Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-01
ON THE spRAKER,s DESK.
The Repeal Bill as Passed by the SEN.
ate Was Introduced to the House

The Repeal Bill as Passed by the Sem
ate Was Introduced to the House
and Will Come Up Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Dot. 31.-The bill to
amend the naturalization laws was taken
up in the house to-day, and Mr.. Oates,
dem of Alabama went on with the argu-
ment which he began yesterday. He sug-
gested several amendments, one of them
being that nothing In the law should be
construed ss affecting the property rights
of aliens. These rights, he said, were in
very confused condition and needed revis-
ion go as to put clearly on the statute book
all of these rights that were consistent with
the powers of the government on the one
hand and with it's duties on the other hand,
to see that no injury Is done.
| At 1850 the secretary of the senate ap-
| peared at the bar of the house and deliv-
cred message from the senate announcing
| the passage of the silver purchase repeal
bill, with an amendment in which the con-
currence of the house was requested. The
bill was handed up to the speaker and laid
| on his desk, where 1t was allowed to remain
| for the present.
The discussion of the naturalization bill
was resumed. Mr.. Oates yielded five min
| utes left him to Mr.. Goldzier, dem, of In
diana. Mr.. Campbell, dem, of New York,
gave notice that he was opposed to the
bill.
Mr.. GoldziAr also served a like notice.
He served notice on the gentleman from
Alabama Mr. Ostes) that he, as one of the
naturalized citizens of the country, consid-
cred himself as good, In every respect, as
any man born in the country. The natur
aliz7d citizens had well earned for them
selves the right to be treated in every re-
spect like sll citizens. He said he stood
recently on the battle field at Fredericks-
burg, Va, where Meagher led his Irish
brigade and where his men had cemented
their love for the country with their hearts,
blood. He had stood on the very spot
where his nearest of kin had fallen, leading
on his regiment in forlorn hope. As he
stood there he thought of the stream of
blood of adopted citizens who died fight
ing in the cause of liberty.
The statements In the report as to the
large proportions of foreigners in the aims
houses, prisons and insane asylums he as
sailed as utterly untrue, and when Mr. Oates
tried to interrupt him and to assert their
correctness Mr.. Goldzler declined absolutely
to yield.
If the committee, he said, had gone to the
trouble of consulting the census tables
they would never have penned euch an in
famous slur on the good name and fame of
the immigrant.
Mr. Grain, DEM, of Texas, opposed the
bill and said that its title ought to be ga
Bill to Resurrect Knownothingism in the
United States" He criticised the pro-
vision of the bill requiring man who ap-
plies for naturalization to be able to read
ha he bal q
the constitution and not the Bible that he
should be able to read. Was IL that the
alien was wanted to understand the con-
stitution while there was not a democrat
who would agree with a republican as to
the meaning of certain phrases and sections9
He asked the father of the bill (Mr Oates)
to explain why 1t imposed educational
qualifications on foreigners while there
were in the south millions of voters who
could not read the constitution.
''But how many of them2" Mr.. Milliken,
rep, of Maine asked. sDo you let vote
and do you let have their votes counted
after they are thrownp
Mr.. Crsin-There are millions of Hitter
ate voters who are not in the south, and
there some of them to be found in Maine.
After some further discussion the morn
ing hour expired and the bill went over.
Mr.. Livingston, pop, of Georgia asked |
unanimous consent to have the silver bill |
laid before the house and considered. He |
asked that the debate should go on to-day |
and tomorrow and that at O'Clock to-
morrow the house begin to vote.
That proposition, he said, was liberal to
those who differed from the senate and its
conclusions. He asked the friends of re-
peal to give its opponents that little favor
no more, no less.
Mr.. Bland, dem, of Missouri, objected.
He knew that many members wanted to
leave the city and 60 home; but they had
come here to do the business of the coun-
try and shonld stay here for that purpose
There was nothing in the repeal bill to
have 1t treated differently from other bills
1t was not hedged about by such pscu-
liarity that 1t ought to be showed on con-
trary to the rules of the house. When the
bill came up tomorrow members would
have to say what might be proper. The
bill ought to come up in its regular order,
when 1t would be open to amendments.
Mr.. Livingston-That is my PROPOSE
ton.
Mr.. Blsnd-Every gentleman who wants
to be heard on that bill must have the op
portunity, and, for one, object to taking
the bill mp out of its regular order.
The STANDARDIZATION is made.
The bill WILL therefore, remain on the
speakers desk until tomorrow.
The conference report upon the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill was laid be-
fore the house, and agreed to.
Farther conference was ordered upon
the item disagreed to.
Mr.. MCMILLAN, dem. of Tennessee, called
up the joint resolution reported from the
committee on ways and means directing
the secretary of the treasury to remit the
duties imposed upon the war munitions
imported by the navy department at the
time of the threatened trouble between the
United States and Chill.
The joint resolution was passed.
at 2 O'Clock the house went into COM
mittee of the whole for consideration of
the bankruptcy bill, and Mr.. " olverton,
Dem, of Pennsylvania, addressed the house
in favor of the bill. He held that the con-
stitution of the United States imposed on
congress the obligation to legislste on the
subject of bankruptcy. The country has
been without bankruptcy law for fifteen
years, for eight years of which there has
been persistent demand from the business
men of the country for the enactment of a
| national bankruptcy law.
Mr.. Cochran, dem, New York, intro
duced resolution (similar to the senate
bilD to help the worlds fair prize winners
exhibition at New York. No action was
| taken upon 1t.
At 5:15 the committee rose and the house
| adjourned.