Evening journal., 1896-12-18
AcrLoN oF coNGREss.
rhe Senate PAsses the lodge 1fH ne-
sirieling Immig gratlon.


sirieting Immigration.
WASHINGTON. Dec. ts. The senate pass-
"a the immigration hili knoVn as the
-odre bill wlth new section Providing
hat tho exclusion shall NOS apply 60 pea
sons arriving from Cuba during the con-
inuanco of tho present disorders there.
The strength of the bin was greater than
lad been expected the final vote aoing SO
% 10. Thoss voting ia the negative were
Messrs Blackburn. blanchard CnWcry
Lindsay, Mills Mitchell Of Wisconsin, Nor
ran, Murphy, Palmer and Villas, all Dem
icrats
As passed. The bin amends tho irnrnigrn
ion laws SO as to exclude from aAhtsAien
10 the United States all rcrsous over l6
Gears 0f age who cannot read ana write
the language of their native country or
come other language, but an admissible
immigrant over the age Of 10 years may
bring ia with him or send for his wife.
\ parent grandparcnt, minor child or grand
shild Notwithstanding the inability 10 read
md write.
For the purpose of testing the ability Of
the immigrant to read and write as re
luired hy the foregoing section the inspec-
fion officers shall be furnished copies OF
the constitution Of the United states
printed on numbered uniform pastoboard
slips. each containing five lines Of the CON
stitution printed in the various languages
Of the Immigrants in double small plea
TYNE. These slips shall be kept in boxes
made for that purpose and so constructed
as to conctyl the slips from view, each box
to contain slips Of but one language, and
the immigrant may designate the Ian
puage in which he prefers the test shall
be made Each Immigrant shall be re-
ulired to draw one of these slips from
the box and read and atterward write out
In full view of the immigration officers
the five lines printed thereon. The slip
shall be returned to the box Immediately
after the test IS finished, and the contents
Of the box shall he taken up by an in
spection officer before another drawing is
made. No immigrant failing to read and
write out the slip thus drawn by him shall
be admitted but ne shall be returned to
the country from whence he came at the
expense Of the steamship or railroad com
pany which brought him, as now provided
by law The inspection officers shall keep
in each box at all times a full number of
these printed pasteboard slips, and in the
Il case Of each excluded immigrant shall
keen a certified memorandum of the num-
Der Of the slip which the immigrant failed
to read or copy out in writing
The Cuban section added to the bill pro-
vides that the act shall not apply to per-
sons arriving in the United States from
any port or place in the island of Cuba
during the continuance of the present dis
orders there. provided that such persons
have heretofore been inhabitants OF that
island.
An amendment by Mr Flkins, propos-
ing a $40 head tax on immigrants coming
in other than American ships, occasionod
considerable debate and was finally tabled,
as were several other amendments The
immigrant measure now goes into confer
ence, as the bin just passed is a substitute
for the Corliss- Mccall bill previously pass
ed by the house. The conlereos on the part
of the senate are Messrs. Lodge, Chandler
and Faulkner
The house amendments to tho senate
bill relative to the lands OF the Atlantic
ana Pacific Railroad company were nom
curred in and conference was ordered,
Messrs Hill. Platt and Clark being named
MS senate conferees.
The house passed the third Of the regu-
lar appropriation bills, that for the sup
liotu 1f iaia lass say,s.r, abs
consideration of the legislative, executive
and judicial bill The latter bill carrie.
S2l, 639, 1863, or s36. 800 more than the law
for the current year. The army bill as
passed makes no provision for the army
and naval 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 reservations,
etc, on che occasion of Mr.. Mckinley S
inauguration
A bill introduced by Mr.. Bull OF Rhode
Island appfopriates $4,000 for the cree
tion Of monumental statue to James G.
Blaine in Washington, south Of the State,
War and Navy building