Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-29
Bill Before Congress for Tho Re.
slrIgll0n Of Immigration.
THEY HusT BF SOUND IN HEALTH
II ThIa Bill Becomes Law the Alien
VIII Have to be Able to Read and
w-Ite Before He is Allowed to Land
--Cannot be Broke.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-The leg
islative war against the admission
to this country of undesirable alien
Immigrants goes merrlly n,the Paci-
Tic coast states being the most large
ly represented In the list of object
ors. Alabama has just lined up IN
that direction, through the action of
Representative John Lawson Bran
don burnett, n straight out Democrat
OF Etowah county. In Offering n bill
declaring that. after 60 days from it's
approval by the President in addl-
ton to the aliens who are by law
now excluded from admission into
the United States the following shall
also be excluded:
All aliens over IL years OF age who
are physically incapable OF reading and
cannot read the English language,
or the language OF some other coun-
try all aliens of poor physique. and
imbeciles, except such as are under
10 years OF age and are accompanied
by their father or mother, or whose
father or mother Is already n resi-.
dent OF the United States Mt the date
of the approval of this act; and all
male aliens over IS years who do
not possess in their own right nj
least $50 in lawful money of the
United States. or other money of the
value of $40 in United States money
and all unmarried or widowed females
over is years of age who do not pos
sess In their own right at least $40
lawful money of the United States
or other money of Its equivalent
value.
Congressman Burnett adds pro
vision TO the foregoing section per-
hitting any admissible immigrant
or any Immigrant already admitted
to bring In or send for his father OF
mother. grandfather or grandmother
who are over As years old, wife and
such OF his children as are under is
years of age, If such relative Is 9TH
trwise admissible whether such rel
ahve can read or not. and
whether such relative has the amount
of money above required or not.
Educational Qualifications.
a second section deals with the
Intelligence and educational uualifl-
cations of these foreigners, stipula
ting that for the purpose OF ascer-
tanning whether the Immigrant car
read or not the inspectors office shall
be furnished with copies of the con
stitution printed on uniform slips
each containing not less than thirty
or more than forty words of the con
stitution in the various languages OF
the immigrants. In plain type. Each
Immigrant may designate the partic
ular Language III which he desires the
examination to be made and shall be
required to read the words printed on
the slip In such langusge No two
immigrants coming in the same shin
shall be tested with the sameslip.
Any immigrant who fails to read the
slip given him by the Inspector shall
not be admitted, but shall be return
ed to the country from which he
came at the expense of the steamship
company, or other transportation
company which brought him.
The third section fixes the head
tax at So instead of SO. as at present:
and the fourth section provides for
the creation of a big lot of officials
to pass upon the qualifications and
merits of all candidates, male and
female, for admission into this coun-
try.
1t enacts that there shall be as