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he had the floor he would speak on that

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the chamber, and requested Allen to
yield him a few minutes for some re-
marks upon the bill The request was
granted and Hoar spoke in favor OF the
bill.
Spooner of Wisconsin, while support
ing the general character OF the Dill.
pointed out a feature which, he said,
was indefensible, namely, that requlr-
inc an enfgrant to be able to read and
write portions of the United States
Constitution. Rather than support the
provision requiring the immigrant to
write as well as read, he would be
compelled TO vote against the bill.
At the conclusion of Spooner's re-
marks. an agreement having been
reached by the Wisconsin Senator and
Lodge, in charge of the measure, that
Spooner should draft an amendment
providing that steamship companies
should take back TO Europe the wife
and children of an immigrant who had
failed to meet the requirements OF the
proposed law, Lodge spoke briefly in
support of the measure. He declared
that the opposition to the bin had
been stimulated by the German steam
ship companies, who would suffer by
it's passage. They had aroused the
opposition to the measure, and had
been aided materially by the Deputy
Commissioner of Immigration. who had
himself been a citizen of this country
for scarcely seven years.
The amendment offered by Spooner
was then adopted by a vote of AZ to
90
Caffery of Louisiana offered an
amendment increasing the ages of i'm
migrants affected by the bill. from IL
to q years. The amendment was lost
by % yeas to 80 nays.
Kyle of South Dakota offered an
amendment providing that any immi-
grant convicted within a year of his
landing in this country of felony or
other violation of the law shall be re-
turned to the country from which he
came. The amendment was lost with
out division.
The bill was then placed on its pas
sage, and passed by vote of 40 to 2S,
the detailed vote being as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Can
non, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon, Clark.
Davis, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Frye. Gallinger Hale. Hanna, Hans
brough, Harris, Hawley, Hoar, Kyle,
Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan. Mantle, Ma
son, Morrill,, Penrose. Perkins, Petit
grew, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of
New York, Pritchard, Proctor, Quay,
Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Teller, Thurs
ton, Tillman, Warren, Wetmore, Wilson
and Wolcott-45.
Noes-Allen, Bacon, Bate Berry, Caf
ferry, Clay, Cockreu, Daniel, German,
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kenny,
Lindsay, McEnery, Mallory, Martin,
Mills, Mitchell. Money, Morgan, Muir
ply, Pettus, Rawlins, Roache, Stew
art Turpie, Walthall and Whites.
The bill as passed provides that all
immigrants physically capable and over
16 years of age shall be able to read
or write the English language or some
other language; but person not able
to read or write who is over 80 years
of age. and is the parent or grand
parent of a qualified immigrant over
81 years of age, capable of supporting
such a parent or grandparent, may
accompany the immigrant, or the par
ent or grandparent may be sent for
and come to join the family Of the child
or grandchild over u years of age,
qualified under the law; and a wife or
minor child not able to read or write
may accompany or be sent for and
come 20 join the husband or parent who
is qualified. The Act does not apply
to persons coming to the United States
from the Island of Cuba during the
continuance of present disorders there,
who have heretofore been inhabitants
of that island.
After the immigration bill was dis
posed of the Senate devoted some time
to the consideration of Bills on the
calendar. Among the measures con-
sidersd was one called up by Hans
brough of North Dakota, amending
Section 2234 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.
bill authorizing the Muscogee Coal
and Railroad Company to construct
and operate a road through the In
dian Territory, Oklahoma Territory
and for other purposes, was passed on
Motion OF Baker.
Carter, Chairman of the Census Com
mittee. gave notice that after the dis
position tomorrow of the urgency de-
ficiancy bin he should insist upon the
consideration of the unfinished busi-
ness. which is the measure providing
for the appointment of a Director ana
thirty-one other employees of the
Twelfth and subsequent censuses.
Allison. Chairman of the Appropria-
ton Committee. in this connection de-
sired il to be understood that the APP
preparation bills. which. under the
Senate procedure, have the right Of
way over other 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 White
of California, Carter said he had no de-
sire to endeavor to dispiace the eonsid-
Grafton of he Hawaiian annexation in
executive session, but he thought the
census measure ought to be passed
promptly.
Bills were passed providing for an
American register for the steamer Ma
yahoe. and to amend Section 4440 of
the Revised Statutes, authorizing the
licensing of mates on river and ocean
steamers.
The Joint resolution providing for par
ticipating by the United States in the
fisheries exposition. TO be held this year
in Bergen, Norway. which had been
passed by the House, was passed.
The Senate then, at 4 40 p. M, on mo-
ton of Quay. went into executive ses-
sion, and at 5 p. m. adjourned
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.