The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-05
OTHER BILLS IN THE SENATE.
Senator's Lodge. Burrows and WOlcOtt
Have ImmixratiOn Menauren.

Have Immigration Measures.
Washington. lee. 4.-Senator Lodge to-day
introduced Il bill providing for the removal
| Of the ten-years limitation on the Chinese
| exclusion act. thus leaving the provisions
OF the Ge3ry act In force. That act. which
| vas approved May ). 1892 excluded the Chi
nese indefinitely. but the Scott act OF No
! vember. 1888. limited the exclusion to ten
| years. In case there is no legislation in the
meantime the ten-years limit would expire
| next May.
Senator BURROWS introduced bill ito
provide for the exclusion and deportation
Of alien anarchists" The first section Of the
LII is as follows:
That no alien anarchists snail hereafter be
or % laaa any INTO fG the tinted
but this prohibition shall not De construed
oen%ers o nd sPpk oe I" ,n Pnsis s: or
Senator Wolcott introduced bill amend
Ing the immisration laws so as to require
a person about to immiarate to the United
States to secure from the nearest American
Minister or Consul a certificate establishing
his character and prohibiting the landing Of
any Immigrant who cannot present such n
certificate. American representatives 10
whom such application is made are required
to make careful investigation.
Senator Lodge also reintroduced his immi-
grafton bill providing for an educational
test for the admission of immigrants. The
writing test is removed and the new bill re-
qutres only that the immigrant shall be re-
quired to be able to read. Another bill in
troduced by Senator Lodge is his old meas
plying civil service regulations to the ap-
pointment Of United States Consuls.
Senator Hale to-day reintroduced the Pa
cific cable bill as it passed at the last ses-
sion Of Congress. It provides for the con-
struction by the Government of cable
from the western coast Of the United States
to Hawaii.
Senator Fairbanks to-day introduced a bill
for the admission Of Oklahoma as a State.
and providing that the capital shall be 10
Gated at a town to be called Mckinley in
honor of the late President
Senator Lodge introduced a bill to provide
revenues for the Philippine Islands. It pro-
vides that the tariff passed by the Philip
proved by the Secretary of War shall re-
main in full force and effect. This covers
goods going into the islands.
The second section OF the bill provides for
levying the same duty and tarln on good,
coming into the United States from the
Philippine Islands that are now collected
from foreign countries. Section three pro-
vides that until otherwise ordered statutory
laws of the United States shall not be III
force in the Philippines except as ordered
provides that all duties collected in the
Philippine Islands shall be paid into the
senator Jones Of Arkansas introduced
which passed the House during the last
session of Congress. but failed to pass the
Senate.
Representative Pearre Rep). Maryland
proposed plan of dealing with the
tariff and trust:i somewhat similar to the
plan proposed last year by Representative
Babcock. which caused much discussion.
Mr.. Pearre's bill authorizes and directs the
suspension of tariff duties upon imports
when their sale or manufacture are monop-
mission to report to the President on the
subject.