The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-30
Carnations Worn in Honor of
 President Mckinley
LAND FRAUDS ARE DISCUSSED
Some Members object to Accepting Mileage for Extra Session, Claim ing One Merged Into
 the Other.

gress are entitled to be paid mileage a second time. The controversy arose on an item In the urgent deficiency bill pro- viding for two payments of mileage for senators and members of the house on ac- count of the extra session which merged into the regular session.
 A point of order was raised by MT. Mad dox, democrat of Georgia, against the payment of mileage second time.
 The interest manifested in the question was shown by the fact that there were few empty seats on either side of the chamber when the mileage item was re- ported
 An adjournment was taken before con clusion was reached
 Members Wear Carnations.
 carnation adorned the lapel of the coat of nearly every member of the house today in commemoration of the late Pres ident McKinley's birthday. The chaplain referred to the late President, saying
 We hank Thee, o Heavenly Father, for the beautiful life and character of cur beloved Mckinley. whom we remem- Der with grateful hearts today for the
 
 tlul example of Christian character and fortitude he left to us in his death"
 MT. Thayer of Massachusetts. rising to a question of personal privilege, said his attention had been called to d etate- ment that he assumed full responsibihtv for a resolution introduced by him pro- posing an amendment to the constitution 10 Keep land always nearly equally divld- ed among all the people. The resolution, he said, was introduced by him by re- quest.
 He said he had no interest in or sym pathy with it, and in fact had not read it.
 Hill Makes Point of Order.
 The house went into committee of the whole with Mir, Tawney of Minnesota, in the chair, and resumed consideration Of the urgent deficiency bill. The reading of the bill under the fve-minute rule was begun when MT. Hill of Connecticut, made q point of order against the paragraph approprating $1O00O0 for the expenses of the commission on International exchange, appointed to bring about a fixed relation ship between gold standard and silver using countries. He contended that 1t was new legislation.
 MT. Lind of Minnesota, asked if the par agraph committed the government to in- ternational blmetallism.
 Not at all,' replied MT. Hemenway.
 MT. Hill remarked that that would be the effect of It.
 The point of order was sustained and the item was struck out.
 MT. Hay of Virginia, raised a point of order against the appropriation to en- able the secretary of state to mark the Alaskan boundary in conformity with the award of the boundary tribunal on the ground that 1t was new legislation. The point was overruled.
 The appropriation for the United States consul at Antung, Manchuria. was on mo- ton of Mir. Hit of Illinois. chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, made on the basis of $35O0 q year instead of $4OO0
 Wanted $2,ooo,ooo Postoffice.
 MT sulzer of New York made an un- successful effort to amend the bill by in- serting item of s2, 100000 for the pur- chase of the site for a new postoffice in New York city recommended by the com mission authorized by law for that pur- pose.
 The provision authorizing the President to consolidate revenue collection districts and to sub-divide states for collection pur- poses went out on a point of order as be- ing a new legislation.
 When the paragraph providing for the destitute Indians of Aalaska was reached, MT. Cowherd of Missouri, called attention to deplorable condition of the natives of Alaska, which he declared to exist. He said the people of this country have gone in there in search of gold, and have changed conditions surrounding the na- tives.
 Game laws have been passed. he said, even to protect the ferocous bear, while the native Is left to die of starvation. The Alaskan Indian he said is the only Indian that has never raised a hand against the white man. Legislation should be enacted to preserve the Indian instead of the game.
 On motion of Mir Mondell of Wyoming, the appropriation for the expenses of the district land offices was increased from $35 900 to $50, 900. on account of the increas- ing volume of business. Before It's adop- ton MT. Robinson of Indiana, inquired if the increase was not because of the land frauds.
 MT. Mondell replied that he did not think so.
 Land FrauduIentIy Entered.
 Mir. Robinson: Tt is a fact, Is 1t not, that many millions of acres of land have been fraudulently entered in the last year or two2'
 MT. Mondell: q do not believe that is true. I believe that nine-tenths of the statements of fraud that have been made.
  purpose in making that statement, and did it to serve their own personal ends, and that they are largely the paid agents of the trans-continental railways who would like to have all the public land laws repealed in order that thirty or forty millions acres which they own will find better market.
 Mr. Robinson asked If it was denied that millions of acres had gone astray by reason of fraudulent entries.
 Mir Mondell T have lived in a state where S5 per cent of the land Is still public land, and l will say to the gen tleman that so far as my personal knowl- edge is concerned and I have taken some pains to investigate. my opinion is that in this year of grace there Is less fraud in connection with public lands in the United States, in proportion to acres than there ever was before"
 MT Robinson: But the gentleman Is not obvious of the fact and he has evil dently read the current public views