The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-18

llot Apply 10 immigrants coming by
land.
After further discussion. Mr. Elkins'
amendment was rejected.
Mr. Morgan (Dem.), Alabama, offered
an amendment prohibiting the natural
lzatlon of an alien who cannot read
correctly the ten commandments 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 ques-
tons. He moved To lay it on the table.
The motion was agreed to-yeas, As;
nays, 16.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
The bill was then passed-yeas. 81;
nays. 10. The following is the vote in
detail:
Yeas-Allen. Bacon, Baker, Bate,
Cameron. Cannon. Chandler. Chiffon,
Clark, Davis. Dubois Elkins, Faulkner,
Fry, Gallinger, Hale. Hansbrough,
Harris, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Kyle,
Lodge, Mcbride. Mcmillan. Mantle,
Martin. Mitchell (Ore.) Morrill,, Mel
son, Pascoe, PETER. Perkins, Pettigrew,
Platt, Proctor Pugh. Quay, Sewall,
Sherman. Smith, Stewart, Teller, Vest,
Walthall, Wetmore, Wilson,
Nays-Blackburn. Blanchard. CAT
fiery, Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell CWis),
Morgan, Murphy, Palmer, Vilas-1O.
THE BILL.
The bill. which is substitute for
the house bill, passed on the 10th of
May last. is as follows:
That section l. of the act of March
3. 1891, in amendment of the immigra-
ton and contract labor acts, be and
is hereby amended by adding to the
classes of aliens thereby excluded from
admission to the United States, the
following:
All persons over &c years of. age who
cannot read and write the language of
their native country or some other lam
guaSe, but an admissible immigrant
over such age of 16 may bring in with
him or send for his wife or parent or
grandparent or minor child or grand
child, Notwithstanding the inability to
read and write.
For the purpose of testing the abiI-
ity of the Immigrant to read and
write, as required by the foregoing sec
ton, the inspection officers shall fur
nish him or her with copies of
States printed on numbered uni
form pasteboard slips, each contain
ing hve lines of such constitution
printed in the various languages of the
immigrant in double small plea type.
Those slips shall be kept in boxes made
Tor that purpose. and so constructed as
to conceal the slips from view. each
pox to contain slips of but one Ian
guage and the immigrant may desig-
rate the language in which he prefers
the test shall be made. Each imali-
srant Shall be required to draw one of
said slips from the box and read. and
afterwards write ont in full view of
the immigration officer, the five lines
printed thereon. Each slip shall be
returned to the box Immediately after
the test is finished and the contents of
the box shall be shaken up by an in
srection officer before another drawing
IS made. No immigrant failing to read
ana write out the slips thus drawn by
him shall be admitted. but he shall
be returned to the country from which
ne came at the expense of the steam
ship or railroad company which
brought him, as now provided by law.
me INSPECTION officer shall keep in
each box at all times a full number
OF said printed pastebcard slips. and
in the case of each excluded immigrant
shall keep a, certified memorandum of
the number of slip which the said i'm
migrant failed TO read or copy out in |
writing.
The act shall not apply to persons
arriving in the United States from any |
port or place in the island of Cuba |
turing the continuance of the present |
disorders; provided that such persons /
have heretofore been inhabitants of |
that island.
That this act shall take effect three |
months after its passage"
A committee on conference was or |
Tered. Senators Lodge (Rep), Mass.), |
Chandler. rep, n. h. and Faulkner |
DEM, w. va, being appointed con-
,erees on the part of the senate
And then, after a short executive
session, the senate at 4:30 p. m. ad-
ourned until Monday next.