New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
SENATE 0VERR|DES TAFT
IMMIGRATION BILL VETO
Vote Is -Four to One and Passage
of Measure by the House
Is Expected.
LODGE LEADS THE FIGHT
Dillingham; and Williams Aid
Him in Defence of Literacy
Test-Steamship Com
panies Blamed.
from The Tribune BureaI ]

Washington. Feb. BY vote OF ~
TO - the Senate passed The immigration
bill to-day over the veto OF President
taft The vote is interpreted as indicat-
ing an Overwhelming sentiment in favor
OF the literacy test a. q bar TO the food
VI immigration from Southern Europe
and Asia, and IL IS expected that the
House influenced 10 some degree BY the
acton OF the Senate also viii vote 10
enact the bill without the Presidents
signature although the majority in the
lower branch probably viii BE- much
smaller.
The vOte cast so-day Was It surprising
y large one. there being only Eve Sens
.ors unrecordcd. OF the eighteen who
voted 10 sustain the veto eleven were
Republicans and seven were Democrats.
The Republicans were Cstron. Clapp.
curtis. du PoHt. Gronna. GuGsenhe!m,
NcCumber. Oliver. Smith CMichigsn).
Stephenson and Warren. The Democrats
were Clarke Arkansas. MARITIME. O'Gor-
man, Paynter. Shivcley. Smith Mary-
landJ and Stone
Foot Supports the Bill,
senators voting 20 pass the bill over the
veto were:
Aehurst. Bacon. BaDkheaJ. Eorah,
Bourne. Bradley. Brady. Brandesee. B,is-
tow. Brown. Bryan Durham, Burton.
Chamberlain. Clark CWyoming). Game.
Crawford. Culberson, Cullom. Cummlns.
Dillingham;. Dixon. Fan. Flctche,. Foster,
Gallinger. Gamble. Gardner Gore, Jack
son, Johnson .tMainc), Johnston Ala
bama), Jones, Kayauauga. Kenyon. korn.
La Toilette. Lea. T.ippitt. Lodge. Mclean,
Martin. Myers Nelson. Ncwlands. Over
man. owen. Page, Pen:ose. Percy. Per
lUDs. Pittman. Poindextcr Pomcrene.
Richardson. Root. Sheppard. Simmons
Smith (Arizons) Smith Georgia., Smith
tSoUth Carolina. Smoot. Sutherland.
Swanson, Thomas. Thornton. Tillman.
Townsend. Webb. Wetmorc. Williams and
Works
senators Lodge Dillingham; ana Will
Jams defended the hteracy test rs a
means of putting check upon unGesir-
able irlmigration. They ms steo that the
provision had been drafted after tbe most
careful consideration and upon recon-
menda,ion Of the immigration Commits
sioncr. Some resentment was displayed
jy Senators in favor of the test against
The Presidents action in setting up the
objections Of Secretary Nagel rs on OBJ
stacie to the bill.
senator Lodge quoted statistics 20 show
that a large percentage Of persons Of for
.ign birth arrested on criminal charges
are ;lliteratcs. The objection that il will
not keep out anarchists and criminals IL
inept." he said, as there are other pro
visions in the measure to prevent such
immigration" Senator Lodge continued:
i fail to understand why il is that the
United States alone among ia lions is not
thought 10 have the right that al naticas
have l. say who shall come within its
borders II is the only country in the
world where IL liz argued that people bonn
in other countries who never hove seen
the United states are entitled 20 certain
rights therein.
Calls II Primary Right.
1t is for the citizens OF the United
States TO say who shall como into their
country. That 10 q primary right. Still!
less do | understand this extreme opposi-
ton 10 requiring that a man shall be able
10 read before hc enters the United
States.
We do not allow 4 man 10 become a
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