Objecting to this section 73. the Senator from North Dakota presented his amendment. The discussion upon that amendment has taken a somewhat wide range and has been characterized by a dealing in terms of opprobiun. crimination. and recrimination. with which we have nothing whatever to do in this Chamber. The discussion has demonstrated one fact very clearly. that certain Senators believe that an alien. without declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States. has as good a right to locate a mining claim on the public domain of the United States as any citizen of the country. whether native born or naturalized. In 1872 the present mining law was passed. and by section 2319 of the. Revised Statutes. which formed a part of that law. locations upon the public domain of mineral land were limited to persons who were citizens of the United States. or had declared their intention to become citizens.
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