Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-04

Several New Features Agreed Upon
by House and Senate Conferees,

Washington. Jan. 31.-The compro-
mise immigration bill contains several
new features which have not before
been made public.
The first section of the senate bill is
retained. which excludes from the
United States all prisons over 1T years
of age who cannot read and write the
English language or the language OF
their native country, but is amended by
the words or resident before "coin-
try in accordance with . suggestion
made by Chairman Bartholdt, OF the
house committee For the purpose OF
testing the ability of immigrants 10
read it is provided that they shall draw
from box a printed slip contaihlng
between twenty and twenty-five words
of the constitution instead of five lines
of il required by the senate bill, ana
read these words. A clause is added
to the bill that if the slips are not at
hand for use the officers shall make the
test by the most appropriate and avail
able means at hand and state in writ
ing the reasons the slips are lacking
and the substitute test employed.
The plan of Representative Corliss
of Michigan for excluding alens from
temporary EN- ployment i'll the lnlted
States reads as follows: THAT ii shan
hereafter be unlawful for any male
alien who has not in good faith made
his declaration before the proper court
of record of his intention to become
citizen of the United States to be en-
pOyed on any public works of the
United States. or 10 come regularly, or
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 a foreign
country. That ii shall be unlawful
for any person, partnership. company
or corporation knowingly to employ
any alien coming into the United States
in violation of the next preceding sec
ton of this act; Provided, that the
provisions of this act shall not apply
to the employment of sailors, deck
hands or other employees Of vessels, or
railroad train hands. such as CON
ductors, engineers, brakemen. french
or baggage men, whose duties require
them to pass over the frontier TO reach
the terminus of their run, or to boat
men or guides on the lakes and rivers
on the northern border of the United
States.
Violations of these sections by aliens
or citizens are made misdemeanors,
punishable by $500 fine, or imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or both,
and persons coming into the country
III violation OF the sections are to be
deported to the country whence they
came. The secretary Of the treasury
is authorized to permit the entrance Of
aliens for the purpose of teaching new
arts or industries under such rules IS
he may provide.
The section of the senate bill eN-
empting from the act persons who may
enter from Cuba during TIE disordy
there is retained 4 new section Is
added as follows: THAT any alien
who shall, in violation of this act or
any other existing law, secure emery
INTO the United States without inspec-
zion or examination or through mis-
take, misrepresentation, collusion, de-
ception or fraud, II ay be taken into
custody by the properly authorized I'M
migration officers, within thirty days
after the facts baucme known to them,
and such alien uptn a special inquiry
at the most convenient place, conduct
ed according to section of the imml-
grafton act of March 3, 1893 shall ne
dealt with as provided by law TO. alien
Immigrants upon their first arrival. ="
Instead of taking effec, three months
after its passage the bill is a4>,enIed 10
take effect July ]. 1897.