The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-07
GENERALIZATION
AND CONDOLENCE
Will Probably Occupy the Time at Con.
gress Today.
THE HOUSE IMMIGRANT BILL
Will BE the First Measure COnsid.
cred by the Scnntc..New Members
Who Will BE Sworn in the House.
Prominent Bills That Will Contend
For Each Other for the Right of
Way.

cept to exchange congratulations or
coincidence as the case may be, over
the results of the election and to lis
ten to the presidents message. When
the last session closed the house inn
migration bill had. and now has the
right of way in the senate. 1t is the
unfinished business and Will be called
up pro forma at the expiration of the
morning hour, 2 O'Clock. Although
known as the house bill on the calen-
dar. as reported to the senate by Mr..
Lodge 1t is materially different meas
ure, all of the house provisions having
been stricken out except the enacting
clause and new bill substituted. This
bill will be called up on Tuesday by
Senators Lodge and Chandler, who de-
sire to push it to a vote as quickly as
possible.
AS the bill came from the house it
provided not only for the exclusion OF
immigrants who could not fill the edu-
cational test, but went at some length
into the regulating of alien contract
labor. Mr.. Lodges substitute provides
for what is known as the educational
test and excludes all persons over
fourteen years of age who cannot read
and write the language of their native
country, or some other language, ex-
cept that an aged person not so able
who is a parent or grandparent OF an
immigrant may accompany
or be sent by such immigrant. For
the purpose of testing the ability of the
to read and write a citation
of five lines from the constitution of
the United States is to be used, printed
in the various languages OF the immi-
grants in good sized readable type.
The constitution thus cut In five line
slips forms a lottery from which the
having designated the Ian
guage in which he prefers the test to
be made, draws at random. reads and
writes down what he has read. Fail
ure to comply with this test means de-
to the country whence the
came, at the expense of the
steamship company carrying him.
TO PROTECT THE FLAG.
An effort will be made to secure new
dates for the consideration of special
orders that We're not reached during
the last session. These measures now
coming in under this preferred head
are Senate bill 1912, to prevent the desc
Grafton of the national flag: House bill
32O6 to amend the act to prevent the
of fur bearing animals
Of Alaska; House bill S7S, to reduce
the cases in which the penalty of death
may be inflicted, and senate joint reso-
luton. proposing an amendment to the
providing for the election
of senators by popular vote.
An important local bill which has
developed bitter fight, is the Detroit
bridge BILL for bridge across the
Detroit river. 1t was postponed at the
last session until the first Monday in
December.
~ mi, to, 1T L.,
there are several measures that will
contend for each other for the right of
way. Prominent among these are the
bills to refund the Pacific railroad debt;
to admit the territories of New Mexico
and Arizona; authorizing the secretary
of the navy to enlist additional men,
now pending in the senate on a motion
to reconsider the vote by which it was
passed; Mr.. Davis resolution relative
to the assertion and enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine; a bnl to facili-
tate the construction of cable be-
tween this country and the republic of
Hawaii; providing for uniform classi-
fcation and grading of agricultural
products. and one providing for the
of the consular and
diplomatic service.
NEW MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE.
In the house of representatives there
will be the swearing i'm of two new
members to firm engage the attention
of Speaker Reed and the house
Messrs. BOatner, of Louisiana, and
Stokes, Of South Carolina. These gen.
tlemen enjoy. the very unusual dis
of having twice received GER
tifcates of election to one congress.
At the last session, their seats were
declared vacant, but the contestants
did not succeed in establishing their
rights thereto, and new elections were
ordered to fill the vacancies. Since
congress adjourned another vacancy
has occurred-that occasioned by the
death of ex-Speaker Crisp. His son.
who was his fathers clerk, has been
dominated to fill the unexpired term,
put the election will not be held until
the 10th inst.
The death of the late ex-Speaker
Crisp will probably be announced by
one of his former colleagues, and af-
ter the reading of the presidents mes
sage, the house will adjourn in his
honor.
Mr.. Blue, chairman of the sub-com-
mittee of the committee on appropria-
tions at q suitable opportunity, will
report the general pension bill to the
house, and announce day for it's con-
This will doubtlessly be
early in the week. The rules of the
house provide that all business on the
calendar shall retain its place through
out an entire congress. so that adjourn
ment from one session to another
means adjournment from day to day.
The programme of business for the
first week of the session will depend
upon the Developments from day to
day of committee action and recOm-
Before the week closes.
however, the legislative. executive and
judicial appropriation bill will be re-
ported and placed on the calendar, and
on Friday night there will be the usual
session for the consideration of private
pension bills.