The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-05-28

mittee, and Mr.. Walker Rep.) of Massa-
chusetts served notice that at the short
session, beginning in December, no bills
would be allowed to pass by unanimous
consent. The threat is for the purpose
of forcing the consideration of bills on
the calendar.
Mr.. Walker charged the leaders of
the house with sneering contemptuously
at the chairman of the war claims COM
mittee when he sought to have the gov
eminent pay its honest debts. He pro-
ceeded to ridicule the precipitancy with
which the house rushed in sympathy to
the support of Venezuela and Cuba
while it turned it's back coldly on the
poor creditors of the government who
were unfortunate enough to be its own
citizens.
IF God spares my life" he cried out,
passionately, "and / return TO this house
at the next session, this thing will end.
i will have served here for eight years
and received no more consideration than
dog"
Mr.. Henderson. who had presented the
rule, Indignantly denied that there was
any attempt on the part of the rules com
mittee to dictate to the house.
why do the leaders adjourn this
house over Saturday while these bills on
the calendar are Enacted upon" inter
rupted Mr.. Walker.
"The leaders can not adjourn this
house." responded Mr.. Henderson, turn
ing upon Mr.. Walker. "unless you and a
majority desire to adjourn" Cap
plause.j
Mr.. Cannon (Rep.J of Illinois gave it
as his opinion that, with all the matters
that had been pressed forward this SEES
sion, the house records were second to
only one in recent years.
Mr.. Dalzell 0Rep.) Of Pennsylvania, n
member of the committee on rules, said
the real controversy here was between
the committee on labor and those who
sought the consideration Of private
claims.
THAT dcmagoguery won't 60" ex-
claimed Mr.. Walker
II won't suffer myself to be interrupted
by the impudence of the gentleman from
Massachusetts" said Mr.. Dalzell, pro-
ceeding with his remarks.
Mr.. Mahon then moved to recommit the
order, which was defeated-55 to 12S.
The order was then adopted and the de-
bate on the immigration bills was re-
newed.
Mr.. Wilson Dem) of South Carolina
favored radical restrictive measure.
During the debate the preliminary con-
ference report on the Indian bill was
adopted and the bill sent to further CON
ference.
Mr.. Hendricks (Rep.) of Kentucky OPP
posed laws designed to restrict labor.
Mr.. DanfOrd of Ohio supported the bill
for consular inspection. Thousands of
petitions from all parts Of the country
had come in favor of this bill The main
opposition to the bill came from the
steamship companies which were in the
business of transporting immigrants.
Mr.. Bartholdt the champion of the
educational bill, closed the debate. In
doing so he protested against the state
ment frequently made in the course of
debate that 80 per cent of the prisoners
in penitentiaries and inmates of aims
houses were foreign born. He produced
statistics to prove that ~ per cent of
the inmates of the penitentiaries and 81
per cent of the inmates of the aims
houses were foreign born. He asserted
that the German press of the country
antagonized the Stone bill
At $3.50 the voting began. The first
vote was on the Corliss amendment to
the Mccall educational test bill. The
amendment was designed to prevent
Canadian competition with the labor on
the northern border and also amended
the existing immigration laws so as to
make them more stringent. 1t was
agreed to-121 to 45.
The Stone consular inspection substi-
tute was lost-55 to 131.
The bill as amended was then passed.
Mr.. Fitzgerald of Massachusetts de-
manded the ayes and nays on the bill.
His demand was not supported by n suf-
icient number of members.
The house then adjourned.