The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-05-19

was recommended by the president, and
it reported favorably bill which, If
enacted, it is believed will cut down
immigration into this country fully twen-
ty-five per cent. Briefly, the immigra-
ton bill imposes a head tax Of So; re
quires aliens to be able to read English
or some other language; requires tbem to
have certain sum of money in their
possession; establishes bureau Of infor,
nation and, altogether. strengthens the
present immigration laws.
The committee meets on Tuesdays and
the ranking members is Robert Adams,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, with Augustus P.
Gardner, of Massachusetts who has
charge of the immigration bill the third.
man on the committee. Burton L.
French, of Idaho, is fourth; Robert w
Bonynge, of Colorado, fifth; Frederick
G. Stevens, of Minnesota, sixth, Ira w.
Wood, of New Jersey, seventh; W. S.
Bennett, of New York, eighth, and E. A.
Hayes, of California. ninth. The five
Democrats on the committee are Jacob
Rupert, Jr, of New York; John L.
Burnett, of Alabama; J. E. Ellerbe. of
South Carolina; John NJ. Moore, of
Texas, and Thomas NJ Bell, of Georgia.
There are two men from New Jersey,
Howell and Wood, and two from New
| York, Bennett and Rupert.
The committee room on pensions is
one of the finest in the capitol. 1t is in
the corner of the west corridor. on the
main floor, and is furnished throughout
with handsome mahogany furniture. 1t
is lighted with a chandelier that was
formerly in the east room of the White
House. The committee room on banking
and currency is on the galley floor. west
side of the house. and it too,like that of
pensions, is furnished elaborately in ma
hogany.
Mr.. Gardner's committee room is on
the ground floor, in the front of the capt
tol, and under the old library space. 1t
is not as cheerful room as the com
mittee room on pensions, but it looks out
i
/ to the west and is pleasant in the after
noon. 1t is not as elaborately furnished
as some of the committee rooms, but it is
nevertheless comfortable for all that,
and serves the purpose of Mr.. Gardner
and his colleagues. 1t is plain every
day working place without any unnee-
cessary frills in the way of mahogany
furniture or handsome electric chan
deliers.
Mr. Howell's committee room is To-
Gated in the lower terrace. From the
window good view may be had of the
peace monument and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. The committee room is furnished
plainly, with oak table and plain OAK
chs;rs and an ordinary electric chande
lier with a cluster of lights The room
is trifle OUT of the way and incon-
venient from the house. but when the
committee wants to work this is an ad
vantage and interruptions are as fire.
quent as they are at the pensions com
mite room, which is in the path of
travel of the multitude of visitors that
throngs the capitol daily.
Probably one of the finest equipped
roms in the capitol is that occupied by
William j. Browning, of Camden, CHIEF
clerk of the house. The room is small
and off the office of the disbursing clerk
of the house. It is furnished handsome
" and lighted with a small chandelier
which at one time did duty at the White
House. Mr. Browning has the walls de
corated with some fine pixtures. He has
one of Speaker Cannon, Major Mcdowell
the clerk and himself. He also hae
some excellent pictures of the late Viii
liam Mckinley, the late Garret A. Ho
bart, President Roosevelt, Vice Pres
dent Fairbanks and other distinguished
men. He also hasa valuable collection
of souvenirs Of different kinds. some Of
which decorate the walls of his office.