The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-28
ALIENS SHUT OUT
CONFERENCE REPORT nv TWIN
IMMIGRATION BILL ADOPTED
BY THE HOUSE.
FOUR HOURS OF DEBATE.
MEASURE CRITICISED LARGELY
FOR IT'S EXTEN SION OF THE
EDUCATIONAL TEST.
CORLIss' AMENDMENT INc1uDr1
''Birds of Passage" Barred From tb~
United States Under the Bill
Passed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 72-The house.
today after a debate of four hours
adopted the conference report on the
immigration bill by a vote of 131 IN
liz. The principal criticism OF the
measure, agreed on by the conferees-
In the debate today was based unon
the extension of the educational test To
female as well as made immigrants on
the ground that it might divide fam
lilies, and to the Limitation to the ability
OF an immigrant to read and write tha
English language or the language OF
their native country or residence.
speeches were made by Messrs. Buck
(Dem., La, Dolliver (Rep., Io.), Bart
holdt (Rep., Mo-, Parker CRep., N. j..
Walker (Rep.. Mass), Cannon Rep.,
LID, Grosvenor Rep., o., and Boatner
Dem., La) in opposition, and Messrs.
Danford (Rep., o., Hepburn Rep., Io).
W. A. Stone (Rep., Pa.), Johnson Rep..
Ind), Corliss (Rep, Mich.), Morse Rep..
Mass), Wilson Dem., S. c., and Tay-
lor CRep., o. in it's support.
W. A. Stone (Rep., Pa-) said the house
was confronted with the alternative OF
accepting the agreement Of the confer
ees, or Of having no immigration bill
passed at this session. He sent to the
clerks desk and had read some teIe-
grams addressed to Senator Lodge
copies Of which appeared in an inter
view with Senator Lodge printed to-
day. He quoted from statistics to show
that last year but 146 immigrants Of
the class Of which we are proud would
have been excluded by this bill. II
was the importation of those from
Italy, Hungary and other countries Of
Southern Europe, large percentage Of
whom would be excluded by this bill.
which was causing the glut In the com
mon labor market
MT Johnson Rep., Ind.) advocated
the adoption Of the report but cr1ti-
cised the measure, because It did not
go far enough Mr.. Corliss (Rep..
Mich), the author Of the amendment
placed in the bill by the conferees to
prevent aliens from coming into the
United States temporarily for the Dur.
pose Of employment and returning
again to their families, supported tina
report. Mr.. Cannon Rep., lid favored
sending the bill back to conference to
make more plain the reading and writ
ing qualifications.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio opposed
certain features Of the report and
said he did not subscribe to the be-
lief that, If the house rejected the
report, 1t could not perfect and pass
at this session such bill as it desired.
He said he would refuse to vote for
bill which would permit a man to
abandon his wife and yet bring in his
pauper and illiterate relatives.
Mr.. Dolliver Rep., Io.,) said he had
voted for the house bill; he would
have supported the bill as it passed
the senate, but he felt absolved from
voting for the conference report. He
would vote for no bill which admitted
the husband and excluded the wife.
because he believed it vastly more i'm
pCrtant that a man should enjoy the
society Of his wife than that of his
grandfather Qaughter). He believed
we were apt to eXaggerate the danger
Of unrestricted immigration.
Mr.. Taylor (Rep., Ohio said the
principle Of protection was behind this
bill; it was the principle Of self-pres-
erHat1on. After some further debate
by Mr.. Morse (Rep., Mass) in favor,
and Mr.. Boatner, in opposition to the
bill, Mr.. Hepburn closed the debate
in support Of the report Then he de-
clared that hundreds Of thousands of
American laborers were today walking
the streets of the great cities be-
cause they had been crowded out by
the incoming stream Of aliens, the
public galleries Of the house fairly
shook with acclaim.
AT 4:15 p. m, according to arrange
ment, the vote was taken. Much inter-
est was manifested in the vote, the
members listening intently to the re-
sponses. The report was adopted, 49,
10. AT 4:45 p. m. the house adjourned.