The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10
House Proceedings.

In order that he might prepare the bill
making appropriations for carrying on
the postal service in the year ended June
30th, 1898, the committee on poStoihceS
and pest roads. on motion of Mr.. Loud
Rep. CALI was permitted to sit during
the sessions of the house.
Mr.. Danford (Rep. Ohio) called up the
second agreement of the confereeS upon
the immigration bin. which was pre-
scented to the house yesterday and after
treating Of the statement by the con-
ferees he demanded the previous question.
i nis was Seconded-94 to y.
The bill, as agreed upon, provides for
the admission OF ilhterate wives and
children of male immigrants who them
selves are eligible to admission. The
educational test was changed so as to
admit male immigrants, otherwise quail
fed. who can read and write English or
some other language The first agree
ment compelled the immigrant to read
and write in the language of their native
resident nation me section rNlatlng
to the coming of ''birQs of paSSa= - es-
pecially over the Canadian border. has
been changed to read as follows:
Section 4. That it shall hereafter be
unlawful for any male alien who has
not in good faith made his declaration
before the proper court of his intention to
become a citizen of the United States. to
be employed on any public works of the
United States or to come regularly or
habitually into the United States by land
or water for the purpose of engaging in
any mechanical trade or manual labor
for wages or salary, returning from time
TO time to a foreign country.
Sec. ;. That il shall be unlawful for
any person, partnership, company or
corporation, knowingly to employ any
alien coming into the United States in
violation of the next preceding section of
this act: Provided. that the provisions of
this act shall not apply to the employ
ment of sailors deck hands or other en-
ployees of vessels. or railroad train
brakemen. fremen. or baggagemen.
whose duties require them to pass over
the frontier to reach the terminal of
+heir runs, or to boatmen or guides on
the lakes or on the rivers on the northern
border of the United States
Sec. 6. That any violation of the pro-
visions of the sections four and five of
this act. by any alien or citizen shall be
deemed misdemeanor, punishable by
fine not exceeding $500 or by innprison-
ment for a term of not exceeding one
year. or by both, such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court: Pro-
vided. that all persons convicted of a
violation of section of this act shall be
de2orted to the country whence they
came
Sec Z. That Notwithstanding the pro-
visions of this, or any other existing law.
the secretary of the treasury may permit
aliens to enter this country for the pur-
pose OF teaching new arts or industries
under rules and regulations as he may
provide
a new section was added as follows:
Sec. s. That this act shall not apply
to persons arriving in the, United States
from any port or place in the Island of
Cuba during the continuance of the pres
ent disorders there, who have heretofore
been inhabitants Of that island"
The conference report on the immigra-
ton bill was agreed to-162 TO H. A de-
manC for the yeas and nays was seconded
and this vote resulted: Yeas, 217: nays. 81. |
Mr.. Mahoney CRep. n. ". sntagonized
the addition OF the conference report |
The bill would admit freely anarchists |
socialists and communists and at the |
same time keep out God fearing men, |
who with their descendants. would make |
GOOD citizens of the republic"
Mr.. Barthold CRep. Mich). one of the |
couferees who did not sign either report, |
expressed his qualification at the form !
things had taken. Every Objectionable |
feature he felt compelled him to oppose |
last week, had been eliminated and all |
the amendments which he has proDoSed |
in conference had been incorporated into |
the bill. It met his approval now al |
together, save as to the educational re- |
quirement for immigrants who come in as |
domestic servants and he believed con- |
gress would be compelled to make an |
exception as to them within a year
Pending the discussion of the bill. a
message was received from the senate !
conveying a concurrent resolution re-
ouesting the president to return to con-
S-ess the senate bill recently passed to
amend the act TO repeal the timber cul-
ture law. On motion of Mr.. Hyde Wash
ington. the house concurred in the reso-
luton The immigration bill was further
discussed by Mr.. Keifer CRep. Minn1. Mr..
Mcguire (Dem. CALI, and Mr. Mccall
(Eep Mass) and the report was agreed |
to-l62 to 100. A demand for the yeas and
nays was seconded. The vote resulted:
Yeas. III; nays, 81.
Mr. Hooker (Rep. n. W. called I'D and
the house passed the senate bill to amend |
the river and harbor bill of last year so
as to give Admiral Walker. the naval
member of the board to examine and re-
port upon the site for a deep water har-
Dor on the Pacific coast. the came mileage
and per diem as the civilian members.
The presidents veto of the bill to grant
a pension to Rachel Patton, soldiers
widow who afterwards married and is
now the divorced of her recent husband
was called up by Mr.. Wood (Rep. Ills.).
the passage of the bill. Mr..
Cummings (Dem. N. ", made a forcible
speech of couple of minutes. This poor
woman" he said, gave her husband to
the government. All she got back was his
dead body, which she buried at her own
expense. Can it be that this house of
which voted pension of