The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-18
EHE IMMIGRATION BILL
Now Awaits the Presidents Sig
nature to Become Law.
TO BARTHE CANADIAN woRKMEN,
Strong Provisions to Prevent Residents oi
the Dominion from Earning . IAsina
Hsre--The House Opens Up to Settle
mont the Reservoir Sites.

mcnt the Reservoir Sites.
Y Washington, Feb. 1S.-The immigra.
tion bill now goes to the president. the
last legislative step having been taken
IN the senate yesterday by an agree.
mens to the conference report on the
bill. Strong opposition was made to
the report, but on the final vote the
friends of the measure rallied small
majoFityss the vote being: Yeas, "a;
nays. 81. The bill as passed extends
the immigration restrictions against
''all persons physically capable and
over IS years Of age who cannot read
and write the English language or some
other language; but person not so
able to read and write who is over 50
years of age. and Is the parent or
grandparent of qualified immigrant
over 21 years of age who is capable OF
supporting such parent or grandparent,
may be sent for and come to join the
family offa child or grandchild over 81
years of age, similarly qualified and
capable. A wife or minor child not so
able to read or write may accompany
or be sent for and come to join the
an6 capable
For the purpose of testing the immi-
create literaey- he is compelled to read
and write from 20 to rs words of the
United States constitution. Aside from
these extensions of the present law the
bill inaugurates new system of re-
stricting immigration from border
countries, and Is designed to apply
principally to immigration from Can
ada. The provisions are as follows:
1t 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 citi-
zen of the United States to be en-
ployed on any public works of the I'm
tted States, or to come regularly OF
habitually into the United States, by
land or water. for the purpose Of en-
gaging In any mechanical trade or
manual labor, for wages or salary, re-
turning from time TO time to for
eign country.
1t shall be unlawful for any person,
partnership, company or corporation
knowingly to employ any alien coming
into the United States in violation Of
the preceding section. Provided, that
the provisions of this act shall not ap-
ply to the employment of sailors, deck
hands or other employees of vessels or
railroad train hands, whose duties re-
Quire them to pass over the frontier to
reach the terminal Of their runs, or to
buatmen or guides on the lakes and
rivers on the northern border Of the
United States.
A violation of these sections is made
q misdemeanor punishable by fine up
to $500 or imprisonment up to one year,
or both.
A special provision exempts from the
operation Of the law persons arriving
from Cuba during the continuance OF
the present disorder there. The law is
to take effect July l next.
The house yesterday, after two
hours debate, passed bill Of con-
siderable Importance to the arid re-
gipns of the west, 1t opens to use and
occupation under the rights Of way
net of March 3, 1884, all the reservoir
sites reserved by the geological survey.
There are 1888 Of these sites scattered
throughout the arid country, and this
ArI will enable them to be put to prac-
fical use by individuals or corporations
Two amendments were attached to the
bin, one of which permits states or
territories to occupy these sites II they
choose and the other empowers the
states and territories in which they are
located to fix water rates. The CON
Bideration Of the Hopkins Kendall con.
tested election case from the Tenth
Kentucky district was entered upon
and a vote will be taken today
T'he conference report on the lesisla'
tive, executive and judicial appropria.
ficn bill and the bill to fix the times
and places Of holding court in Utah
were adopted, and bill was passed
to remove the political disabilities Of
Colonel William e. Simms, of Ken
tucky, who was member of the
Thirty fifth congress.