Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-28
CADETS CAN'T PARTICIPATE
Senate Refuses TO Appropriate
the Necessary Fund
TO PAY THEIR EXPENSES
And McKiuley's Inauguration Must Go On
Without Them.
ALLEN, THE NEBRASKA PoPUtIsT,
Gets in Some of His Characteristic Remarks
Russian Jewish Immigrants the OBJ
jectionable Characters in the
House Immigration Bill.
.LlEN, THE NEBRASKA PoPutIsT,

Washington, Jan. 27.-The military
academy appropriation bill was passed in
the senate today, after q long and some
what amusing controversy over one
amendment providing for the payment Of
the expenses of the attendance of the
West Point cadets at the inauguration
parade. The proposition was made the
text by Mr.. Allen pop., Neb.) of dis
sertation on the virtues of the old Jeffer-
sonian democratic simplicity, of the dry
rot" which is destroying the American re-
public as it destroyed the Roman empire,
and of an attack on Mr. Gray (dem, Del)
for inconsistency in attending demo-
cratic caucuses and claiming to be DEM
ocrat, while ito all interests and pur-
poses, he had been republican for the
last three or four years" And there
was another distinguished senator, Mr..
Allen added, pointing to the seat of Mr..
Hill (dem. N. ", who said that he, too,
was democrat. These remarks, made
with all the seriousness characteristic of
the Nebraska populist senator, were re-
ceived with smiles by the two senators
alluded to and by the whole senate.
Mr.. Gray contented himself with the
remark that Mr.. Allen was a melancholy
example of the effect of populistic no
tions and that he would probably prefer
to have a contingent of Coxey's army at
tend the Inauguration parade; and Mr..
Allen admitted that that would be lit
tie more relevent. 50
Finally the amendment was rejected:
Yeas, 20; nays. 2S, and the bill was passed.
1t appropriates $479,572; or $4,000 more
than the bill as it passed the house. The
$1,000 is for the purchase of one Maxim
semi automatic fiye-pounder, quick fir
ing gun. ~ sr
The memorial of Henry A. Dupont, of
Delaware, in which he asserts that his
claim to a seat in the senate was defeat
ed last session through miscount, or
through mistake about pairs, was pre-
sented by Mr.. Chandler (rep., N. H),
and was referred to the committee on
privileges and elections.
The Nicaraguan bill was taken up.
1t gave rise to quite spirited debate, in
the course of which Mr.. Sherman sug-
gested although he would vote for the bill
in any form presented, that 1t would be
better to let it lie over until next session
and intimated that he, would favor the
negotiations of a new treaty on the lines
of the Frelinghuysen-Se -Seavals treaty. A
motion to recommit the bill was made by
Mr.. Villas dem, Wis.,, and was pending
tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
BY vote of 131 to 11S, the house today
agreed to the conference report on the
immgra ton bill, which embodied sub
stantially new measure, being different
in some respects from either the senate
or house bill. Speeches in favor of the
report were made by Messrs. Danford,
republican, of Ohio, who presented it
from the conferees; G. W. Stone, republi-
can, of Pennsylvania; Johnson, republi-
can, of Indiana; Corliss, republican,, of
Michigan; Morse, republican, of Massa-
chusetts; Wilson, democrat, of South
Carolina; Taylor, republican, of Ohio,
and Hepburn republican, of IIowa; and
in opposition to 1t by Messrs. Bartholdt,
republican, of Missouri, chairman of the
house committee. on ,immigration; Buck,
dembocrat, of Louisiana; Hartler, repub-
lican, of New Jersey; Walker, republican.
of Massachusetts,; Cannon, republican, of
Illinois; Grosvenor, republican, of Ohioi
Dolliver, republican, of Iowa, and Boat
ner, democrat, of Louisiana
Chairman Bartholdt refused to- sign
the report of the committee recommend
ing the bill. $50 - e,97e5.s
The principal objection to the bill was
the clause requiring immigrants to read
and write 'fn the language of their ma
tive or resident country" This, 1t was
pointed out, would prevent several class
es of people in Europe and in Central
America and Mexico from gaining ad-
mission to the United States, because
they do not speak either of the languages
to which the clause limits. Them 1t was
admitted that the language was intended
to prevent the coming of the great body
of Russian Jews. -. ,os
The vote was taken on the adoption Of
the conference report, and on a division
1t was agreed to, 116 to los. Mr., Bar
tholdt demanded the yeas and nays,
which resulted: Yeas, 131; nays, III.
The usual motion to reconsider and to
lay the motion on the table having been
made by Mr.. Danford and agreed to, the
house at 4:45 adjourned until tomorrow.