Arizona republican., 1920-12-30
Senator Ashurst Braves White House Police In Effort To Obtain Infor- nation On Measure
JANUARY 4 LAST
 DAY FOR ACTION
Humility Hints Wilson May
 Delay Action Until Final Day Assessment Work Must Be Started Dec. 31
[RepubIIean A. ?. Leased WIrel


 WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. = Pressed | by his constituents for information as to the fate of the mine assessment bill, sent by congress to the president December 21, Senator Ashurst, Demo- crat of Arizona, today spent several hours trailing the measure through the executive offices, the interior depart ment and even the White House itself. and found out nothing, beyond the fact that the president had not yet signed the bill.
 The senator from Arizona, bent on his mission of obtaining information, walked into the White House execu- tive offices shortly after one o'clock and found Secretary Tumulty absent Being told that the bill of which he was seeking information was with the president and having pressed White House attaches vainly to announce to the president his desire for a confer euce, Senator Ashurst walked dlrectly up the path leading to the feslden.lal section of the White House, declaring that las an American citizen and a limited States senator he proposed to obtain information. At the White House door, the sen ator was met by an attendant who fed him to a seat within and went to seek Mrs wilson. The president had inst finished his luncheon and had re- tired to his study on the second floor Mrs wilson directed the White House attendant to tell the senator he would nave to take up his business tirst wlth Secretary Humility as the bill had not been received by the president, where t.Nxs A sf1.tTr retired the executive offices in pursuit or the bill ~ After waiting for Secretary Tumulty for a short while Senator Ashurst le1t the executive offices for the interior department to which bills relating le mining are generally referred by the president He had gone only couple of blocks when the executive olllces received word that MT. Tumuity was returning and a messenger was us patched after the senator. MT. Asn urst retraced his steps and upon MT Tumulty's arrival requested Tram , and manly statement on the status tbe hill. He was informed by the sec retary that everything possible woui' he done to expedite action on tn measure Senator Ashurst thereupol set out again for the interior depart ment in quest of whatever lnforma ton might be obtained there
 Secretary Iunutty duiAlS thC S~A- ator's absence and upon return c President wilson from his daily auto uobile ride. went to the White Hous for a conference with the preslden Senator Ashurst shortly after si o'clock visited the executive otllces lo the fourth time and announced afte his visit that he had been promised a ars1ver hv telephone within an hot after MT. Tumulty had talked VII Secretarv or the Interior Payne { Pinehurst, N. c.
 senator Ashurst at 80 o'clock ha received no word from the executlN offices and announced to newspap' men that he would walt no longer he had an engagement
 Secretary Humility, after dinner, al rived at the executive offices about n'c1oc1x and within half an hour Sel ator Ashurst stopped in. It was tn' that the Arizona senator was formed that no action had as yet pe' taken by the president on the Dlll.
 Explanation was made at the eXec' tive offices during one of the lnte vals between the Arizona senator visits that the president had un midnight January 4, to sign or we the bill which would extend Tor months the provisions of law requl ing s1oO worth of work on mini claims before midnight December 31.
 Senator Ashurst on one of hts
 visits declared that for the pres dent to sian the measure after De-
 eenber 3f, would De like pardon
 ina man after he was hanged since hundreds of western mine
 owners would be dispossessed bS
 sIain jumpers who he said were
 Hwaitina like bIackbirds on
 fence" to file claims to the mines
 ITO say the least" he added, pi tracted and very extensive Hugat would ensue should the president 70 sign the bill before January ].
 In additions to Senator Ashul Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah; -N gent, Democrat Idaho. and Plttn Democrat. Nevada and other west senators and representatives called see Secretary Tumulty during the to press for action on the bill.
 White house policemen bewil
 dered by the unconventional en
 trance of Senator Ashurst into tn
 White House today, sought Infor
 nation tonight from headquarter
 as to how far their jurisdiction eH
 tended over a United States sen
 ator. or whether the constitutions
 Immunity of a member of congres
 from arrest would protect sen
 ator from being foroibiy refuse
 admission to the residence of tf president of the United States.