Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-30
THE PRICE IF CITIZENSHIP In the United States Worth One
 Hundred Dollars, SAYS SENATOR TlLLMAN !n Referring to immigrants Who Are Flood ing America Wanted Revenue From .a Them Scores Cleveland.

9 consideration of the tariff bill through out the day, The senate wound up with < half an hour of lively and amusing col r Ioquy between Senators Tillman, of South Y Carolina, and Chandler, of New Hamp- shire. The former had proposed an amendment to the tariff bill proposing a I, $100 per head tax on immigrants and Q .eeres riction against all those not coming |. to the United States to becoms citizens.
 During the day the senate disposed of the lead paragraph, the commt. tee rate of 11zc. per pound on lead ore being agreed to-30 to 2S.
 The other para graphs considered were of minor character
 Several hundred pension bills were re- ported as result of the first meeting of he pensions committee sincs the pres- ent congress assembled. It took half an hour to read the list Of private pension bills. When it was concluded Mir. Nor gan of Alabama, comment.d on the fact that the men and women named in these bills must wait for relief owing to the .iinaction of one of the branches of con- s gress.
 Ar this time congress was without the liberty or opportunity to pass one of the-e pension bills. Congress was not even in session. asserted MT Morgan. The law yers of the country would look inco this question, and there was a great deal of trouble ahead over this question of com gresS being in session.
 The tariff bill was then taken up and paragraph 19, relating to watch move- Aments clocks, etc. perfected by striking out the clauses on wa-chss and on jewels for making watches and confining the paragraph to those articlss not made of china, porcelain, etc.
 Pineapples were changed to 7cenis per. cubic foot in barrels and bundles and 12 cents in bulk. + MT. Vest asked what reason justified this heavy duty.
 Mir. Allison responded by saying that Florida produced plneapples, and great pressure had been brought to bear for adequase protection thereon.
 Where did the pressure come from?" asked Mr. Bacon. of Georgia.
 T cannot give specifications, respond ed MT. Allison, 'sbut I will say it comes from both sides of this ehambsr."
 The Florida senator's Messrs. Mallory and Pasco democrats, explained the re- cent development of the pineapple indus- try in Florida, which led MT. Gray. dem- ocrat, of Delaware, 10 say in animated response that 1t would have been better if Florida lands had been left In prim- eval simplicity if their use for raising pineapples was to be followed by tax on the bulk of the people,"
 MT. Pasco urged that the Florida fruits should receive the same benefits as those 4 che north.
 pineapples to 20 per cent ad valorem. Rejected.
 r Lead ore and lead in pigs was then considered MT. Allen, of Nebraska, speakirg at length against the committee rates. The paragraph was further de- bated by Messrs. Carter, of Montana, Vest and Rawlins, after which a vote was taken on the committee amendment making the duty on lead ore 11sc. per pound and it was agreed to, 30 to 23.
 The lead ore paragraph was then agreed to as reported.
 On paragraph 190, relating to lead in pig, etc., the rate was increased from 1. to 2Ac pound the duty of 21sc. on lead in sheets, etc., being retained.
 Paragraph ISL metal and mineral sub. stancfs, was changed as heretofore agrefl upon by the finance committee.
 A Substitute for paragraph 1892, mica, was agreed to viz:
 Unnanufac.ured mica, Dc. per pound and 20 per cent advalorem; manufactured 10c pound and 20 per cent. ad valorsm. Gypsum was oh 1nged making the duty on the crude article $l per ton and in that form went over at Mir Buffers request.
 Paragraph PTS, tallow, was changed from Ito %c. per pound, the remainder of the paragraph being unchanged.
 MT. Tillman.. of South Carolina, was then recognized for a speech in support or the 1OllOW10R dIneIQmEDIS to the Dlll.
 That there shall be collected head tax of $100 on all immigrants coming to the Uhited States by land or water; that 1t shall be a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment for any alien who does not intend to become an American citizen or who retains his citizenship in foreign country to enter the United States for the purpose of engaging in any mechanical trade or manual labor within the borders thereof. Provided that this o,,1 +1o ir,,tx d diat ,1xr tnra ceding shall only remain in force until silver shall be admitted to our hints for coinage at the ratio of Is to l on the same condition with gold.
 MT. Tillman spoke of the rapid spread of. pauperism as shown by the statistics of the jails and prisons. It was time, he said to keep platform promises to do something for labor, to keep back the half million immigrants arriving an- nually ard to place value on American citizenship.
 ITO sell it at $100 head" suggested MT. Chandler. ironically.
 "Oh, if ths' senator wants calloquoy with me We can have it when I get through"
 MT. Tillman spoke of the niisenabie condition of the coal miners of Pennsyl- yania and read from official reports say ing that many of the miners were com pelled to live like beasts.
 And this,'' exclaimed MT. Til.man. de- cisively, when senators were framing their laws for the protection of American labor and industry"
 Mr. Quay remarked that the report from which MT. Tillman read was made by republican committee appointed by a republican legislature.
 And I am asking a republican con gress to protect these people against for eign labor. Will you dare to do it, or will you give labor hp-service?"
 He gave the extent of the slum element in New York, Baltimore. Chicago and other cities and said that big republican ma jorities came from them last year. The senator dealt more in statistics than usual although he added the character istic vehemenca of voice and gesture to his remarks. ES.
 iftthe tide of immigrati1n was not turned back the country would be torn with rev olufion and bloodshed and a repetition of the Paris commune
 Mir Chandler briefly respopdad to the South Carolina senator and asked why 1t was that the immigration bill passed