up. As it's simple
reading would require three legisla-
| tive days, night sessions were arranged
| for that purpose.
A bill was passed to provide for the
| sitting of district and circuit courts at
| Florence, S. c.
The house then went into committee
| of the whole to consider the senate
| bill for the creation of a commission
to investigate industrial conditions in
| hin n Japan.
In reply to a question, Mr.. Lowering
| said that If the United States consuls
did their duty there would be no neces-
| sity for such a commission. Mr.. Clark,
Of Missouri, suggested that the gov
eminent is getting top-heavy with
commissions
| Mr.. Lowering, of Massachusetts,, in
charge of the measure, and Mr.. Hep
burn, OF Iowa, said the bill was earn
estly advocated by the business and
commercial bodies Of the country and
| that it was the o~utgrowth of inquiries
| as to oriental trade.
| Mr.. Ridgeley, of Kansas, asked IL the
bill did not smack Of p~aternalism and
said he was thus simply using the Ian
| guage with which he himself had beer
rebuked by republican members.
Mr.. Adamson, of Georgia, opposed
the bill. Such a bill. he said, would
have been considered un-democratic,
un-republican and un-American until
a short time g when government by
commissions became popular.
Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri, also opposed
b bill. 1t was, he said, very easy to
create new offices and raise old sala-
rfes, but very hard to get rid OF them.
He understood hat this administra-
ton had already appointed thirty com
missions to around over the earth
and do various and sundry things.