The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-21
BarthoIdt-MccaIi immigration
Bill Goes Through.
IS MODIFIED BY CORLISS
WHAT is PROVIDED BY THE MEAS
URs.
Main Opposition Said to Have Come
from the Steamship Companies,
who are in the Business of Trans
porting Innigrants-Other Bright
Chat from the Capital.

WASHINGTON, May 2o.-After two
days debate, the house today, by an over
whelming vote of 1875 10 %, passed the
Bartholdt-McCall immigration bill, modi-
fed by the Corliss amendment.
The Stone consular inspection bill, which
was offered as a substitute, was defeated
-175 to lS1 The bill as passed adds to
the classes of aliens excluded from adj
mission to the United States, all male
persons between the ages OF 10 ana 6o
years of age Except parents OF persons
living in TINS country, who cannot both
read and write English or some other
language. The CorlisS amendment added
to the bill excludes aliens who come
across the borders year after year to per-
form labor in the United States with no
intention of settling therein. 1t declares
all labor
CONTRACTS WITH ALIENS VOID
and makes parties thereto within the
jurisdiction OF the United States punish
able by fine of $1,000 or imprisonment not
exceeding one year; and makes ii mlSde-
meanor for naturalized citizens VINO nave
returned TO foreign countries to make
the same their home to again perform
labor in the United States; makes II a
miSdemeanor for any aliens to cross the
border for labor in the United States eX-
cept at a port of entry, and imposes
head tax of so cents on each immigrant.
Those who participated in the DEBATE to-
day were Messrs. Wilson Dem. 5. %,
Mccall (Rep. MaSs), Mahaney (Rep. n. "
and Danford (Rep. Ohio.
Before the debate began a special order
was adopted setting aside tomorrow Tor
the consideration OF the Phillips commls-
sion bill and Friday for the Erdman ar
duration bill. The order provoked
THE VEHEMENT PROTESTS
of the friends of war claims. who charged
the leaders of the house with treating
them unfairly. Both Mr.. Mahan, chair
man of the war claims committee, and
Mr.. Walker (Rep. MaSS.) served notice
that at the short session beginning De-
cember no bills would be allowed to pass
by unanimous consent. This threat is for
the purpose of forcing the consideration of
bills on the calendar. Mr.. Walker charg-
ed the leaders of the house with sneel1ng
contemptuously at the chairman of the
war claims committee when he sought to
have the government pay its honest debts.
He proceeded to ridicule the precipltancy
with which the house rushed in sympathy
to the support OF Venezuela and Cuba,
while it turned its back colby on the
poor creditors of the government who
were unfortunate enough to be its own
citizens. IF God spares my life he
cried out passionately, and L return to
this house at the next session, this thing
will end. 1 have served here for eight
years, and receive no more considera-
AN ANSWER.
Mr. Henderson, who presented the rule,
indignantly denied that there was any
attempt on the part of the rules of the
committee to dictate to the house.
why do the leaders adjourn this house
! over Saturday while those bills on the
calendar are Enacted upon?' interrupted
| MIR. Walker.
THE leaders cannot adjourn this
house." responded Mr.. Henderson, turn
| ing upon Mr.. Walker, unless you and a
majority desire to adjourn" Applause)
MIR. Cannon (Rep LID gave 1t as his
opinion that with all the matters that
! had pressed forward this session the
| house 5 record was second TO only one H.
recent years.
! Mr. Dalzeu (Rep. Pa-) a member of the
committee on rules, SAID the real contro-
versy here was between committee on
| labor and those who sought consideration
| OF private claims.
THAT demagoguery won't CO." eX-
claimed Mr.. Walker.
Il won't suffer myself to be interrupted
| by the impudence of the gentleman from
Massachusetts,, said Mr.. Dalzell. pro-
ceeding with his remarks.
Mr.. Mahon then moved to recommit the
! order, which was defeated-55-12S.
A WRANGLE
When the speaker was about to put the
question on the adoption of the order,
| Mr. Watson (Rep. Ohio asked if the order
would prevent the giving of another day
! to pension bills.
| 1T WILL" shouted Mr.. Picker, before
the speaker could reply.
| 1.-The gentleman from South Dakota
says yes, interposed the speaker, but
the chair says no
The order was then adopted and the
debate on the immigration bills was re-
| newed.
MIR. Wilson Dem. S. Co. favored a rad
| ical restrictive measure. During the de-
Iir1fr,
the Indian bill was adopted, and the bill
sent to further conference Mr.. Hendrick
| (Rep. ky) opposed an extension of the
laws designed TO restrict immigration.
Mr.. Danford Rep. Ohio supported the
| Stone bill for consular inspection. Thou
sands of petitions from all parts of the
country had come in favor of this bill.
THE MAIN OPPOSITION
to the bill came from the steamship COM
panies which were in the business OF
transporting Immigrants.
Mr.. Bartholdt (Rep. MOI the champion
OF the educational test bill. closed the de-
bate. In doing So he protested against
the statement frequently made in the
course of the debate that 90 per cent. OF
the inmates of the penitentiary and aims
houses were foreign born. He asserted
that the German-Amercan press of the
country was unit against the Stone
bill
At 4 o'clock under the special order the
voting began. The first vote was taken or
the Corliss amendment to the Mccall edu-
cational test bill. The amendment was
designed TO prevent Canadian competition
with American labor on the northern
border and also amend the existing imnli
grafton laws SO as to make them more
stringent. 1t was agreed to-121-45. The
Stone consular inspection substitute was
lost-75-131
The bill as amended was then passed
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, de-
manded the ayes and nays, but his de.
mand was not supported by sufficient
number of members.
The house then adjourned.