The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

If better to bear the ills we have than to fy to those we know not of. The class of people brought in by such noovements were not in harmony with our form of government. he said, and many of them were in revolt against all governments. He favored the bringing in of new immigrants. but wanted them to come ns our forefath- CTS had come---wiilingly. The members did not know, he thought the wonder fnI- prosress the State was making through natural means.
 suHering From Negro Element.
 Tine state was now suffering. he said. from the bad negro eleI1eut, hut 1t was proposed to bring in an element worse and more lawless thun those we now have. We were seeking to ad-- varce in education. but were now try ing to bring in an element that Is more ignorant and nliterate than any we now have Let us.' he said. have the foreigners titer fin one nt time, so they will become one with ns, in harmony win our institutions" He would support the bill, he aaid. and do 1t gladly, if the friends of the meas ure could assure him that every i'm migrant would be good man. moral man, on industrious man, Il happy man ---cne who would come here and be one with the present high grade citizens of the State. and live in harmony with them.
 MT. Pitts of Perry also spoke for the bill. The purpose of the bill. he said. was to get a good class of immigrants for the State. and not to put out drag met to get anarchists and corrup- | tionists to come to Alabama. Mir. Pitts was frequently interrupted 1 by other members. and still held the 1 floor when, at 1880 o'clock. the House took a recess until 8 o'clock. | When tho House had been called to order for the afternoon, MT. Pitts con | cluded his speech in favor of the bill. | MT. Steagall of Dale agreed with some | of the adherents of the bill that there | were now more white people l in Alabama than the negroes could well wait on He pointed out the grave dangers that ex' isted in the importation of large num- bers of foreign immigrants who were 'l not lin sympathy with American insti' tutions or who, because of their ignor' ance, were easily led away from cor rect principles by designing people. H. insisted 1t was all important at thi' time to educate the people we now have.
 Rig Measure fs Lost.
 The previous question was demanded despite opposition, and MT. Kirby. o Madison, chairman of the Immigration Committee. closed the argument fol the measure. He maintained that th' class of immigrants in his portion O
 the State was the very best, and equa in every way to the native white popu lation.
 He told of the accomplishments. of i'm
 migrants in the development of hi section of the country. and pleaded witi
 the members to pass the bill
 The amendment proposed by MT. Full
 Ter. of Bibb. was adopted. on rising
 vote, with sixty affirmative votes, ant
 wise adopted, by 8 vote of sixty-eigh
 to five. The bill as amended was thei
 lost on final roll call by a vote of thtr
 ty-four to fifty-four.
 Those voting no were Afford. Arm
 strong, Arnold, Arrington, Avery, Bal
 lard of Autauga, Ballard of Pike. Bar ton, Brown. Bulger. Cameron, Carmich
 aei, of Clay. Carmichael of Colbert Coleman. of Marshall;' Cooper, Crum Doyle, of Clarke, Elrod, Henley. Hoff man, Hughston. Jonnson, Killen, Lacy of Dallas, Lancaster. Lawson. Lindsay Long. of Morgan: Malone, Mitchell Moore. McCrary: Powell, Of Bullock
 Pugh, Rainer, Rattray, Rushton, Sam
 ple, Sanders, Scale. Smith. of Fillmore
 smith of Franklin, Smith of Lee: Stea
 gall Thompson. Urquhart. Yam. White
 of Lamar, White. of Perry; Williams
 and Woolf.
 The ayes were cast by ~peaker Mar
 tin, Baltzeil, Benners. Bloch. Burney Coleman, of Lcwndes; Dudley, Ed
 wards, Foster. Fuller, Glover, Goodwyn Gunter. Haley, Jenkins. John, Jones King, Kirby. Lacy, of Walker, Lee, O. Etowah; Maner. Pee.e, Pitts, of Dallas
 Pitts, of Perry: Ragsdaie. Rice. Rowe Sherrod, Tunstall and Weaver.