The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-28
PUTTING UP THE BAR
The House Adopts the Conference Re-
port on the Immigration Bill.
TO EXCLUDE DENSE ALIENS
Congress Favors the Admission Of
Foreigners Who Can head
and Write. but Turns the
Corked Ear to Others.

Washington. Jan. s7-In the house
MIR. Danford of Ohio called up the Inn
migration bill and made the opening
argument in support OF the measure.
He drew a graphic picture of the over
crowded great centers ~ population.
Great numbers out of work and the con-
stant necessity of relieving them from
want and starvation. He believed the
unemployed in the country to-day con-
stituied the greatest danger To the re-
public. Mr.. Bartholdt of Missouri also
spoke in favor OF the rejection of the
report and the instructions To the con-
freTes to insist upon certain modifca-
iions OF the bill. The hill, as agreed tn
by the confreres. he said, would bar out
the Germans of the Baltic provinces Of
Russia. and many OF the people of
Southern Europe and OF South America
who could not read and write the Ian
guage or their native or resident lands.
The German Quakers spoke no Russian
and yet were under Russian domina-
ton; the French who lived in the Ger
man province ot Alsace-Lorraine and
other conqueror subjects who had not
learned the language of the conquerors
would lie barred also.
M Boutelle interrupted To express
the opinion that Mr.. Bartholdt gave a
too narrow definition To the words of
the hill, In reply to "A question Mr..
Bartholdt said he thought the hill
would exclude one-third OF our present
immigration.
w. A. Stone. republican of Pennsyi-
via. said the house was confronted with
the alternative Of accepting the agree
ment of the confreres or having no i'm
migration bill passed this session. He
IN ha clark haI
some kilograms addressed TO Senator
Lodge, copies OF which appeared in an
interview with Senator Lodge printed
to-day. He quoted some statistics Ia
show that last year hut II, immigrants
Of the class of which We are proud
would have been excluded by this bill.
II was the Importation Of those from
Italy. Hungary and other countries of
Southern Europe. n large percentage Of
whom would he excluded by this bill,
which was causing the glut IN the COM
mon labor market. Two hundred and
twenty thousand Of the 100000 imml-
grants who came In last year, he said.
remained In the three states Of New
York. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
which has been legislatirg for years In
the interest of higher wages for labor:
now we should do something tn prevent
TO enjoy conditions we created for the
benefit of our own people.
Mr.. Buck. democrat of Louisiana, OPP
posed the conference report. He believ-
ed that whatever tended Ia restrain or
restrict human effort contained within
II the germs of injustice and wrong.
Mr.. Cannon OF Illinois favored sending
the bill back to the conference tn make
more plain the reading and writing
qualifications. MIR. Grosvenor opposed
certain features OF the report and said
he did not subscribe To the belief that
IL the house rejected the report II could
not perfect and pass at this session
such a bill as IL desired lie said h.
would refuse to vote for n bill which
would permit n man to abandon his
illiterate relatives.
Mr.. Dolliver said he would vote for
no bill which admitted the husband and
excluded the wife, but believed II vast
ly more important that a man should
enjoy the society OF his wife tLan that
OF his grandfather. Mr.. Taylor. repub-
lican OF Ohio. said the principle of pro-
lection was behind this bill and II was
the principle OF self-preservation. After
some further debate by Mr.. Morse Of
Massachusetts In favor OF, and
Mr. Boatncr In opposition to the
bill. Mr. Hepburn Of Iowa closed the
debate In support Of the report. When
he declared that hundreds or thou
sands of American laborers were to-
day walking the streets OF the great
cities because they had been crowded
out by the incoming stream OF aliens.
the public galleries of the house fairly
shook with acclaim. Al AIS the vote
was taken. Much interest was mani
tested In the vote. the members listen
ing intently to the responses. The re-
port was adopted. 13i-llS. Then. at i:is
D. m, the house adjourned.