Evening star., 1897-02-09
THE HOUSE.

Immediately after the reading of sthe
journal in the House today Mr.. Danford
(Ohio) called up the conference report on
the Immigration bill
Mr. Danford Immediately demanded the
previous question. number of members,
including Mr.. Mahany On. y, protested
against cutting off debate, but the House
sustained the demand, 33-13. Under the
rules twenty minutes were allowed on each
side for debate, and Mr.. Mahany took the
floor in opposition to the report He said
that the zeal which characterized the
friends of this ipdefensble measure was in
temperate. The bill would effect a sweep
ing change in the immigra ton policy of the
United States. 1t would close the doors
against men of clear minds, healthy bodies
and sturdy patriotism who desired to cast
their lot with the people of the new world.
If this bill had been in existence 100 years
ago a majority of the members of the
House would not only not be here as repre-
sentatives OF the people, but would not in
all probability today be citizens of the
United States. o."
Mr.. Bartholdt Satisfied.
Mr. Bartholdt (Mo.). who opposed the first
conference report, expressed his extreme
satisfaction at the turn things had taken,
which, he said, enabled him to subscribe
heartily to this report. The Objectionable
features of the former bill against which
he had contended had, he said all been
eliminated.
Mr. Keifer (Mirn). showing the fact
that immigration seould be encouraged
rather than restricted, read some resolu-
lions adopted by various bodies of his state
calling for immigrants. He said there were
5,WUOOO acres of land in Minnesota which
never had felt plough
Mr.. Mcguire (Cal) protested strcnuously
against the BILL the whole theory of which
he declared was false. 1t departed. he said,
from all previous policies regarding immi
grants solely because they were laborers
and likely to invade the Americas labor
field
Mr.. Mccall (Mass) concluded the debate
with two-minute speech in favor of the
report, in the course of which in repIy to
Mr. Mahany's statements, he pointed out
that the republican party in placing this
bill on the statute books was redeeming a
pledge it had made to the people
Conference Report Adopted.
The vote was then taken. The majority
in favor of the adoption of the report on
the rising vote was overwhelming, 162-14
but Mr.. Mahany and the handful of oppo-
rents of the report succeeded in securing
the yeas and rays.
The report was adopted, 217-33
A bill was PASSED to place the naval Off
Ger on the board appointed to examine the
deep water farbOr on the southern coast
of California on the same footing with the
other members of the board in the matter
of per diem allowance.
Mr.. Wood QID then called up the bill to
pension Re chael Patton, the widow of .John
IL. Patton of the Tth Illinois, which was
vetoed by the President. and moved that II
be passed over the veto. The Presidents
veto Was based on the fact that the hen
efciary had, after the death of her soldier
husband, married again, and thus ter-
minated her pensionable relation with tho
government. The report by the pension
&C ommittee called attention to the fact that
Mr.. Cleveland had in the case of other hiI1s
to pension REMARKED Widows allowed
tfem to become laws without his signature
The conclusion of the committee there
fore, was that it was not against either
precedent or policy to restore to In. rolls
a widow who had remarked and again
thrown upon her own resources.
Mr.. Wood spoke in favor of his motion
and Mr.. Erdman Pa) against II Mr.
Cummings IN. y. in concluding a speech
in favor of passing the bill over the veto
said amid round of applause: II know
not how other men may feel about II hut
as for me. prefer to stand by the prece
dent made by Andrew Jackson than to fol-
low the enc sought to be male by Grover
Cleveland al
Passed over the Veto,