The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

who would suffer by its passage. They
had aroused the opposition to the meas
ure and had been aided materially by
the deputy commissioner of immigra-
ton who had himself been a citizen OF
this country for scarcely seven years.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Spoon
er was then adopted by AZ to %. Mr..
Cafferty La) offered an amendment
increasing the age of immigrants affect
ed by the bill from is to q years. The
amendment was lost by 80 to 36. Mr..
Kyle offered an amendment providing
that any immigrant convicted within a
year of his landing in this country of a
felony or any other violation of the law,
shall be returned to the country from
which he came. This was lost without
division. The bill was then placed on
its passage and passed by vote of 45
to 2S. the detailed vote being as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Can
non, Carter. Chandler. Chiffon. Clark,
Davis Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker
Fry. Gallinger, Hale, Hanna, Hansbor-
ough, Harris. Hawley, Hoar. Kyle,
Lodge. Mcbride. Mcmillan, Mantle, Ma
son, Morrill,, Penrose, Perkins. Petit
grew Plat Comm, Plat On. W,
Shoup. Spooner Teller, Thurston, Till
man, Warren, Wetmore, Wilson and
Wolcott-45.
Nays-Allen. Bacon, Bate. Berry,
Caffery, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Cor
man. Heitfeld Jones (Ark), Denny,
Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Muir
ply, Pettus, Rawlins Roach, Stewart,
Turpie, Walthall and Whites.
After the immigration bill was dis
posed of the senate devoted some time
TO the consideration of bills on the cal
endar Among the measures considered
was one called up by Mr.. Hansbrough
amending section 1924 of the revised
statutes so that registers of land offices
and receivers of public moneys for each
land district established by law shall
be liable under their bonds for all
moneys received by them for the sale
of Indian lands. The bill was passed
a bill authorizing the Muskogee Coal
& Railway company TO construct and
operate railway through the Indian
territory and Oklahoma and for other
purposes was passed on motion or
Baker.
Mr.. Carter, chairman of the census
gave notice that after the
of the urgency deficiency
bill he should insist upon the considera-
ton of the unfinished business, which Is
the measure providing for the appoint
ment of a director and 81 other en-
ployes of the twelfth and subsequent
censuses. Mr.. Allison. chairman of the
committee, in this con-
nection desired II to be understood that
appropriation bills which under the
senate procedure, have the right of way
over ether legislation. would be pressed
by his committee and that the pension
appropriation bill now on the calendar,
would be called up probably on
Wednesday. In response to an inquiry
from Mr. White Of California, Mr.. Car
ter said he had no desire to endeaVor to
displace the consideration of the Ha-
waiian annexation IN executive session,
but thought the census measure ought
to be passed promptly.
Bills were passed providing for an
American register for the steamer Ma
vahoe, and TO amend section 4i40 of the
revised statutes authorizing the licens-
ing of mates on river and ocean steam
erS.
The joint resolution providing for
by the United States in
the fisheries exposition to be held this
year I'm Bergen, Norway, which had
been passed by the house was passed.
The senate then, at 4:45 o'clock, on
motion of Mr.. Quay, went into execu-
tive session and at p. M adjourned.