The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-18
InE LODGE BILLPASSED.
Big Vote in the Senate for the
New immigration Bill.
AN EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION.
No Immigrant Over Sixteen Years Of Age
Shall be Admitted Unless He Gan Read
and Writo, in Some Language, Five
Lines Of the Constitution.

NO Immigrant Over Sixteen years OF ago
Shall be Admitted Unless He Can Read
and Write, in Some Language, Five
Lines Of the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s--The senate yes
terday passed the immigration bill, known
as the Lodge bill, with new section pro-
viding that the exclusion shall not apply
to persons arrived from Cuba during the
continuance of the present disorders there
The strength Of the bill was creator than
had been expected, the final vote being 50
to TO- As passed the bill amends the i'm
migration laws so as to exclude from adj
mission to the Unitsd States all persons
over 1e years Of age who cannot road and
write the language Of their native country
Or some other language, but an admissible
Immigrant, over the ago Of 16 years, may
bring in with him. or send for, his wife,
parent, or grsndparent, or minor child or
grandchild, notwithstanding the inability
to read and write
For the purpose Of testing the ability Of
the immigrant to road and write as re-
quired by the foregoing section, the In
spsction officers shall be furnished copies
Of the constitution Of the United States
printed on numbered uniform pastsboard
slips, each containing five lines Of the
constitution printed In the various Ian
guages Of the immigrants In double small
pica type These slips shall be kept in
boxes made for that purpose, and so con-
structed as to conceal the slips from view,
each box to contain slips OF but one Ian
guage, and the immigrant may designate
The language In which he prefers the tsst
ahall be made. Each Immigrant shall be
required to draw ono Of these slips from
n the box and read, and afterwards write
out in full view Of tho immigration officers
the five lines printed thereon.
Each slip shall be returned to the box
Immediately after the test 10 finished, and
the contents of the box shall be taken up
by an inspection officer before another
drawing is made No immigrant failing
to read and write out the slip drawn by
him shall be admitted, but he shall be re-.
turned to the country whence he came at
the expense Of the steamship or railroad
company which brought him. as now pro-
vided by law. The inspection officers shall
keep in each box at all times full num-
ber Of these printed psstebsard slips, and
In the case Of each excluded Immigrant
shall keep u certified memorandum Of the
number 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. Elkins propos-
inga $40 head tax on immigrants coming
IN other than American ships ocoasioned
considerable debate, and was finally
tabled, az were several other amendments.
Tho immigrant measure now goes into
conference, as tho bill passed yesterday Is
b substitute for the Corliss. Nc Call bill
passed by the house.
The house passed the third of the regu-
lar appropriation bills (that for the sup
port Of the army and entered upon the
consideration Of the legislative, executive
and judicial bill Tho latter bill carries
k2l $780, 1859, or s36 800 more than the bill
for the current year. 1t Is expected that
this bill and the military academy appro-
priation bill will be passed before the
holiday recess. The army bill as passed
makes no appropriation for the army and
navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. The
house also passed several bills relating to
the District Of Columbia and three reso-
lutions for the use Of flags on the occa-
sion of Mr.. McKinley's Inauguration.