The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20

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eEee Fs7oFt ef the naval appropriation bal.
completed to-day. shows that the senate
f@cs41e1 from It's zmSnasaenf zut5orizi
the secretary % the treasury 10 detail
revenue cutters 70 protest passengers on
sxs4rsssn steamers attending resattzs-
The house confsrees accepted the following
amendments Appsovrtst4rx So asse for test
ias methods Of thr0gias hssh explosives
from guns sn board ships. Increasing from
s2,'.'es 70 ssso-sse the appropriation 15r re-
serve gazs sOr auxiliary cruisers. and au-
tnoF1xins the secretary 81 the navy 20
contract for the baiidlaE Of twe submarine
torpeto boats OF the HOLLAND type. The
conference report adopted Is an agreement
On al the amendments concerning the bat
ueships ard torpedo boats excepting the
ascmarifle torpedo boats.
Washington City. May fs.-The house
today entered upon a two days deoate
on the Immigration n4lis reported from
the immigration eonni.s@e William a
st1ne, Of Pennsylvania. and Trace well lf
indiana. argues Ter a restrictive measure.
cerltSs. ot Michigan. for hts biu des4gnsd
70 put an end TO Canadian competition
with American labor; Morse OF MaSss.-
ehusetts. and Rartholdt. CT Missouri. for
the educational test btlL The feature OF
the debate today was the plea o; Buck.
~~rN'e~AeN*A-As As-sstHt ally SRil Oh
irsisiauon beyond that how on the stat
ute books. which exclude paupers an1
criminals
Before the debate began a resolution
was adopted instructing the sergeant-at-
arms 10 summon the clerks OF the coun-
Ties in the Sixteenth district of Illinois,
Tor the purpose Of recountlng the ballots
IN the BsiRakeF-powDing contest The
tfie Of Owens Of Kentucky TO his seat
Sas confirmed and Steele OF Indiana.
Cousins Of Iowa. and McClsrand OF New
fork- were appointed on the board of
visitors to West Point
At i.;9 the debate on the Immigration
bills was opened by Bar;holdt, chairman
OF the Immigration committee. The bills
were four in number. one, known various
~ As the Bsrthoidt Mccall OF Lodge b!l.
provided an educational test Ii excludes
al male persons between Is and 50 years
OF age who could not read and write En-
giish or souls other language. Another
the stone bin. provided for the inspection
OF immigrants by cur consular officers and
their certincatisa that the immigrants do
not belong TO any OF the classes of i'm
migrants excluded by existing contract
tabor or other immigration laws This bill
was offered as an amendment 10 the Bar
tholdi-McCan bill The Coriiss bill. offered
as substitute. applied wholly to the
Canadian border. ard made Il unlawful for
any alien to enter the United States and
engage In any mechanical trade or manual
labor. except 70 teach new arts and in
dastries. The provisions of the bill do not
Apply 10 sailors on the great lakes The
AAharey btu. also offered as a substitute
makes all contracts BY aliens to perform
labor IN the United States Illegal. IL also
makes IL a naisiemsanor for ary person TO
perform labor IN The United States who
has become a citizen OF the United States
ard returned 10 foreign country to MAXI
that his home. Mahansy's substitute was
ruled out on a point Of order
johnson. Rep. Cal. then offered
ssesping motion 10 absolutely exclude all
foreign-born lahorers. skilled Or unskilled
ard 20 make captains ard masters of ves-
seis responsible for the character OF their
passengers. THIS Eas also ruled out
Bartho'dt said that there was no eues-
ton so us1ch talked about ard SO little
understood as the problem of lmmigra-
ton. There was. he thought. too much
Passion and prejudice In the demand from
certain quarters ia favor Of the exclusion
OF foreigners. Good immigration. be u-g-
ed was desirable. Ills bill vas a mod
crate measure for the exclusion of the H.
hieTates. An educational test he pointed
out. would Eot materially attest lruniEra-
lion from Germany and other countries Of
Northern Europe. He warned his Repao-
Ncan associates that as the advocates as
the educational test for immigration they
would 80 10 the country. bur consular IN
specuop that wou!d cut of al Immigra-
toa save OF the most desirable sort from
Germany ard Scandinavia. could never be
successfully des.rded.
Trareweli. who followed Barthcids. pre-
faced Ais remarks by stating that he was
not an \. p. A. and declared himself In
fsver ~ all the bills reported by the i'm
migration committee. TAev were cot IL
consistent. he ar<lled. ard could ali be
passed with beneht to the country.
". y Stone. the author % TOE stone bill
explained IL PROVISIONS and advocated It's
passakc. The country. he argued had
long suffered from unreasonable lranlsra-
ton The immigration for the last ten
years bad exceeded the natural Increase.
Bartholot challenged Ibis statement. con-
tending that the nataEsl increase Was one
million a year. While the immigration had
averaged only about a quarter OF a rasu.oa
year.
stone said taat da-ins tie hard times OF
the past thTes years INN .sra tsoa had fan
en OF. hus wlth TIE prospect of returning
prosperity ana high wages Il would IL
crease 70 starting proportions
Coriiss submitted an argument n favor
% he o.n for the exeiusion os foreigners
- ~ho crossed cur Eon-ers each year 10
campe,e wtth Am3rle&n lsaor he read
tNs testimony - Inspection agents ana
others alorE the Canadian Aorser a. 10
sAe es1 eFecls q tas annual infsssx o. tha
Cauas5sn -asryis Z passage
McrSa ReH-. Mass. favored The N-s~au
oin be SAD thst ieere sas strong de-
MANI n fhe coantey fsr radical LEGISLATION
20 restrict immigration ana thAt congress
could rot afford 20 disregard lt
Blick. ueFa.. Ia. a aAfs~siret German
arwrd a ry~frscttc2 - immigration. II e3s-
sgeHt ssusas<e 40 >sacauonsl test Wa
he insisted. Sa5uesess as = measure 81 a
mans capacities A. s ?. II the nsuse "a.
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