Show WILL OUTDO THE i un Of AL ALIERS f GOT Gov c Allens All ns Inauguration n nI I Pomp P and Splendor SiJ clor clort t I rU EFFORT TO IMPRESS t I THE PIlE PORTO RICANS I ij ii I 1 t J It iP t all s Sarcastic Speech S e c in inI l United States Senate t J JI I 4 I r Give Natives Taste of f Our Imperial 1 II J Grandeur Gr nd Greatest Ceremony c I I I In This H il H I r History mst Matter of Adjournment ht 1 i P J I Comes Co es Tip Proposition to Give j I Gold old Mines e In Alaska to Amen Ameri Americans eri I I it I cans h I 1 t tt t II t Washington V April 19 lu accordance i 1 I with the recommendation of or the president f t dent In his message sent to congress congre S 4 t I yesterday Y the senate today passed a ai i i Joint resolution providing for far the ad administration administration Ii ministration of civil affairs in Porto PortoRico PortoRico PortoRico Rico pending the appointment of of officers i under the Porto Rican sovern TH r ment law In recently enacted 4 t I The Alaskan civil code bill was wa again nfl i 1 t 1 under consideration the debate con continuing conI I i 1 1 I tinning on the Hansbrough Hanbrough alien alienI I I miners amendment Mr Carter pre presented I 1 seated formally his substitute for fo th t I Hansbrough amendment and delivered j I a speech in support of it itI j I Mr Spooner antagonized both the j original and 2nd nd substitute te amendments ii holding that the courts ought to settle lie t 1 the conflicting claims without inter interference Interi i ii 4 ference by congress J In the course coume of his hi remarks on the I i I Porto Porta Rican resolution Mr Tillman S C made a characteristic speech j and drew a picture of ot the he t t i i tion tron of ot Governor Allen of Porto Porte Rico i 1 on Mav 1 L 4 We are said he to have a grand grandI I pageant on an May 1 when the new gov guy governor governor is la to be inaugurated This in m inauguration I J is to take place with th the S t t greatest ceremony ever seen seer In any t J part of the United States I imagine H that the purpose of this display is to I 4 Impress the Islanders with the J I fir r grandeur and nd greatness of the United i States tales as well as aa to impress the peo pee people 1 J I pie of the United States with the new ew ewi J ti i policy of imperialism which an Ameri Amen American jl can consul Is to take possession of the island ir 11 Like Sultan of Morocco After a while of course we will 17 I have another governor sent to the I 1 I Philippines and he will be of so much j 1 I greater importance than the governor of the little island is and of Porto Porte RiCO Bled that I I 1 suppose he must have the t him across the thC Pacific and must have havet t umbrellas held over him like the bey hey 4 Qt of Algiers and the sultan of Morocco Marocco it S We will have him attended by our sub subject subI 1 I princes prin es in the Zulu archipelago i with body guards and all i 1 that sort of thing If that is the pur purpose purpose purI j I I pose of keeping these army officers in 4 Porto Porta Rico I ico I will Interpose no obstacle n to the passage pas of the resolution resolutIonS i S Mr Bacon Ga inquired whether S United Stat States State army officers were in receipt of salaries as civil officials in 1 addition to their pay as army officers Mr Foraker replied that the army urmy J I I officers were prohibited by law from froma accepting a such additional pay pa paIr t Mr Ir Bacon said while he had no noS S J I definite information of the subject he F 5 I had understood some army urmy officers were receiving large salaries in addi addition t 3 i i tion to their regular pay tj Mr lr Chandler thought Mr Ir Bacons j I statement was very ery important If it 4 were ere true congress conT eG ought to know it itHe itU itS U S I He therefore suggested sted that Mr Bacon Baconi i i offer a 8 reso ution of inquiry as an to the I t I subject 4 r i Talk of Adjournment i Ii Mr Bacon in the course of some Borne re remarks remarks remarks marks said he had understood it to be bethe bethe bet t N the purpose of the leaders of the 1 dominant party in congress to adjourn i I early in June and drew the fire of Mr lIr 1 i Platt Conn Cona who after expressing his 1 j obligation to Mr Bacon for informing 1 1 the th senate when congress would ad adi i 1 jurn was about to proceed when Mr I Bacon interrupted that his information i i came from the newspapers which t stated that the leaders lenders of the domi dominant l I nant oom party had been informed by the J I president of ot his desire for an early earlyS f S t adjournment I Mr Platt replied with some heat that I he was not aware that the president 1 expressed his desires through the news newspapers fl fi papers 5 I 1 think I ought to say said Mr III j Platt that whatever the president 3 may think about wisdom of ot an anI early earl adjournment nm ent with due regard to tot t the business of the country so eo far tar as asI asI I ft I know the views of senators they are all in favor of an early adjournment j and I think so far tr 23 ns I know the sen sentiment seni W i of the country that the people veople r i will be glad to have haye us adjourn even t e before June JuneI une 1 1 I 1 think the senator s is Ia entirely cor correct correct correct said Mid Mr Bacon on Nothing can cani b i be he done at this seison of congress ex ox except exi Ii i capt by the dominant party and the C leas 1 9 work it does the better And the thes s i sooner sO 1 r we adjourn without doing more moret t of ot that work the greater the gratification ii tion of the country will be Laugh Laughter t ter terI terI I th I r think on the contrary said Mr I Hawley Conn that the country cx ex expects fl 1 peaLs p us to remain here to do whatever I Is necessary and Important Alaskan Code Bill S l The he Alaskan code bill was then th n taken L up lIP the pending question being neing b ing the S q alien miners amendment amendmentS Mr Carter in charge of the measure measureS S oi S replied to the speech of Mr Teller de delivered deit it 1 livered yesterday in which the Colo Colorado f rado senator denounced the men who had jumped th claims originally lo located b bS Y S Hi by some Laps Swedes Norwegians NorweST ST iI glans gians and Finns Mr Carter main maintained that mere denunciation of the themen thel themen l j men moo was not sufficient to destroy their rights The injured parties ought to tobo tol tobo l bo permitted to go into the courts co to tot t contest legally for their claims y Mr Carter had read a petition from front frontS 1 S the Law and Order league of the fJ Cape ape Nome district in which serious harges charges were m de against the United i a States army arm Officer in command of f the k H I charges which indicated that 7 he w was personally Interested in the thc 1 claims located bv by b the aliens S it Mr Rawlin R Utah Ked if it were ware not a fact that this thi United States army officer had dispersed dl persed at the point of the bayonet a organized miners meeting in the Cape Nome om district j Tyranny of American f Troops 1 Mr Carter replied that he had been Informed Illat soldiers of at the United t S States had dispersed rB d a meeting of oft t American citizens called together to tomake toj tomake j make rules and regulations for the government of in the district 1 and subsequently said sald some of these those 1 men had been taken to ta St Michaels 0 and lodged in jail S That action clIon of the United States S army will bt b subject ct to a rigid investigation investigation 1 there can be lie no doubt said 1 Mr Carter C and the Investigation must be searching and thorough The i facts will out in time and if guilt ex ox exists exI I 5 ls s J the th guilty man may well wll begin to ta f t tremble tram now Mr iVr Carter offered a substitute for forI fori 4 S i i Mr amendment andI and andI andi 11 I I I ft i i S SI S I 1 1 oJ d a a speech in s rt of It 11 The substitute s follows S Tt That at nothing In this act contained sI shall hall s be construed as changing the ex ox sting 11 I mining laws of ot the United States b but ut In a ay y suit action or proceeding hereafter h r commenced involving the va a l of ot an mining location on an o n the public domain I any party alleg ing I ng an Interest in the subject matter may put the competency of the Io locator ator in i n issue and the court shall determine whether the locator loc tor was vas a citizen or had h ad declared his intention to t become be ome a citizen c ct of the United States at the rime tim ini t the location was as made This amendment he said was TOTS fair and a nd just BL The opposition to It was not the he t miners of ot Icebound Alaska who were not represented represent in this capital out but b ut was the hand of speculators SI who had h ad rounded round tip ij all att the claims they could c get hold of r and were represented by b y a q lObby here in Washington n Preference Por For American Miner I am fr tor the American miner he declared d and believe he should be given preference in the location of min mm ie ing i ng claims over the aliens who dont iI even ven e declare their intention of becom ing in I ng American citizens That Is all there here t is to my amendment Mr Spooner Wis opposed the amendment a and nd declared d that the charges harges c made against an army officer could c have nothing whatever to do with the quest question on at issue As to the amend ment nent i iI offered by Mr Carter he said It I t would affect not only people in Alaska but hUt because of ot its wording might also greatly greath injure the Amen Ameri can an miners now I no operating in 1 Canada The proposition of ot f the amendment was m in i n his hia opinion abhorrent to every very fair minded man It was retroactive legis lation l affecting the rights of people throughout t Alaska It was a proposed change ch of existing laws l aws as tho the suPreme court had held that only the government gov of at the United States could call ito question the citi of a locator of i i mine He H pointed out that the suits now pending could be easily dismissed and again in thus enabling an individual to call into question the citizenship of a mine locator As Mr Carter admitted that his amendment would apply to all the ter ten territories territories of the United States Mr Spooner challenged its ite right to be put upon a civil code bill for Alaska where he declared it had no business He maintained that the rights of df f the I original locators of claims In Ia the Cape i Nome district ought to ta be determined i not by congress but by the courts act ing under the law as it existed when tha th rights were acquired Mr Tillman Tiliman urged congress to take no action that might deter Finns from I leaving l Russia and settling in Alaska thus thud t affording a good goo population for the district The bill was then laid aside and after a a brief executive e see sea aba aion the senate a 5 p m In adjourned |