The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-18
immigration
Legislation.
Senate Adopts the Pending
Measure by a Large
Majority.
Hanna's Return TO HE Sena+e. WoIcotT's
Monetary Report and an Attack Orr
Trusts Sideshows Of HE Day.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE fea-
lures of today's proceedings in the SEN
ate were the speech delivered by Sen
ator Wolcott (Col), chairman of the
blmetallic commission, upon the nego-
tiations relative to international BIZ
metallism, and the passage Of the
Lodge bill restricting immigration into
the United States. The proceedings
were the most interesting and impor-
tant that have characterized any sin
gle days work of the senate during the
present session. In anticipation Of
them the galleries were crowded at an
early hour. Quite unexpectedly Sen
ator Hanna appeared at the opening
Of today's session. Mr.. Foraker the
senior senator from Ohio, presented
Mr.. Hanna's credentials for the re-
mainder Of Mr. Sherman's term, which
will expire on March 4, 1S99 and ask
ed that the oath of Office be admins
tered to him. Mr.. Foraker escorted his
colleague to the desk, where Vice Pres
ident Hobart administered the oath
At the conclusion of the mornings
business; Mr.. Wolcott, at 1850, was
recognized to begin his address. He
was in fine voice and commanded the
earnest attention of his auditors. At
the conclusion of the speech Mr.. VOL
cott was instantly surrounded by his
Republican colleagues desirous of con-
graduating him.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Wolcott's
speech the immigration bill was taken
up and discussed until 3 o'clock, the
hour at which, by previous agreement,
it had been arranged to vote finally
upon the amendments and the bill. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Spooner
(Wis) providing that the ability on the
part of the immigrant either to read
or to write should be accepted as a
sufficient test of his literacy, was adopt
ed by vote of AZ to 22
SPOONER AMENDMENTS.
Another amendment by Mr.. Spooner,
providing that the members of the
family accompanying an immigrant re-
jected under the conditions of the bill
should be returned to the country
whence they came by the steamship
companies, was also adopted. Other
efforts were made to amend the meas
ure, but failed. The bill was then pass
ed by a vote of As to g.
The bill, as passed, provides that all
immigrants physically capable and over
sixteen years of age, shall be able to
read or write the English language or
some other language, but a person not
able to read or write who is over fifty
years Of age and is the parent or grand
parent Of a qualified immigrant over
twenty-one years of age and capable
of supporting such q parent or grand
parent, may accompany the immigrant
or the parent or grandparent, may be
sent for and come to join the family Of
the child or grandchild over twenty
one years of age qualified under the
law; and wife or minor child not able
TO read or write, may accompany or
be sent for and come to join the hus-
band 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 here
tofore been inhabitants of that island.
The debate on the bill was of neceS-
sity brief Mr. Hoar. of Massachusetts,
was the first speaker and he was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Spooner. At the conclu-
sion of Mr.. Spooner's remarks, an agree
ment having been reached by the Wis
consin senator and Mr.. Lodge, in charge
of the measure, that Mr.. 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, Mr.. Lodge spoke briefly in sup
port of the measure. He declared that
the opposition to the bill had been
stimulated by the German steamship
companies, which would suffer by its
passage. They had aroused the opposi-
ton to the measure and had been aid
ed materially by the deputy commits
sioner of immigration, who had him
self been citizen of this country for
scarcely seven years.
VOTE IN DETAIL.
The amendment offered by Mr..
Spconer was then adopted by AZ ayes to
% noes.
Mr.. Caffery Ga) offered an amend
ment increasing the age of immigrants
affected by the bill from sixteen to
twenty-one years. The amendment
was lost by % yeas to Sc nays.
Mr. Kyle IS. d. offered an amend
ment providing that any immigrant
convicted within year of his landing
in this country of a felony or other
violation of law, shall be returned to
the country from which he came. The
amendment was lost without division.
The bill was then placed on it's pas
sage and passed by vote or 40 TO 2S,
the detailed vote being as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Cannon,
Carter Chandler Chiffon, Clark. Davis Ell
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker. Frye Gallinger
Hale Hanna. Hanshrough. Harris. Hawley,
Hoar. Kyle, Lodge Mcbride, Mcmillan, Man
tie, Mason, Morrill,, Penrose, Perkins. Petit
grew, Flatt Comm, Platt On. Y),. Pritchard,
Proctor, Quay, sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Tel
Ter, Thurston, Tillman, Warren, Westmore,
Wilson and Wolcott-45.
Nays-Allen. Bacon, Bate. Berry, Caffery
Clay, Cockrell Daniel German, Heitfeld,
Jones (Ark.). Kennedy, Lindsay, McEnerny,
Mallory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell Money,
Morgan Murphy, Pettus Rawlins, Roach,
Stewart Turpie Wa,thall and White-2s.
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-
sidered was one called up by Mr..
Hansbrough On. d., 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 un-
der their bonds for all moneys received
by them for the sale of Indian lands.
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