Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-12
VETO IGNORED.
House Passes Pension Bills Over
the Presidents Objections.
THE IMMIGRATION BILL AGREED TO.
House Adopts the Conference Re-
port-SynOpsis of the Measures
Provisions-Proceed In
the Senate.
the Senate.

widows of soldiers who had remarked
and lost their second husbands. The
bills were vetoed, the messages stated,
upon the ground that their passage
would establish dangerous prece-
dent. Mr.. Sulloway (rep., N. ", in
charge of one of the bills, asserted
that the president had already APP
proved 10 similar bills, so that the prece-
dent was pretty well established. The
bill to pension Rachael Patton was
passed, "the objections of the presi-
dent Notwithstanding" by the vote OF
1877 to GO, and that to pension Caroline
Mowatt by the vote of 143 to IS.
After brief debate the conference
report on the immigration bill was
agreed to-217 to 81. This makes the
third distinct proposition on that sub.
ject that the house has passed. Senate
amendments were concurred in to the
bill giving preference rights for pur.
chases under the homestead law or at
private sale to bona fide purchasers OF
swamp lands voted to the state of Mis-.
sissippi in aid of the construction of
the Mobile & Ohio railroad and after.
wards restored to the public domain.
The Immigration Bill.
The bill as agreed upon provides for the
admission of illterate wives and children
Of male immigrants who themselves are
eligible to admission. The educational test
was changed so as to admit any male i'm
migrant. otherwise qualified, who can read
and write the English or some other Ian,
guage. The first agreement compelled tho
immigrant to read and write in the Ian.
guage of his native resident nation" The
sections relating to the coming of birds
of passage" especially over the Canadian
border, have been changed to read as fol.
lows:
Against "Birds of PnssaEe."
Section 4.-That 1t shall hereafter be un.
lawful for any male alien who has not In
good faith made his declaration before the
proper court OF his intention to become a cit,
izen 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 sal.
ary, returning from time to time to a for
eign country.
Section 5.-That 1t shall be unlaw.
full for any person, partnership company OF
corporation knowingly to employ any alien
coming into the United States in violation
Of the next preceding section of this act,
shall not upply to the employment Of sail
ors, deck hands, or other employees of yes
sells or railroad hands, such as conductors.
engineers, brakemen, fireInen or baggage
men, whose duties require them to pass
over the frontier to reach the terminal OF
their runs, or to boatmen or guides on tho
lakes and rivers on the northern border OF
the United States.
Section 6.-That any violation of the
provisions of sections and of this act
by any alien or citizen shall be deemed a
misdemeanor. punishable by fine not ex-
cecdinG $500. or by imprisonment for the
term not exceeding one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment at the discre-
ton of the court.
provided that all persons convicted OF
section of this act shall be deported to
the country whence they came.
Section TT That Notwithstanding the
provisions of this or any other exist
ing law, the secretary of the treasury may
permit aliens to enter this country for the
purpose Of teaching new arts in the In
dustries under such rules and regulations
as he may provide"
A new section was added as follows:
Section S.-That this act shall not ap-
ply to persons arriving in the United States
from any part or place In the island OF
Cuba during the continuance of the present
disorders there, who have heretofore been
inhabitants of that island"
IN tue SENATE
Washington, Feb. 1O.-The senate
spent nearly the whole time Of its $685.
sion wrestling behind closed doors over
the arbitration treaty. AT one o'clock,
on the motion of Senator Sherman
(rep., o., chairman Of the committee
on foreign relations, the galleries were
cleared, the doors were closed and the
consideration of the treaty WIS entered
upon.
During the transaction of the routine
morning business the concurrent reso-
luton introduced Monday by Senator
Pettigrew (silver, S. d. withdrawing
from the president bill passed by both
houses in relation to the timber culture
law was taken up and passed. A reso-
luton was agreed to instructing the
judiciary committee to make inquiry
in the matter Of Mr.. Amidon, whose
nomination as district judge in North
Dakota is before the senate for confir-
nation. A joint resolution was offered
and referred looking to the payment of
some $4,000 to employees of the gov
eminent printing office for leave Of alb
sence which they did not have since
1887. At 6:35 p. m. the senate ad-
journed until to-day.
National Soldiers Homes.
Washington, Feb. 10.-The report OF
the inspector general of the armv on
the several branches of the national
home for disabled volunteer soldiers
shows them to be generally in good
condition. The amount expended for
maintenance during the year 1896 was
b2,2O0,e97, making the cost per CAPITA
Of 17,451 inmates $126, against s12s in
1898 and Sal in 1894. There were
l,471 deaths during the year, 2oe Of
which occurred outside the homes.
About 80 per cent. Of these members
were buried In the home cemeteries.
At the close of the year SO per cent. Of
the inmates of the homes were on the
pension roll, the amount paid them dur.
ing the year being nearly s2,500,0O0.
Lumber Men Protest.
Washington, Feb. 10.-A delegation
pf lumbermen from Michigan was al
the capitol Tuesday to enter their pro!
test to members of the ways and means
committee against the reported action
Of the committee in increasing the rate
Of duty on pine lumber.
Sues for Heavy Damages.
New York, Feb. 1O.-J. L. White
treasurer of the White locomotive
works, who was arrested last Nav on
charge of forgery and was released
when Henry Mckenzie, who made the
charge, signed an affidavit proclaiming