The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-18
LODGE BILL PASSED
Senators Exempt Cubans From the
Exclusion Provision.
All Persons Over Sixteen Who
Cannot Read Excluded.
Bills Introduced In House and Senate.
Corridor Gossip.

carried the immigration bill through the
senate yesterday afternoon with flying
colors, defeating all hostile amendments
and getting so yeas to but 10 nays on the
final vote. With MS consent, the bill
had been amended so as to make the age
limit 16, and to enable an admissible
immigrant over that age to bring In or
send for his wife or parents or grand
parents or minor child or grandchild.
notwithstanding their inability to read
and write. And also, so as to exempt
from its operation perso ms arriving from
Cuba during the continuance or the
present disorder there, provided that
such persons have heretofore been In
habitants Of that island"
For the purpose of testing the apiiity
OF the immigrant to read and write, as
required by the foregoing section, the
inspection officers shall be furnished
copies of the constitution Of the United
States, printed in numbered, uniform
pasteboard slips, each containing five
lines of the 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.
from view, each box to contain slips OF
but one language, and the immigrant
may designate the language In which he
prefers the test shall be made. Each
immigrant shall be required TO draw one
of these slips from the box and read, anu
afterward write cut, In full view OF the
immigration officers the five lines
printed thereon The slip shall be re-
turned TO the box Immediately after the
test Is finished, and the contents of the
box shall be taken up by an inspection
officer before another decision is made.
No immigrant failing to read and write
out the slip thus drawn by him shall be
edmitted, but he shall be returned TO the
country from whence he came, at the
expense of the steamship or railroad
company which brought him, as now
provided by law. The inspection officers
shall keep in each box at all times full
number Of these printed pasteboard
slips and in the case of each excluded
Immigrant shall keep a certified MEM
orandHin of the number of the slip
which the immigrant failed to read or
copy in writing.
The Cuban section added to the bill
provides that the act shall not apply
to persons arriving in the United States
from any part or place in the Island OF
Cuba during the continuance of the pres
ent disorders there. provided that such
persons have heretofore been inhabitants
of that island.
An amendment Of Mr.. Elkins, propos-
ing a $40 head tax on immigrants coming
in other than by American ships, oc-
casioned considerable debate. and was
finally tabled, as were several other
amendments. The immigrant measure
now goes into conference, as the bill
passed yesterday is a substitute for the
'Corliss- Mccall bill passed by the house.
The house yesterday passed the third
OF the regular appropriation bills Chat
for the support of the army, and en-
tered upon the consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial bill.
The latter bill carries $21 ,669, 1863 or $780,
369 more than the law for the current
year Fair progress was made yester-
day. 1t is expected that this bill and
the military academy appropriation bill
will be passed before the holiday recess.
The army bill, as passed, makes no pro-
vision for the army and navy hospital at
Hot Springs, Ark.
The house also passed several bills re-
lating to the District of Columbia, and
three resolutions for the use of flags OF
the war department, government re-
servations, etc, on the occasion OF Mr..
McKinley's inauguration.
The chief topic Of conversation in the
corridors and cloak rooms of congress
yesterday was the Cuban question.
"Wednesday nights dispatches from Ha-
bana intimating that Maceo may yet
be alive, has knocked the calculations of
even the most pronounced "jingoes" into
a cooked hat. To sum up the Cuban
question a pronounced change has come
over congress- and conservatism has
taken the place of the cry for war. The
best illustration of this fact Is to be
found in the case of the New England
senators. Senators Lodge and Frye
were heretofore the incarnation Of Cuban
independence During the past SUNNI n
they had a chance to learn the sentiment
of their constituents, and this winter
they are rejecting 1t by their silence.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: MacGrane Cox Of New
York, to be envoy extraordinary ara
minister plenipotentiary Of the United
States to Guatemala and Honduras; G.
Max Manning of Georgia, to be acre tary
OF the legation Of the United states at
MoErovia, Liberia; John Ridgeley Carter
OF Maryland, to be second secretary OF
the embassy of the Unit states at
London; Isaac NJ Elliott of New York,
to be consul at Laguayara, Venezuela
Joseph l.. Hance Of New York, to be
consul at Cardenas; Charles A. Prouty
of Vermont, to be an interstate com
merce commissioner.
Representative Burton CO., introduced
a joint resolution directing the presi-
dent to conduct negotiations with Great
Britain to secure, IL possible, the abro
cation of so much of the treaty of 1917
as forbids the building of warships on
.he great lakes.
Trained Nurses to BE Deported.
Buffalo, Dec 1S-Immigration Inspec-
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