Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-20
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
Reciprocity-A Veto by
the President, Etc.


the President, Etc.
Mr.. Hale presented in the Senate yesterday
an amendment TO be offered to the tariff bill
In these words:
And the President Of the United States is
hereby authorized. without further legislation
to declare the ports of the United States free
and open to all the products of any nation of
the American hemisphere upon which no export
duties are imposed. whenever and so long as
| such nation shall admit to its ports free Of all
national, provincial, state, municipal and other
taxes flour, corn meal and other breadstuffs,
preserved meats, fish. vegetables and fruits,
cotton seed oil, rice and other provisions,
including all articles of food lumber fur niture
and all other articles of wood, agricuitura
implements and machinery, mining and
mechanical machinery, structural steel and
iron, steel rails, locomotives, railway cars and
supplies, street cars, refined petroleum, or
such other products of the United States as
may be agreed upon.
PAN-AMERICAN APPROPRIATIONS.
Secretary Blaine was yesterday before the
subcommittee of the Senate committee on ap-
preparations in charge of the diplomatic bill to
urge favorable action upon the proposed
amendment to the bill to carry out the recon-
mendations of the Pan-American conference
The items he favored are as follows: To COM
plete the work of the conference clerical work
printing, &C., $40 $50: expenses OF the none
tary union. which the President Is authorized
to call to meet in Washington first Wednesday
January next, $4,000; proportion OF expenses
OF survey OF lnter-Continental railway, charge
able to the United States. sos 900; bureau of in
formation. $4,000; compilation of publication
of a uniform nomenclature of articles of mer-
chandlse IN the English, Spanish and Portu-
Suese languages, $4,000; erection of a suitable
A m al n rar 20 ha dali
Gated on the 400th anniversary of the discoy-
cry OF America, S25O, O0O The total is S425, $50.
THE IMMIGRATION INvEsTIGAHoS
The JOINT committee of the Senate and House
investigating the immigration question con-
tlnued their investigation yesterday. Paul
Wolff, correspondent of the New York Stats
Zeituog addressed the committee in favor of
establishing educational test so as to require
all immigrants who land in the United States
TO be able to read and write. This, he said,
would not affect the most desirable class of i'm
migration which comes from Germany, ireland
and other parts of Europe. while it would sue
cessfully check the Objectionable immigration
coming from Hungary and Italy. He also ia
vored attaching immigration agents to the con-
sular Offices. L. w. Habereon, fifth auditor of
the Treasury Department, spoke in opposition
TO the educational test Charlotte Smith, edi-
tor of the Working Women. addressed the COM
mlttee in favor OF appointing women inspect
ors at the port of New York to look out for the
women immigrants She opposed applying
this educational test to women immigrants and
said that it would keep out the most desirable
class of domestics.
AvETo.
The message Of the President yetoinR the
bill to change the boundaries of the I'm
compahgre Indian reservation was presented
in the Senate yesterday, read and referred to
the committee on Indian affairs.
IMPORTED BELGIAN GLASS BLOWERS.
Acting Secretary Batcheller of the Treasury
Department has sent letter to the Speaker of
the House in response to a resolution offered
by Representative Lodge, inquirng whether
1t is true that the Cunard Steamship Company,
on Saturday, June Z, 1890, refused to obey the
officers of the United States to give return
passage to certain immigrants Belgian glass
blOwers) landed at New York by said COM
pany IN violation of the contract labor laws of
the United States, and if SO, what steps, if any.
have been taken to refuse entry to steamships
OF said company until said company complied
with the laws of the United States and made
reparation for their refusal to obey the order of
the officers thereof" The acting secretary in
closes reports of the customs officers and let
ter addressed to the department by Mr.. Brown,
the New York agent of the company, in regard
to the case IN question, and says: Il desire
further to say that have under consideration
the expediency OF referring the action Of the
captain of the steamship Umbria to the
United States attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York for such action under sec
ton of act February &c, 1885, i'll the nature
OF criminal proceedings may seem to him
proper under the circumstances, and contem-
plate such further action ON the part OF the de-
partment as may be admissible under the pro-
visions of the statute looking to a thorough
enforcement of the laws prohibiting the i'm
pOrtation and migration of foreigners and
aliens under contract or agreement to perform
labor i'll the United States"
THE REPORT ON THE ELECTION BILL.
Representative Lodge (Mass), from the
committee on the election of President and
Vice President, submitted to the House yester-
day with a favorable report the substitute for
the new national election bill, the substance of
which has already been published and which
was sanctioned by the republican caucus Oh
Monday night. The report makes an argu-
ment maintaining the constitutionality of the
proposed measure. The bill" the report
says, lis only partial exercise of the plenary
power of Congress in regard to the election Of
Representatives. 1t provides merely that the
United States shall watch over every stage of
an election which concerns the choice of
member of this body; shall give to all those
proceedings the utmost publicity, which in
this country is the surest safeguard of the
rights OF the people, and shall. by single act