Evening star., 1897-02-18
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.
Conference Report Adopted by the
Senate-ProvlsionsO Of the Measure.

Conference Report Adopted by the
senate-Provisions of the Measure.
The immigration bill now goes to the
President. the last legislative step having
been taken in the Senate yesterday after
noon by an agreement to the conference re-
port on the bill. Strong opposition was
made 10 the report, but on the final vote
the friends of the measure rallied a small
majority. the vote being: Yeas. "a: nays, 81.
The bill as passed extends the immigra-
ton restrictions against all persons physi-
Cally capable and over sixteen years of age
who cannot read and write the English
language or some other language; but a
person not so able to read and write who
is over fifty years of age. and is the parent
or grandparent of qualified immigrant
over twenty-one years of age and capable
OF supporting such parent or grandparent
may accompany such immigrant, or such a
parent or grandparent may be sent for and
come to Join the family of a child or grand
child over twenty-one years of age, SIM
ilarly qualified and capable and a wife or
minor child not so able to read and write
may accompany or DE sent for and NAV
come to joih the husband or parent SINH
larry qualified and capable For the pur-
pose of testing the immigrants Eteracy he
Is compelled to read and write from twenty
to twenty-five words of the United States
Constitution. Aside from these extensions
OF the present law The bill inaugurates a
new system OF restricting immigration from
border countries and designed to apply
principally to immigration from Canada
The provisions are as follows:
Section THAT ii shall hereafter be un-
lawful for any male alien who has not In
good faith made his declaration before the
proper court of his intention to become a
citizen of the United States to be employed
on any public works of the United States.
or to come regularly or habitually into the
United States by land or water for the
purpose OF engaging in any mechanical
trade or manual labor for wages or salary.
returning from time to time to a foreign
country.
Section D. That it shall be unlawful for
any person, partnership, company or cor
poration knowingly to employ any alien
coming into the United States in violation
CT the next preceding section of this act
Provided, that the provisions of this act
snail Eot apply TO the employment of sail
ors- deck hands or other employees of ves-
sells. or railroad train hands such as con-
ductors. engineers. brakemen, firemen or
passaeeinen- whose duties require them to
pass over the frontier 10 reach the termini
OF their runs, or to bDatmen or guides ON
the lakes and rivers on the northern bor-
der of the United States
"A violation of these sections is made a
misdemeanor, punished by fine up TO $500
OF Imprisonment up 10 one year, or both
special provision exempts from the op-
Grafton of the law persons arriving from
Ntoo 'tA'H8 tHc continuance OF Ih6 present
disorder there The law is to take effect
July / next.
The final vote confirming the conference
report resulted in yeas. 81. nays, 81, as
follows:
Repubiicans-AIdrich, Allison, Ba-
ker. Brown Burrows Culom. Chandler.
Davis. Elkins. Frye. Gallinger Gear, Hoar,
Lodge. Mcbride. Morrill,. Nelson, Perkins,
Plat, Pr.tchard. Proctor, Quay, Sewen,
Sherman, Thurston. Wetmore-26
Democrats-Chilton, Faulkner, Hill, Mar
tint
Populists-Butler. PETER. Pettigrew$
Silver repuhlican-Teller-1.
Total, "a
Observation-Disclosures, Hansbrough,
Hawley. Shoup-.
Democrats-Bacon. Bate. Berry, Blanch-
ard, Caffery, Call. Cockrell. Gibson, Cor
man. Gray, Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell tWis),
Morgan. Murphy, Palmer, Pasco Pugh,
Roach. Tillman, TurDie, Vest, Villas Voor-
hees and White-25.
PopuliSt-Stewart-1.
Silver republican-Mantle-1.
Total. 81
AT 5:1J PM. the Senate went into eAecu-
tive session, and soon after adjourned.