The morning times., 1896-12-18
TEN SENATORS AGAINST It
immigration Bill Is Passed by
Forty Majority.
CUBAN REFUGEES FAVORED
Conference Is Asked for With
the House and Senator's Lodge,
for the Senate-SOme of the
Amendments Agreed To.

The measure occupied the attention Of
the Senate nearly the entire session yes
terday. The vote was taken at 4 o'clock
and then after short executive session
adjournment was taken until Monday
The bill passed the House at the last
session of Congress. In the Senate
substitute was reported. The substitute
itself was amended in some particulars
yesterday, the most notable amendment
being one providing that the act shall not
apply to- Cuban refugees during the ex-
listing troubles in Cuba. A conference Eas
been asked with the House, and Senators
Lodge, Chandler and Faulkner We're ap-
pointed on the part OF the Senate.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
The first amendment fayorably acted
on was the educational test, and this as
followed by Senator Morgan's amendment
concerning Cuban refugees Then the dis
cussion became general
Mr.. Elkins Offered an amendment for the
collection of head tax OF ten dollars
on all immigrants coming to the United
States in vessels not of the United States
Mr.. Nelson opposed the amendment, say
ing that he would rather vote to prevent
| immigration altogether than vote for an
humanity, and that would make the United
States the most mercenary and .Ibject OF
all the nations of the earth.
Mr.. Elkins spoke in supporter his amend
ment, urging Jha5 the American steamship
lines could bring in all the immigrants
and that besides it was desirable to re-
strict immigration.
Mr.. Chandler opposed the amendment,
ha - rha
American steamship line by appropriations
from the Treasury, but he was not will
ing to have head tax imposed on i'm.
migrants.
Mr.. Perkins favored the amendment, the
effect of which. he said, would be TO
make gift of SO to the Immigrant who
came to the United States in ship fly
ing "oId glory and also to give the i'm
migrant his first lesson in American citt
Zenship.
Mr. Hill declared that in his opinion
the amendment was entirely in the wrong
direction. 1t had been defended on the
| high and lofty ground of protection. IL
| was the principle OF protection run mad, OF
paternaIism run mad. 1t would be better
To provide that there should be no i'm
migration at all.
ELhINS DEFEATED.
| Mr.. Wolcott also opposed the amend
menr. The effect of it, would be, he said,
| TO cause the immigrants from Europe to
land at a Canadian port and TO cross the
st. Lawrence into the United states and
| to cause immigrants from China and
| Japan to take steamships to Vancouver
Einasmuch as the amendment would not
| apply to immigrants coming by land.
After further discussion Mr.. Elkins'
| amendment was rejected
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment pro-
hibiting the naturalization of any aHen
'who cannot read correctly the Ten Com
| mandments and the Constitution Of the
United States, printed in some language"
and made an argument in support of it.
| Mr.. Lodge opposed the amendment as
opening up new and important questions;
| and he moved to lay it on the table The
motion was agreed to-yeas, 40; NAYS, 6.
The bill was then passed-yeas. ~; nays,
| 10. The following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bate,
Berry, brown, Burrows, Butler, CaIl, Cam
eron, Cannon Chandler, Chiffon, Clark, Davis;
| Dubois, EIkins, Faux ner, Frye, Gallinger,
Hale, Hansbrough, Harris. HawIey, Hill,
Hoar, Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
Mantle. Martin, Mitchell. (Oregon), Morrill,,
Nelson, Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew,
Piatt, Proctor, Pugh. Quay, Sewen, Sher-
man, Smith, Stewart, Teller. Vest, Walt
hall. Wetmore and Wilson,.
Nays-Messrs. Blackburn, Blanchard, Caf-
fiery, Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell. tWis.I, Nor
gan, Murphy, Palmer and yilas-1O.
The bin is as follows:
THE NEW BILL.
That section 1 of the act Of March 3,
1891, in amendment OF the immigration
and contract labor acts, be and hereby is
amended by adding to tie classes of aliens
thereby excluded from admission TO the
United States the following:
'All persons over sixteen years of age
who cannot read and write the language
OF their native country or some other Ian
guage: but an admissible immigrant over
such age OF sixteen may bring in with him
4 or send for his wife or parent or grand
| parent or minor child or grandchiIA. not
withstanding the inability to read and
write.
s.For the purpose of testing the ability
OF the immigrant TO read and write. as
required by the foregoing section, the
inspection officers shall be furnished With
copies of the Constitution OF the United
States, printed on numbered uniform
pasteboard slips, each containing five lines
of said Constitution, printed in the various
languages OF the immigrants, in double
small plea type. These slips shall be kept
in boxes made for that purpose and so con-
structed as to conceal the slips from view,
each box to contain slips OF. but one Ian
guage, and the immigrant may designate
the language in which he prefers the test
shall be made.
Each immigrant shall be required Il
draw ene of said slips from the box ant
read, and afterward write out, in full view
of the immigration officers, the five line:
printed thereon. Each slip shall be re
turned to the tox Immediately after th'
{ test is finished and the contents of the tox
shall be shaken up by an inspection office
before another drawing is made. No I'm
| migrant failing to read and write out the
! | slip thus drawn by him shall be admitted
{ but he shall be returned to the country from
which he car me at the expense of the steam
u shin, or railroad company which brough
him, as now pI divided by law. The inspec
ton officers shall keep in each box at al
times a full number of said printed paste
/ tboard slips, and in the case of each ex
= cluded immigrant shall keep a certifie
memorandum of the number of the sli
!: which the said immigrant failed to read O
i copy out in writing.
:; 1.-The act shall not apply to persons a
riving in the United States from any POI
: or place in the island of Cuba during tn
. continuance of the present disorders pre-
: vided that such persons have heretofor
!: been inhabitants of that island.
p ssThat this act shall take effect thrI