Show I The Springfield Republican has this item which is altogether ungenerous Tho effort of certain Senators to prevent I by legislation 1 any gold mining In the Cnpo Komo district of Alaska by aliens cnat into llu shade anything In the iuy of restriction over attempted by Iho Boers limo Tnlted States Government could keep 1 out alien mllert entirely and this country would coHlmic to be ranked as a great rlvlllsjLd power But the Boer > I who le Iho aliens have tho gold and practically all else except tIme stale Itnlr I aro denounced aa a armlclvlllsed people I yet century living In the sixteenth or seventeenth I We do not know what the attempt oiT the Senators has been I there was anything beyond the purpose to pro vent any mining going on there which might Impede navigation within the three mile limit It was no doubt aimed at the Canadian miners who have been very exacting In their licenses to American Amer-Ican We presume however that there has been nothing except to compel people who contemplate carrying machinery ma-chinery Ihere to got permIts from the Government which permits will no doubt stipulate that nothing Is to be done to interfere with navigation I is I altogether a foolish proceeding because It Is not a coasl where ships can land i The only ports are cither above or below nnd the utmost that the dredging dredg-ing machines could do would not Impede Im-pede navigation In the leasl 4 I |