Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
DECLARED TO BE IN ORDER
House Tables the Appeal From the
Decision.
WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES POSITION
Speaker Cannon Suggests That the
Political Aspects of the Question
Are Not to Be Considered,

The House soon after converting today
began consideration of the conference re-
port on the immigration bill, which was
agreed to by the Senate Saturday.
After the reading of the report Repre-
sentative Burnett of Alabama made points
OF order against the first provision, which
undertakes to regulate the incoming of
Japanese coolies by giving the President
authority to refuse to admit those without
passports to the United States, and also
against the whole of section ~, having re-
latior to the air space in vessels bringing
immigrants to the United States.
AS to the first proposition, Mr.. Burnett
Insisted that the authority conferred by
the section on the President put in his
hands big stick" which he could WELD
over southern state. He declared that it
gave the chief executive power which was
never contemplated by the Constitution nor
by the enabling act of any sovereign state
AS to the second proposition, it was Mr.
Burnett's contention that the air-space pro-
vision properly belonged in a bill relating
to navigation, and bad no part in bill reg
ulating the immigration of aliens into the
United States.
Mr.. Bennet's Contention.
Mr.. Bennett of New York, in charge Of
the conference report, contended that the
should not lie because the provisions had
been considered by the House in other bills
and had really been considered in connec-
ton with the immigration Nbill.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi said that the
provisions relating to alien admission as af-
fecting the question of mixed schools in
California had been injected into the bill to
avoid possible foreign complications, and
that it was matter which neither house
had had an opportunity to discuss. Defin-
ing the power of the conferees, he argued
that they could deal only with subjects
contained in the bill as passed and not with
extraneouS matter.
Personally, he said, he was with Cali
fornia in the stand it had taken regarding
the right of Japanese to attend the white
schools. He believed in homogeneous PEG
pie, not In people Of mixed races, and
he would stand by the people of California
to legislate for themselves as to the manner
In which their schools should be Conducted.
Speaker Cannon's Comment.
Speaker Cannon advised Mr.. Williams
that in discussing points of order politics
could not be considered, and that the only
thing in controversy was whether the Sec
tons adopted by the conferees were prop
erly in the bill.
Mr.. Williams bowed. 81 yield to the wis.,
dom of the chair he said, ''nut give no.
ttce that am going to talk about the mat
tiers contained in the House substitute to
the bill and 1 shall take the side of Cali
fornia."
Mr.. Watson read from a decision made
by Speaker Colfax, which sustained the
right of the conferees to Introduce new
matter in conference report providing the
subject had received consideration even in
connection with some other measure He
took the ground that the sections in dis
pute were in the bill as a matter of right.
Mr.. Bennett of New York supported the
report on the ground that the whole immi-
grafton question had been thrown into con-
ference.
Mr.. Burnett asked the Speaker IL the
whole Chinese exclusion law could not be
repealed by a conference report.
'.Oh, why does the gentleman ask about