The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-10
NO LIQUOR IN CAPITOL lmmigratF I Bill Carries : A Rider. z THEcs YORK OF CONGRESS London Dock Bill Killed by
 the House. Enacting Clause of ths Measure Stricken Out on Yea and Nay
 vote-Senate Talks Immi-
 grafton All Day.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The Senate de- voted most of today to the immigration bill and adopted a number of amend ments. There was considerable discus sion of an amendment offered by MT. Bur ton (Kas.) to admit Chinese laborers to Hawaii. It met with considerable oppo- sition and finally was laid on the table, The provision in the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in the Capitol building caused some criticism of the House for putting it in the bill, but the provision was not stricken out. During the day the militia bill was discussed. It will be taken up again Thursday.
 MT. Kean (N. JD gave notice that De- oember r he would ask the Senate to consider resolutions on the life and char acter of the late Senator William J. Ee- wall.
 Immigration Bill.
 Mir. Lodge then called up the iI1migra- ton bill and explained that an amend ment yesterday changing the ceslgna- ton of incomers from passengers to alien immigrants rendered it necessary to strike from the bill the exemption ap-
 
 citizens of the Dominion of Canada, the republic of Cuba and Mexico, or bona fide resident of the Dominion or republic, and an amendment to that effect was agreed to.
 Mir. Burton (Kas) offered an amend ment to section 8, the educational sec ton, which went over for time, pro- vioing that the educational test shall not apply to the Territory of Hawaii and also that where the number of agricui- tural laborers is insufficient for the de- velopment of the territory Chinese labor CTS may be admitted.
 An amendment by MT. Mccunber (N. D. was adopted including professional beggars as among those excluded from admission to the United States.
 Plus Fund Case.
 Messages from the President transmit ting the papers in the Plus fund case and the report of the Governor of Porto Rico were laid before the Senate and then an amendment to the immigration bill by MT. Hoar (Mass) was agreed to provid- ing for the careful inspection of families of aliens who already have been admitted and filed their preliminary declarations for citizenship.
 An amendment offered by MT. Bailey (TexD was adopted. providing that skilled IhDOT Dc IT iobci VA ''hNN kind cannot be found in this country.
 The amendment prohibiting the sale of liouors in the Capitol was taken up and MT. Berry (Ark.) declared that the Capi- tol was not the proper place to ruh saloon.
 Mir Penrose. answering him, said the paragraph was stricken out because the committee thought 1t was not a proper place for it.
 Mir. Bailey (Tex) contended that each house of Congress had authority 10 act in the matter without any law of Con gress.
 Mir. iillman said he wanted a little light on the subject. He had been in formed that no liquor was sold on the Senate end of the Capitol
 "The House is simply playing hypo- critical game before the people, said he, and tndeavoring to make the Senate at tend to its morals"
 The committee amendment striking out the section was rejected which has the effect of retaining in the bill the clause prohibiting the sale of liquor in the capi- tol.
 Deportation of Aliens.
 At the instance of Mir. Penrose the Senate agreed to substitute for the twenty-first section of the bill. extend lnK to two years lIc iOi tIiN hVpOl ta tons of aliens who become a public charge. The section as amended specifics lunacy. idiocy and epilepsy and says that aliens afflicted with either trouble shall be presumed to have been so affected prior to landing in the United States and shall be deported at the expense Of the transportation companies bringing them in.
 MT Burton sought to secure action on his amendment introduced earlier in the day. This opened up the discussion of the Chinese question.
 Mir. Burton declared that the Hawaiians cannot make money because the Japanese have raised the price of labor higher than the trafic will bear and he added that they are not as good citizens as the Chinese Mir. Tllman remarked that there may be other parts of the United States that might want labor and he did not see why we should discriminate in favor of a few corpora ton pets who own sugar plantations in Hawaii"
 MT. Burton said he thought the Chinese should be allowed to go to Hawaii for agricultural purposes only and should be placed under bonds. He did not consider such conditions would render the China man a slave.
 Thinks Both Ways. MT. H0ar dSheu MT IoAl tpl W Nli'''4'+ he would favor the admission of Chinese to do agricultural labor in the United States. The reply was fin the negative Then" said MT. Hoar, why are you doing to Hawaii as you would not do to the United States?' Yes" was the reply, the white man will labor in the mainland, while he will not in Hawaii MT. Bailey made objection to the propo- sition to invite Chinese to come to Hawaii and then deport them when they become . killed laborers. Mir. Burton replied that this view was inspired by the political opinions of the Texas Senator. The amendment was laid on the table. On motion of MT. McCOmas, the section referring to the exclusion of anarchists who advocate the destruction of the gov ernment of the United States or of all governments by violence While the debate on this motion was in progress