The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-18
Goes Through Senate With
Exclusion Clause
UP TO THE HOUSE NOW
Presidents Harvard Speech Is Expected
to Take Up New Idea of States
Rights So Far as It Serves as
Defense to Corporations.

Washington, d. G., Feb. 1s.--The Sen
ate has. adopted the immigration bill
with the so-called japanese exclusion
clause, 1t only remains for the House
of Representatives, whose rules viii pre-
vent delay by filibustering, obediently to
agree with the Senate. The Japanese
question II thus settled to the satisfac-
ton Of the Californians, as far as pres
emf legislation Is concerned. 1t ID APP
parently left for the administration to
carry out the balance Of It's agreement
BY negotiating a new treaty. On the
only vote taken in the Senate Saturday
in connection with the immigration bill,
the division was along party ines. The
question was on the point of order raised
J against the exclusion clause. All the Re-
puhlicans, with the exception Of La Fol
lette, voted in favor of that clause, and
all the Democrats, with the exception
of McEnery of Louisiana, voted against
it. Senator Bacon spoke during a large
part of the session, but denied chat lie
was fllibustering in any way. He again
Aweit upon the South's great need Of
labor, and added: "The fact cannot be
concealed that there is serious and
growing jealousy on the part Of the
manufacturing Industries in Massachu-
sets against the growing and increasing
manufacturing interests Of the South
There Il a disposition to interfere with
the further development of those indus
tries Of the South, and no more sure
method could be adopted than that pro.
posed in this bill
At the close Of tho debate severe com
ment upon President Roosevelt was made
by number of the Democrats. SEN
ator Carmack was particularly caustic,
and charged that the president had been
pusillanimous toward the Japanese and
had used the big stick only to threaten
the Califprpians, During the debate a
rumor was in active circulation that the
bill was to be referred back to confer
ence in order that it might be changed
so that the Root exclusion clause should
apply to the Chinese as well as to the
Japanese, thus making conditions less Sc
we're for the better class of Cinnamon
than at present. AS the bill stands it
contains an express provision that it
shall have no effect upon the Chinese
exclusion law. The story, which created
much excitement, was that this was TO
be stricken out on being referred back
to conference II any such idea was
in mind it was given up, for the Cali.
fornians, when interviewed, violently
protested against the proposition. They
declared that it would reopen the Whole
Chinese question, and that they would
fight to the last rather than permit
anything Of the sort.
The House Saturday had under con.
sideration the postofilce appropriation
bill. The action of the House interstate
commerce committee in favorabIy report.
ing a bill to limit the hours Of railroad
employees was more important than the
debate in the House itself. This bill
is in some respects different from that
passed by the Senate, but ii Is expected
that these differences can be reconeilel
ia conference and a satisfactory bill
agreed to by the two houses.
It Is expected that President Roose.
velt's speech at the Harvard union on
the 23d viii attract even more wide.
spread attention than many of his
hpbeCubS III the pdSJ. IL VIII ne us nt3L
important speech in months. In part,
at least, II will take up the vexed ques.
tion Of the Capitalization of power In
the federal government, which was
brought to the fore by Secretary Root.
It is understood that the president will
devote himself with vigoT to the new
doctrine Of states rights in so far as
it has been erected TO defend those cor
porate activities which thrive behind the
inequalities and liabilities of the state
laws and which fear the stronger arm Of
the national government. II is said
that the keynote OF the speech might
be put in something like this epigram
matte form: Estates rights-yes; but
not when they work the peoples wrongs.
Sine, Secretary Root made his much.
attacked and much misunderstood adj.
dress in Lhi,adelphia last December, the
critics Of the administration have had
their unmolested say. But it seems that
the president has resolved that it Is time
for him 10 speak out, and that he will
again bend the occasion to his purpose
lust as last year, when instead of deliy.
cring stcrcotyped address at the cor.
ner- stone laying of the House of Repro.
sentativcs building, he made his famous