New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
PEg7PIcTTON Or IuuIGRATION.
| rRor ,plIIrY THAT \ LAW WILL SOON NE PUT
ON THE srArrTE BooHS-TriE srRrG
crt, ~ ,OvlI TEE

'Vash.ngton. D. . ,Spcciap -MemherS of con.
,,.s ar. satisfied that a rev ini'rration law VIII
be put on the statute books aeon ai.rf the nohdays
Tine Mccall bill. which passed tho Sena'e with
amendments. and IL now in committee or CONFER
ence was no, pat through without struggle. an
interesting account OF winch Is given ly orr o. the
members OF the Committee on immigration ana
Naturalization. Said he: When our committee
was appointed Just year ago this week. We had
no idea what di:fcul, matter II would be to agree
upon measure restricting immigration. After
We had held one two meetings We discovered
INA, our chairman was rather opposed to all OF the
bills that had been offered and some or us came
10 the conclusion that he would he perfectly sa;ls-
ncd II nothing ali WAS done. or the numerous
bills before us two. stones and McCalrs. were the
best, The former provided for consular Inspection
and the latter for educational test. As the
committee discussed these bills 1t became evident
that there was close division. In fact tie Chair
man Bartholdt Barney. Mahany. Hendrck and
Buck opposed the proposed legislation. while Dan
ford second on the committee. Achcson. TTac"weli,
Howell and Wilson favored II. the odd man. John
X Cowen. OF Maryland. never attended committee
meetings SO We were tied up FOR many wee ks ana
couldn't agree upon anything
FINALLY by chance or appointment. as you choose
10 call IT, Mr.. Danford and his four associates who
favored restriction attended a committee meeting
determined 10 force the issue. Chairman Bar
,hodt alone represented the opposition. Without
stone bnl Mr.. Bartholdt was too manly to ieav,
tho committee and break the quorum. 50 he voted
In the negative and the motion was carried. lhSn.
10 even things up. we adopted resolution m
structlng the chairman to report the Mccall blh;
MIR Danford was instructed to prepare the report on
Tho Stone measure. At length the tommltie" on
K,les gave ts day and both bills were considered.
stones was defeated and Mctails was passed.
Tha ur.ncpai provision OF tn. latter measure was
,hat males and no others between the ages OF six
teen and sixty VINO could not read ana write IN"
Enr,lish language any other language should Ir
excluded from admission TO the United states. inc
hII wen, TO the Senate and was radically anenu'u:
tncn IL came back. and now II Is In Committee OF
Conference. - - 49,. ,,n ,o,,,os !,
,his. Thr Senate added the word fcmar. which
oxr'ud,s tiliteratc servant gris, ana pui IN pro-
yision admitting with qualified male ms minor
ch,ldrcn parents and grandparents. We hoid that
his nrovsion Will frusrate the purpose OF the law
md lei I'm Tom DICK and Harry. who may claim
close relationship with The qualified Immigrant.
uowever | am satisfied that the committee oI Con-
t.r.nce will soon agree upor som" OF the dintNn-
rmoois T'he Senate Is represented on the commit
Tee by Lodge Chardcr and Faulkner. ana tne
tIouse by Bartholdt. DanfoI1 and Wilson. Fou.
~ these exclusive OF Chandler and Barth0lGt. are
very much In favor of restriction, whether tnc
,hsr Two are or not These four will very soon
agree npor a report which Will be acceptable 10
hoh Uo;, 40 and Senate, and In very ttw ",cks We
shoII have a new law restricting Immigration