The morning times., 1897-02-18
GOES To THE PRESIDENT
The immigration Bill Only Needs
Executive Approval.
MANY SENATORS DENOUNCED 1T
Mr.. Palmer Called 1t an Outgrowth
of Natiyisn, and Mr. Gibson Said
Ii Was Worse Than the Fugitive
Slave I.aw-The Vote on the Bill
in Detail.

Senator Allen excOriated the Civil Serv-
ice Commission in the Senate yesterday in
| discussing his resolution with regard to
the alleged unauthorized discharge OF gov
| ernment employees in South Omaha.
joint resolution, permitting the Secre-
| tary of War to detail an army officer not
| above the rank OF captain, for the position
of instructor in the military school of the
Greater Republic of Central America, was
| passed.
resolution was agreed to, calling on
! the Secretary of State for a copy of Sir
Julia Pauncefote's repi to Secretary Ores
hams letter calling the attention OF the
| British government To the utter failure OF
the regulations OF the Paris tribunal for
| the protection of the fur seal herds OF
Alaska, and requesting a revision OF the
| same.
| A resolution was agreed to, calling on the
| Secretary OF the Interior for information
as to the proposed erection OF steam ele-
vator in Yellowstone Canon, Yellowstone
Park, and requesting him to withhold
action until the propriety of the matter
! "a II W DS congress.
A resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Allen, inqniring OF the Civil Service Com
missioni in relation to the unauthorized dis
charge of certain employees in the Bureau OF
| Animal Industry in South Omaha. was
| taken up and discussed by Mr. Allen
lie related his unavailing efforts to get
| information on the subject, and spoke of
| the treatment which he had received from
1 . Ia. riKrilN
| ton Of all the decencies and prophecies of
official life.''
The resolution was agreed to- 1t di-
rects the Civil Service Commission TO re-
| port all the facts and circumstances TO the
| Senate.
The conference report on the immigration
| bill was laid before the Senate, and was
| briefly explained BY Mr.. Lodge, In charge
| OF the bill.
| Mr.. Palmer denounced the bill as an
outgrowth OF nativism-a doctrine for
which he had the most profound and earn
| est detestation.
Mr.. Carter, OF Montana, agreed with
| Mr.. Palmer In saying that no such legls-
! lation as this bill proposed could be found
! on the statute book or any civilized coun-
try In Christendom. He regarded ii as an
| uHNlSt piece Oh itSlSiAIICn.
Even in the Middle Ages there was no sim
| liar enactment
Mr. Caffery, OF Louisiana a lso opposed
| the conference report, He sent TO the
| clerks desk and had read the letter from
"Ouida" in praise of the nlterate italian
| peasantry as Contrasted with the trash OF
| the Cities-emasculated corrupt ana de-
| bauched.
Mr.. Chandler, of New Hampshire, did not
| let the opportunity pass of reminding Nix
| Caffrey that in no State Of the Union were
the Italians treated so badly as in Louisi-
ana, where many of them had been killed
| off and the United States government
| Obliged TO pay indemnity. He was glad to
see that Louisiana was coming to appre-
! ciate the virtues of the Italian immigrants
Mr.. Caffery said that such filings" Lad
no effect on him. The people of Louisiana
had no sort of apology for the murder of
tie Italians alluded to by the Senator
! from New Hampshire.
Mr.. Gray, of Delaware, also opposed
| the conference report and the bill as
| departure from the settled policy OF the
| United States.
! MIR. Gibson said the bin was framed onthe
! text OF thefugitive slavelaw, and like that
| sense of the people.
Mr. Blanchard Of Louisiana also spoke
! against the conference report.
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts closed the
debate with a defense OF the conference
| report. There was great mass of unem-
| ployed people IN the United States When
they We're all employed, then might Con
gress consider whether it was wise to
| cease restricting immigration.
At 8 p. III. the debate closed and the vote
was taken on the conference report. 1t
was agreed to yeas "a, nays 81, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Republicans- Messrs Aldrich, AL
| lison, Baker, Brown, Burrows, Chandler,
| Cullom, Davis, Elkins, Frye, Gallinger,
Gear, Hoar, Lodge, Nc Bride, Morrill, Nel
| son, Perkins, Platt, Pritchard, Proctor,
| Quay, Sewall, Sherman, Thurston, and
| Wetmore-25,
| Hill, MARTINI
Populists-Messrs Butler and Peffer--2
Grand totel-34.
Nays Republcans-Messrs Carter, Hans
| brough, Hawley, shoup-4.
DemocFats-Messrs.B Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Blanchard, Caffery, Call, Cockrell, Gibson,
pOEUldu, UTdS, liHusdN. Mills, MltcHeu
Wis, Morgan, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco,
Pugh, Roach, Tilman, Turpie Vest, Villas,
Voorhees,, nd White-25.
Slverite- Mr. MANTLE
Popuiist-Mr. Stewart-1.
Grand total-31.
As the report had already been agreed
to in the House, the bill modified in
conference HOW goes to the President. 1t
adds to the classes of excluded aliens all
persons over sixteen years Of age who can
not read the English language or some other
language-eXcept that admissible immi-
grants may bring with them, or send for
ilhterate parents or grandparents lover
fifty years of age), wives and minor chill
dren. 1t also prohibits from emplo yment on
public works aliens who come regularly or
habitually into the United States for the
Upurpose Of engaging in any mechanical
trade or manual labor and who have not
made declaration of intention to become
American citizens. The Secretary of the
Treasury, however, maypermitthee entrance
of aliens for the purpose of teaching new
arts or industries. And the act Is not to
apply to persons coming here from Cuba