The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-04-26
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i Simmons The amendment provides 70
) the exclusion of adult males who canno
read and write in the language of thei
} nationality and who have not at tn
time of landing at least $25. and in ad
dition thereto $40 for each female mem
Der of his family and every male mem
Der thereof not 81 years of age.
i Senator Tiilman is simply relentless
4 50 he is. Here is his last piece of sleuti
! business:
4 Resolved. That the Committee oil
| Finance be directed to inquire whethe
| or not the National banks have mad'
contributions i'm aid of political commit
| ices, and, il SO, to what extent and VIII,
! the facts have not been discovered b!
the Comptroller of the Currency: ant
! whether or not such contributions have
1 been embeZZlements, distractions. o.
/ Wiiiful misapplications of the funds @
| he banks, which call for restitution
l and original prosecutions. Said com
1 mittee is also directed To inquire wheth
er or not the National banks of Chi
cago have recently engaged in trans
| actions beyond their lawful powers il
| connection with the recent failure of
I bank in that city, and whether such
] failure involved illegalities and crimes
and also to inquire whether the Ma
| tional banks in Ohio have been in the
! habit of paying large sums of none!
\ in a secret and illicit manner to tht
| County Treasurers of Ohio as a com
| pensatiOn to said Treasures for making
| deposits OF public money with sucl
| banks, and to report the facts to the
| Senate, and the opinion of the Commit
| tee whether any legal proceeding
should be instituted on account of the
| transactions disclosed: and whether the
/ public interest requires any amend
| mcnts of the existing National banking
| laws"
| The Chinese Minister. Sir Lians
Chcng, seems to fall little short OF
| being the statesman that the former
| Minister was. He wouldn't have VIC.
| lated any of the etiquet of diplomatic
procedure. and the present incumben,
seems to have-well. talked q little too
much to draw 1t mildly.
ST consider the intimation of Mr.
DENLY that but for the vigilance of the
| immigration officers there would have
been "a traffic in bringing in illegal Chi
nese. which would have enriched thou
sands of officials. and our country would
have been overrun with them, as ii
| there had been no exclusion law as al
Iemanation from a fertile imagination
| rather than a trustworthy judgment
founded on cold facts" is a little OF
what he said in letter written by Sir
Chentuns Liang-Cheng. the Chinese
Minister. to John FoOrd. Secretary of the
American Asiatic Association, one 0;
the foremost advocates of letting down
the bars. SO far as Chinese immigration
Is concerned. and submitted to the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
The letter bears date Of April 8.
This letter automatically conveys the
very vivid impression that Mr.. DENLY
has misrepresented the situation rela-
tive to the admission of the Chinese
into this country.
Chief Justice Fuller is something of
an humorist himself The Supreme
Court Of the United States Is. for the
first time in nearly dozen years, hear
Ing the original docket. Attorneys for
New Jersey and Delaware asked for
another continuance Of cases for those
States, that have been on the docket
for two decades nearly. In reply. Chief
Justice Fuller said: I'VE don't keen
cases on the docket here for more than
one generation" Just the same they
come mighty near 1t.
In the Supreme Court the other day
Attorney William Herring made mo-
ton that his daughter. Sarah Herring
Sarin. OF Tucson. Ariz.. be allowed to
practice in the United States Supreme
Court. She is the 25th woman to be
/, admitted. Mrs. Beiva Lockwood. the
first. was in court at the time.
1t was egg-rolling day at the White
| House Easter Monday. and what q LOT
OF fun the youngsters did have But
aiack. IL you were grown up" you
had to have a kid at your side or you
couldn't get inside the gates, and IL you
were a kid you had to have q grown up
to get you in, for you could not be in
there unattended. So thriving bust
ness grew UP outside the gates A
| Daughter of the American Revolution
from out OF town wanted SO much to
| 60 in. and when she got to the gate
was told she could not go in without
| a child to take care OF. She wen,
mOurnfuliy back and met a dirty-faced
urchin and half a dozen more like him
playing hide-and-g0-seek with the pail
| ings OF the Enclosure. Say. Miss" asked
the dirtiest one appealingiy, don't we,
| want to buy one?" lone what?" she
| asked. somewhat startled. "a kid" She
| tumbled I'm q second. How much 81
she asked iaughingly. Fifteen cents
quick response. Miss" tumbled. blu,
could see no reason for taking a herd
in. so she fished out the Is cents, and
| taking the dirty paw of the youngsteI
In her hands. the two walked proudly
past the policeman, who grinned, and
| the lady got In, but she had to go alone
for the boy Skinned back outside to
| earn more lis cents or two fer q quar-
tcrs' before the gates closed for the
day. Oh il was rich!
| An International Conference for the
purpose OF securing an international
| agreement relative to the regulation 81
| emigrant aliens to the United States, /.
| provided for in bill which the House
Committee ON Foreign Affairs has or
dered favorably reported.
/ Representative John Sharp Williams
Democratic leader in the House. ha,
! flung his def at the feet Of the Speaker
ohd nos all that a breathless world has
4 to do Is to sit still as 1t can and see
what comes of 1t. There won't be an,
earthquake, though. Most Of the bust
hess OF the House at certain times 1.
done under unanimous consent Mr.
i Williams has given notice that not an
other unanimous consent shall be Civ
4 en until the Speaker has permitted :
report from the cOnferees Of the State
hood bill. This is likely to annoy tn,
I Speaker some, but not much, and tn,
4 first thing Dir. Williams knows he viii
run up against his own def Scarcel,
a day passes that q dozen or so mem
bers do not call up matters under unani
NOUS consent. OF course, il one singh