Show SYf PA THY FOR BOERS I Pettigrew Resolution Killed v Lrh the Senate THE VOTE A DECISIVE ONE from the Resolution potion to Take solutol tile Calendar is Defeated by W t 2U Did Not Voto on Senator Rawlins QuestionAlaskan Civil Code Bill Occupied Almost All the Day But No Progress Was Hade Long Debate De-bate Over a Amendment H of Jones of Arkansas 1 1 j Washington April SO Again today thoVicstlon of expressing sympathy for the Boers was thrust on the attention at-tention of the Senate This time it to the motion to proceed came up on a consideration of the resolution introduced duced by Mr Pcttlgrowv which was beforo the Senate last Saturday Tho motion was defeated 29 to 20 The conference report on the joint resolution relating to the administration administra-tion of civil affairs in Porto Rico and providing for tho appointment of temporary tem-porary ofllcers on the Island J wag I pOTOr otccrs agreed to I During the greater nart of the session o ses-sion the Alaskan civil code bill was 1 under consideration but no progress I was made Resolutions offered by Mr Jones Ark were agreed to calling for Information In-formation regarding alleged Irregular jiractlcc of William IT Theobald special spe-cial treasury agent at New York PETTIGREW SAT UPON I Mr Pcltlgrew after ascertaining that his resolution expressing sympathy sympa-thy for the Boers which was before r I the Senate when the body adjourned on Saturday had gone to the calendar I moved to take up the resolution On this motion the yeas and nays were moton It was defeated 20 to 20 as follows YEAS Allen Bate Berry Chandler Clay Hale Harris Heitfeld Hoar Jones Ark Kenny McCumber McEnery Martin Mason Pettigrew Ross Teller er Turner Vest 20 AldrIch Allleon Bard Carter Clark fWyo Davis Fairbanks Foster Pry Gallinger Gear Hawley Jones tNev Jean Lodge McComas Morgan Mor-gan Nelson Penrose Perkins Pettus Platt Conn Platt N Y Sewell iWolcott 20 ALASKAN CODE BILL I Consideration was resumed of the Alaskan I civil code bill the pending question being the amendment of Mr Carter In charge of the bil Mr Jones Ark offered an amendment amend-ment striking out Mr Carters amendment amend-ment all but the following That nothing In this act contained shall be construed a changing the existing mining laws of the United States OPPOSED BY TURNER Mr Turner opposed Mr Jonesa amendment holding that the Carter amendment ought to be adopted He declared that hundreds and thousands of claims In the Cape Nome district had been located by persons In the interest in-terest of the various transportation companies and were now held by thoe companies He said these locations were Illegal antj fraudulent and were therefore a proper subject of legislation legisla-tion by Congress LOCATED BY ALIENS He further declared in response tp Jnqulrle that these claims were located lo-cated by aliens in the employ of the North American Transportation company com-pany and other transportation companies com-panies When pressed as to how he knew these locations were fraudulent and Illegal he sid he understood that a majority of the locators who were employees of the transportation companies I com-panies were aliens COUNTRY GOBBLED UP I Mr Turner maintained that the whole country In the Cape Nome dls 1 trict had been gobbled up In the in ter st of these big companies which were now holding the claims to the detriment of hundreds of American miners merlcln TELLER DOUBTS STATEMENT Mr Teller callctT attention to the fact that in the entire controversy It entre cOltrOclY had not been regarded by anybody but Mr Turner that there were to exceed twentyfive aliens who had lo cated claims in tlie Cape Nome dis trict and It had not appeared that they were employees of appered transportation I companies tranportaton Mr Turner had read a letter from an American miner who had been In Cape Nome saying that the Lapland i ers who had gone to the district In the employ of the United Stales had hld neon employed by the transportation companies to locate these claims the companies paying about 52 a claim for the locations a HANSBROUGHS VIEW Mr Haiisbrough made an earnest app In behalf of the Carter amend uont iib held that l an alien public alen on then the-n domain was 3 trespasser and no right to treatment better than that accorded a tresypsaer Tho American miners hC declared will not wi stand idly by ld and see clnmM lWurped I by se men who have no to them havc right that f1 Bansbrolsh was a a srled his belief Conspiracy in the Olpogitioit to the oposlton amendment 10 gab the richest sold fleith riChest oi the lace ot the earth and that 01 con fplrator were the mIionaIres COI and cororatons hat had claims ha aCquired thc caims In the Care Nome district ROSS MAKES LEOAL ARGUMENT Mr Ross or Vermont AHGUlIENI a legal argument against the pentl1n mCJt holding the IC rndlnr amend desIr able to raise the I WCIe raise question of the fueston mit 7cnshlp or locators lheQH the proper was for I Way parties In Interest parte to to the ALto1neyGenr uPPCul lolncGeneral of the UrJte States to raire the part STEWART of the Government quejtIon 01 the OPPOSES AMENDMENT Sir Stewart addressed IENDMENr length In addressed lie Senate at amendment OPloitlonto the Calt A conference report on the bill scribe thorizing rulcs the und Seezetarv or Wan hI pee uu reglatons us to the nmnsemcnt at loose loss on certain rlvcrs of the UnIted States toThe < was agreed The conrerenco conrcrencl report on the resolution Joint for eoluton the civIl ftal In POrto admInistmttJomi Jlco Pending th or appointment Lppoln ment nnd quattflcatin uanent civil quaWkaton or per mnnent omeera chl ws ahed to After n brief DSJpc te executive SnH the Senfl atII0 p Inodoltn |