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the act shall be construed as changing the
existing mining laws Of the United States;
. but that. in any suit action or proceeding
+ hereafter commenced involving the valid
. ity Of an unpatented mining location on the
public domain, any party in interest may
put in issue the competency Of the locator
and the court shall determine whether the
/ locator was a citizen Of the United States
or had declared his intention to become
such at the time the location was made.
Mr.. Teller resented Mir. Carter's intima-
/ ton that he tMr. Teller wanted the min
ing laws changed. Nobody, be said pro-
/ posed to change the mining laws except the
! Senators from North Dakota and Montana
/ CHansbrough and Carter. and they pro-
I posed il because they wanted 10 take care
/ Of a certain class Of disreputable scalawags
/ who infest every mining camp" He said
/ il was unfortunate that such blackmailers
and thieves were allowed to 20 unhung. As
/ 10 Mr. Carter's amendment Mr.. Teller
asked whether the purchaser Of a mining
location should be required to find out
whether the original locator was a citizen
or not II could not be done, he said. II
there was a class Of men utterly condemn
cd and despised in a mining camp, it was
the class Of claim Jumpers and those were
the men who were behind the proposed leg
islation.
The bill went over without action.
The Morning Hour.
During the morning hour Mr. Carter sub
mitted a report from the Committee Cd
Military Affairs. made in response to q
resolution adopted last December, direct
ing the committee TO furnish information
as TO the part taken by the Army in the
exploration Of Alaska. The report is an
exhaustive presentation IN narrative form
Of the various military explorations which
have been made in Alaska since the &C
QUESTION Of that Territory It begins with
an account OF the expedition Of 1863 and in
cludes all made since that time
The report was ordered to be printed
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Hoar
directing the Secretary Of War 10 inform
the Senate Of the number Of inmates Of the
National Soldiers Home who are colorcd
men OF Indians. or are descended from
such.
Mr.. Hoar explained that his desire was
simply to ascertain whether there were q
sufficient number Of inmates Of that de-
scription to warrant separate institutions
Mr.. Pettus suggested the inclusion in the
same enquiry OF national insane asylums,
and after a short colloquy the resolution
was MCulhed accordingly ana was ,Sreeu
TO.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Gallinger
calling on the Secretary OF the Treasury
for statement showing the aggregate
amount OF revenue, since the wsr reve-
nue. law went into effect. received from
stamps on notes. bank checks. insurance
policies. leases. mortgages, kilograms, eX-
press packages. and medicines.
Mr. Hoar suggested the inclusion OF du-
ties on succession 10 estates and Mr.
Spooner suggested The inclusion Of beer.
Mr.. Plat Of Connecticut remarked that
there was a desire to have the war tax
measure amended and that if that ques-
ton was taken up the whole subject would
have 10 be considered and the information
would have TO extend TO all the subjects
He thought therefore. the resolution
should 90 over.
a statement was made by Mr. Gallinger
TO the effect that for reasons which he did
not care 10 name he desired the informa-
ton mentioned in his resolution, and he /
suggested that if further information on
the same subject were desired by other /.
Senators II could be obtained by a separ-
ate resolution. Mr.. Plat then withdrew /
his objection, but as Mr.. Gallinger said !
that he had no objection to the resolution /
going over until today. it was so ordered. |
After an executive session the Senate /
at 5.25 O'Clock adjourned until today