The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-16
Being Driven Through conqress.

! And these Two provisions linked to
/ gether are TO be driven through con
gress
The south's interests are. as usual
( ignored; the Pacific coast OF course. is
| taken care Of
MI Tillman contended that this pro
cedure must be in pursuance of a SET
tied policy. and made strenuous obiee-
ton to IT,
Mr.. Flint of California declared there
was no necessity of bringing the Cali
iornia relief measure into the discus
sion
Mr.. Tillman insisted that it was i'm
possible under the rules to do other
than consider the two questions to-
sether. as the conference committee re-
FUSED to withdraw the report and
amend it,
Il viii vote for an exclusion act to-
morrow which viii keep the Japanese
out. he added. L do not see WHY
there should be d prejudice against
them. Yet | am willing to keep them
out if it brings war"
Senator Lodge Again.
Senator Lodge arose at this. If" he
said in low tone. I'VE are going to
discuss that question. I think we ought
10 do so behind closed DOORS
j am perfectly willing to go behind
closed DOORS" Mr.. Tiilman RESPONDED.
Perhaps I can get a heart-to-heart
talk with some people. who will rot stay
here and listen. but who have got or
ders from the White House that this
report has got to go through.
Mr.. RaynCr asked. If a discussion of
--sesss}e-ss@s-l,e-pe~+.,S+
ted in open session.
There was pot the slishtes, objection
TO this consideration Mr.. Lodge an
swered. But" he continued. there are
certain phases which all senators will
see ought not to be discussed in pub
lie
If we have got to pigeon-toe around
here" asserted Mr.. TillInan. ''and can
not discuss our own national issues. We
have got To a desDerate pass"
Il don't desire to go into secret ses-
sion on any other phases of the bill as
the senator well knows" said Ar.
Lodge.
Criticism of Roosevelt.
But the Two are involved" insisted
MT TiIlman. If the man at the White
House had cot taken It upon himself TO
NEEDLE with everything in the United
States. we would not have this issue
here
Stating his opinion against contract
labor to be as strong as any one. Mr.. 4
Tillman said he would give the proper \
elcDllld cement "a de@lfanto INN grants
to the south and he believed the gov
ernment would do well to spend $780,
n09 600 fer that Durpose. The south was
TO be Disseminated against, he main /
tanned. because the senate from Mas I
sachusetts had larse number OF hish- (
" respectable constituents who were /
opposed to the southern states getting 4
immigrants unless they got them from +
the Sums Of the northern cities. The I
! fr- r.,.- -
and riff-raff."
Mr.. Lodge was questioned closely to /
ascertain Just what he construed to be
the effect Of the bill
Does ii mean that state agent can
not 20 abroad and secure immigration"
asked Mr.. Tillman.
Must Use State. Funds.
ct means he cannot use other than
state funds for that purpose" an
swnred Mr.. Lodge.
s.Suppose the state should nay the
passage of an mmiSTant and then some
one should come along and reimburse
the state" asked Mr. Tillman. who
added: There are more ways than one
10 beat the devil around the stump. and
the senator from Massachusetts knows
lust as well as anybody else how to
do IT.
"That misat be one way answered
Mr. Lodge. who added that he did not
think it ought to be done.
Mr. Tillmaa. discussing the Japanese
maintained that by placing
The proposition in the report the con-
ferees had exceeded their authority. He
Rad been informed that the conferees
themselves had rot drawn the Japan
ese amendm mt. but il was the work
~ SECRETARY Root. OF course, he added
the confe-eeS could DENY it if it was not
correct. This however. went to show
that it was matter entirely outside
the seonA of the conference committee
Mr. TiiInaan said he realized the only
,vav the conference rerort could be de-
reated.' under the discipline that pre-
vailed. would be to defeat it by argu-
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