New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-18

shores any man who read In language
| the provision requiring the immigrant TO write as
well to read he would be compelled 10 vote
| against the bill
MR., LODGES SPEECH.
| At the close of Mr.. spooner's remarks, agree
! ment having been reached by the Wisconsin Sen
| ator and Mr.. Lodge. Ia charge 0: the measure.
| that Mr. Spooner should draft an amendment pro-
viding that steamship companies should take back
| to Europe the wife and children OF an immigrant
who had failed to meet the requirements Of tho
| proposed law. Mr.. Lodge spoke briefly in support
| OF tho measure. He said that the bill contained
! some notifications OF the measure passed by
the Senate in the last Congress. the Corss amend
dropped. The Massachusetts Senator declared
| by the German steamship companies which would
suffer by It's passage They had aroused the OPP
eraiy by the Deputy ccmmssoner Of " immlgrs
ton, who mad himself been a citizen OF this couE-
try, for scarcely seven years:
Mr.. Lodge read d letter which had been written
by the Deputy Commissioner and then said: 7
is as bad as any tg race eTe a
Americans here and ought 10 have done with
such appeals as this to prejudice and caste" Mr..
Lodge closed with strong appeal for the pas
The amendment offered by Mr.. spooner was then
adopted by i2 ayes and % noes
Mr.. Caffery Dem. La Offered an amendmen;
inl,Crsasing ne age Of immigrants AFFECTED by the
bill from sixteen 10 twcnty-one years. The amend
ment was lost by Is eyes TO 80 noes.
Mr.. Kyle Qnd S D. Offered an amer dment pro-
viding that any immigrant convicted within year
Of his landing In this country Of felony or other
violation Of law shall be returned the country
from which he came. The amendment was lost
without division.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL
The bill WIS then placed its passage and
passed by vote Of 10 s. the detailed vote being
follows:
Ayes-Messrs, Allison. Baker. Burrows. Cannon,
Garter Chandler. Chiffon. clark. Davis. Ekins
Fairbanks, Foraker. Frye. Galimger. Hale, Hanna
Mcbride. Mcmillan, Mantle. Mason, Morrill,. Pen
pensb Patt sSnG sb rt
Spooner Teller. Thurston Tilman Warren, Wet
more. Wilson and Wolcott-iS.
(Arkl Kenney, Lindsay McEnery. Mallory. Mar
tin Mills, Mitchell, Money. Morgan Murphy Pet,
tus Rawiins. Roach. Stewart. Turpie walthal and
Whites
After the immigration bill had been disposed OF.
the Senate devoted some time 10 the consideration
OF bills on the calendar; Among the measures
(Rop' y d amending Section 223l OF the Re
vised Statutes so that registers OF lana ofcrs ana
established by law shall be liable under their bonds
for all moneys received by hem for the sale OF
Indian iands NJ fIa..sp. -, -, LII, arc
not responsible under their ponds for any money
which came 10 them from the sale OF Indian lands
bill authorizing the Muskogee Coal and Rail
road Comna1y TO construct and operate railway |
iSroueh the indian Territory and Oklahoma Ter
r.tory and for other purposes was passed on mo-
ton OF Mr. Baker Rep.. KAN.
TO CALL UP THE CENSUS BILL.
Mr. Carter rep. Mont). chairman Of the Census |
Cormittee Rayo notice that after the disposition |
Tomorrow OF the Urgent Deficiency bill he should |
insist UPON tho consideration Of the unfinished |
business which is the measure providing for the |
snoointm.nt OF n director and thirty other
niovcs az he twelfth and subsequent censuscs. |
ir. c-Tlss s.-a LHai ;As committee te!t The meas