Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-11
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Alter the transaction of some routine
business in the Senate today, Mr.. Giallin-
ger, chairman of the Committee on PEN
sicns, reported adversely frcm the COM
mittee a ILL 10 grant a pension of SlG0
month each to Margaret Butler Meade and
Henrietta Meade, daughters of the late
Maj. Gen. George Coz don Meade, and asked
that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Allen (Neb) asked what reason the
committee lad for requesting the indefinite
postponement of the bill.
Mr.. Gallinger explained the terms of the
bill, and said that the committee had taken
adverse action upon the bill because it did
not believe 1t proper for the country 10 en-
ter upon the experiment Of pensioning the
daughters of soldiers
Mr.. Allen said that he mad a distinct rec
election of several instances of pensions
being granted to the daughters of soldiers.
and expressed the opinion that this bill
ought at least TO so to the calendar for dis
CT ssion. He thought he could not be ac
cused of too great liocrality, but in this
case the soldier, Gen. Meade, had perform
ed remarkable service.
In his CMr. Ailens) opinion, it a Sc
riouS question whether, if Gen. Meade had
not been az the battle of Gettysburg, we
should have mad a government today.
In reply, Mr.. Gallfnger said that he had
not the slightest objection to the considera-
ton of the bill, but he desired to say to the
Senate and to the country that if the gov
ernment enters upon the business of pen
sioning the daughters of soldiers the PEN
sion list would be sweled to billions, in
stead of millions, of dollars
Mr.. Allen thought that might be better
than to throw the governments money
into mill ponds and unknown creeks
throughout the country
bringing the colloquy to an end, with
hri rintr fhn ~ tn n.o1b n
which the committee on pensions has moth
ing to do
Mr. Allen introduced and secured the
adoption of n resolution calling upon the
President for Information in his possession
relative to the boundary line between Ven
ezLela and British Guiana, and to inform
the Senate whether the United States now
has any clerks or other employees at work
upon the Venezulan boundary question,
and also what part of the 100000 appro-
priatcd for the Venezuelan commission had
been expended.
Among the bills passed was one to con-
firm certain cash entries of public lands.
Mr.. Wolcott Col) gave notice that he
would next Monday address the Senate
upon the work of the monetary commits
sion.
The bill restricting immigration was then
called up. and Mr.. Fairbanks Und) ad
dressed the Senate in support of the meas
ure.
Senator Fairbanks said in the course of
his remarks:
'The pending bill throws an additional
safeguard about our population and citizen
ship by imposing q moderate and reason
able educational test upon all immigrants
over sixteen years of age and physically
CAPABLE The immigrant must be able TO
read and write the Constitution of the
United States in some language before ad-
mission. An exception is made, however,
ir the case of a person over fifty years of
age, the parent grandparent Of a quail
fed immigrant above twenty-one years of
age, and who is capable of supporting
such parent or grandpafent.
"A wife or minor child, though unable to
read and write, may likewise accompany
be sent for to join the husband or parent
who is Qualified and capable. The closest
and strongest ties of kinship thus remain
uIbroken.
THE absorptive power of our nation has
been great, and in the main the aliens and
the natives have easily fused into a homo
geneous people. The rapid admixture of
foreign bloods here without the impairment
of our national character has challenged
the wonder and admiration of the civilized
world
At the conclusion of Mr.. Fairbanks
speech Mr.. Caffery Q4a.) announced that
Thursday ne would address the Senate
upon the immigration bill.
On motion of Mr.. Davis the Senate then,
at l :33 Pm. went into executive session.
The Senate devoted almost an hour of the
first part of the executive session today to
a wransle over the recommital of the nom-
nations Of one or two Of the minor officials