The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-22

w began consideration Of the I'M
migration bill today. The prin-
cipaI speech was made by Mr.. Shat
tue of Ohio. chairman of the commit
tee on immigration. He was especially
severe in his condemnation of the man
ner in which immigrants are intro
duced through Canada and by Cana
dian railway ana steamship companies.
Mr.. Underwood of Alaska gave notice
of an amendment to pCovide an edu
catiOnal test, and much of the discus
sion during the day was upon this
subject.
The house earlier in the day settled
three contested election cases in favor
of sitting members and passed num-
Der Of bills Of minor importance
Mr.. Shattuc opened the debate with
a speech deliberately presenting the
various immigration problems and ex-
planning the corrective purposes Of this
bill. In part, he said.
There has arisen a demand. growing
more and more insistent. that restric-
tive measures should be enacted to
regulate the influx and sift the quality
Of the incoming aliens. The testimony
is overwhelming as to the volume of
undesira bic immigration now being ad-
mitted. The demand for effective re-
striction is universal and imperative"
Chinese Struggled In.
Mr.. Shattuc spoke of the great num-
Der Of immigrants coming in by way Of
Canada, and said: 'The immigration
laws Of this country are hagrantly viO-
lated. These Canadian steamship
agencies in Europe do not hesitate to
advertise openly and guarantee to their
passengers that they shall be safely
delivered into the United States and
no questions asked. if they will only
take passage via Canada.
1T can be proven that one Of the
Canadian railways is in the Chinese
passenger traffic regularly and is as
sisting the smugglers by stopping its
passenger trains several miles outside
of a certain city and discharging the
Chinese in the country where wagons.
built especially for the purpose, take
whole gangs over the border under
cover of night, and in this way thou
sands Of Chinese enter the United
States annually.
This open discrimination in favor
Of Canadian steamship companies and
Canadian railroads as against our own
railroads and steamships, landing at
our shores. should not be longer per-
mitted."
In explaining the exclusion section,
Mr.. Shattuc said it embraced, besides
paupers, insane persons, etc, the fol-
lowing: Polygamists, anarchists or
persons who believe in or advocate the
overthrow by force or violence of all
government or of all forms of law or
the assassination Of public officials;
prostitutes and persons who procure
or attempt to bring in prostitutes or
women for the purpose Of prostitution;
persons whose immigration TO the
United States has been induced by Of
fers. solicitations, promises of agree
ments. parol or special. express or
implied, promise of labor or work or
service Of any kind in the United
states, and also any person whose
ticket or passage is paid for with the
money of another. or who is assisted
by others TO come
Educational Test Proposed.
To Mr.. watson's inquiry as to why
an educational test was not provided.
Mr.. Shattuc urged that that had better
come in with an independent meas
ure.
Mr.. Barthold of Missouri asked how
anarchists would be detected as such.
Just as you seek to detect a bad
woman, by asking questions" an
swered Mr.. Shattue.
Mr.. Underwood Of Alabama gave no
tice Of an amendment embodying an
educational test for immigrants.
Mr.. Kleberg of Texas opposed the
educational test as one likely to bar
immigrants accustomed to manual
labor. which was one of the most de-
sirable classes for the development Of
the country.
Mr.. GrOsvenor Of Ohio opposed the
educational test. He said the crimes
committed against the governments Of
the world for the past century by rea-
son of removing the rulers of those
governments were committed by edu-
Gated men.
Mr.. Robinson Of Indiana made a plea
for a better condition OF affairs in the
Indian Territory. a condition which,
he said, was a blot on the escutcheon
of the republic, The house then, at 5
O'Clock, adjourned.
The Concentration Camps.
Senator Wellington, denouncing the
present conflict in the Philippines, said
that it seemed that efforts had been
made to make infamous the American
name by every act of unbridled IL
cense.
He declared the president had no
right to create the Filipino commits
sion and proceed as he had in the ISL
ands, and he was not in favor of legal
izing the commission, as was proposed
by this bill. The conference report on
the agricultural bill was agreed to.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia then resumed
his speech begun yesterday on the
Philippine bill. Adverting to the policy
Of concentration, he referred to the
camps as reconcentrado camps. and
Mr.. Spooner inquired if it was mis- pur-
pose to fasten upon the army Of Amer
lea the odium of Weylerism. He said
the term reconcentrado stood for a
policy Of infamy which was not the
purpose of General Bell in issuing the
concentration order and he believed
Mr. Bacon knew that the general had
no such purpose. Mr.. Bacon said he
had called attention to this matter
what were the results Of the Philip
pine policy in order that. understand
ing 1t, they might be induced TO aban-
don It.
Discussing the term "scuttle" as ap-
piled 10 the Philippine policy. he de-
clared that what the minority now
asked TO be done as 10 the Philippines
was precisely what leading senators Of
the majority wanted 10 De done in the
beginning. and after quoting from
speeches OF Messrs. Lodge and Foraker,
Mr.. Bacon said.
IF these senators win say to Us that
it is the purpose of the United States
to let these people stand alone. and
ultimately to give them freedom. we
viii not quarrel then about the time.