The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
tionai issue. we have come to . des perate pass"

T. WI ttSSAA S " 6S AAAso S~~h VI v sion on any other phase of the biK . the senator we'll knows" saF r Lodge.
 Mr. Ttllman. who hesitated q Asked if be was to proceed. Not more was said on the point. White House Me0 q. I 'Tf the man at the WhftS House had not taken It upon himself to meddls with everything in the United States we would not have this issue" said Mn Tiliman. Stating his opposition to any system of contract labor MT l Tiilman said he would favor the prop CT encouragement of desirable whiss 1 immigrants to the South and he be- lieved the government would do well to spend $1eo, ,000, 900 for that purpose. The South was to be discriminated against he maintained. because the senator from Massachusetts had a large num- Der of highly respectable constituents who wers opposed to the Southern States getting immigrants. unless from the slums of northern citier. Mir. Lodge was questioned closely to ascertain just what he construed to be the effect of the change. Docs 1t mean that State agent cannot go abroad and secure immigra- toni" asked Mir. Tiliman. msduH IiG CdniiOL hGC Othtt sh@ts State funds for that purpose" ari- swered MT. Lodge.
 Suppose the State should pay the passage of an immigrant and then some one should come along and reim- purse the State?" asked MT. Tillman. who added: s"There are more ways than one to beat the devil around the chusetts knows just as well as any bodv else how f0 do if '"
 That might be one way" answer ed Mr. Lodge, who added that he did not think 1t ought to be done.
 Mir. Tilfman then turned his at- tention to the Japanese provision and maintained that in placing it in their authority. He had been in- formed that the conferees had not drawn the Japanese provision but that it was the work of Secretary Root. Of course hc edded, the conferees could deny this If 1t Is not correct.
 Mir. Tillman said that he realized that the only way the conference re- port could be defeated under the dis cipline that prevailed would be to defeat 1t by argument He was not prepared to adopt such extreme meas ures even if the South was discrirni- mated against.
 Exclude Jap cooIies.
 Senator culberson interrupted Mr., Tillman to present resolution as fol- lows:
 Resolved. that the conferees on part of the Senate ton the immigra- ton bill) are instructed to present an amendment providing for the exciu- sion of Japanese laborers and coolies from the United States and their ter ritories and insular possessions and the District of Columbia to be ef- fective January |. 190s."
 Mir. Lodge made the point that no debate was in order on the resolution. MT. Clliberson said he did not wish to take Senator TilIman from the floor by demanding immediate consideration. Mr. Tlllman then continued.
 T want to know why this is.'' Mir Tillnan said, .Why the President of the United States should be permitted, if this bill should become law, and know 1t will, to dicker with labor unions, to make bafgains with lahoE unions2 Why should the interests of labor on the Pacific coast make it pos. sible for the President to issue an ex- ecntjvs order to prohibit the landing of certain classes of immigrants2 We ought to have a law to regulate such a thing. It ought-not to be left to ex- ecutive discretion. There ought not to be any bargaining here for politl- @al purposes.
 We have all heard that in the last Presidential election an understanding was reached by those who had charge of the campaign that If the Mormon vote went. certain way certain col league of ours would be cared for.
 And we have heard 1t talked, too. that the chief executive who was the benenciary of that vote-though he did not need it--has exerted himself to the utmost to carry out that agreement, and is using his influence to slave off vote and protect in every way he could the Senator from Utah.
 These bargains are not conducive to the public welfare. I am sick and dis gusted with this indisposition on the part Of the Senate and Congress of ac- tually surrendering everything into the keeping of the chieS executive"
 MT. Tillman then made reference to 'our friend Wadsworth" who he said, had fallen out of the breast works because last winter he has stood for what he believed proper on the meat Inspection bill.
 Child Crying In Night.
 "I do not like the tendency in our national affairs" continued Mr. Till man, but of course am like a child crying in the night"
 In answer to a question Mir Lodge stated that in his opinion the con fereeS had not exceeded their authori- ty and that they had Jurisdiction over all the immigration laws. MT. Gallin- ger got recognition.
 "I simply rise to say that I am as- founded by the answer of the senator from Massachusetts" he said. That's certainly not crumb but a chunk of comfort" responded Mir. Tillman.
 Senator Carter interrupted and took the position emphatically that the con ferees had exceeded their authority. A vote taken on this question" sald MT. Carter. will in my judgment result in the defeat of the conference report"
 He reached this conclusion after con. suIting with many of his col e7gues While 1t might ba extremely impor- tant to enact the desired clause regard ing passports. he said he deemed 1t Of Vitally more importance that the pro ceedings of the Senate in enacting laws should he preserved. If vote for the conference report involved he ap- nroval of the princip'e invo wed Mir Garter concluded that he WIS perfectly free to say he sho"l1 vote against it
 This statement brought Mi. Tillman to the conclusion of his speech abru0t- ly with this statement:
 After such a clear, forceful, unan- swerable presentation of what I have been trving to say I quit"
 MT. Patterson then secured unani- mous consent For, vote on the con- ference report tomorrow.
 REWARD FOR WALKER.
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