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Show BILL FATE IS STILL IM DOUBT Belief Is Expressed Wilson Will Sign Measure Today or Tomorrow v. A S H 1 NOTmN', Dec. 20. The mine assessment bill w hich Senator Asnurst, Democrat, of Arizona, trailed yesterday yester-day from the S'hite House to the Interior In-terior department and bad: again In an uhsuccesful effort to find out what Pri dent Wilson was going to do with it, got into senate discussion today to-day after a motion had been made for the senate to adjourn this evening until Monday Asking that the motion be withdrawn, with-drawn, Senator Ashurst indicated that nn attempt would be made to pas tho bill over the president's veto If it should encounter that obstacle. DISASTER l I IOMS. 'This bill has been before the president presi-dent some days." said Senator Ashurst. "If It does not become a law today 1 or tomorrow great disaster, financial loss and protracted litigation will ho sustained by poor men, prospectors and small miners. 1 can only express Iho hope that tho president will fign the 1. ill today or tomorrow. ' "I have no doubt the bill will be-coni.. be-coni.. law." sold Senator Borab. Ite-publlcan, Ite-publlcan, of Idaho, and Senator Henderson, Hen-derson, Democrat, ol Nevada, told the senate here today he hud reason to believe the bill would be signed 1 tomorrow if not delayed. i.-.i iip- 01 ppoi 1 - r W hile disavowing opposition to the bin. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado, said he had reoelved many' letters of protest from miners and 1 others who wanted completed tho re- i quired asaesment work on claims, the' time for completing which would be j extended six months by the measure.; "I am disposed to take a voto philosophically." phil-osophically." said the Colorado Bens-j Bens-j tor. 1.1 M RAX l M BETTER, I "If the senator Is opposed," said , Senator Ashurst. "I hope he will not! take the Btep of going to tho Whit. House and presenting his views personally per-sonally to ih president." "I'll not follow th, precedent set by the aehator from Arizona." Sena tor Thomas said amidst general laugh- I iter, "nor Join the representatives of; : Ihe Irish republic in circulating 'around the White House." |