Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-02

test must not be made effective
against aliens arriving in the islands
This action came as q great sur.
prise here. Repeated promises had
been given by House leaders that the
oversight of the Senate in not making
the necessary exception should be
promptly rectified. This was not
done
1t is doubtful whether the bill win
become law before March 4. There
will be long and bitter Wrangle In
conference. At the outset II seems
impossible that any agreement can be
reached between the Senate and House.
The Senate, after hard work and
much deliberation, passed an elab-
crate immigration bill 1t comprises
So pages and covered all phases OF the
problem. The educational test was
tossed in at the last minute by SEN
ator Simmons, who frankly says he
overlooked the exemption of Hawaii.
The House threw all the Senate's
work away and passed a short meas
ure of less than two pages, dealing
only with the educational tests for
aliens. No. other features of the inl-
migration question were incorporated.
This naturally makes the Senate
somewhat angry and peevish. Y.
In the remote possibility of COM
promise measure being whipped to-
gether in conference it Is believed
the clause required to exempt Ha-
wall from the educational test para
graphs viii be properly modified and
inserted.
I The eccentric bill passed by the
House follows: j = 49,. &. a.
That after four months from the ap-
fproval Of this Act, in addition to the
aliens who are by law now excluded
from admission into the United States
the following persons shall also be
excluded from admission thereto, to-
wit: All aliens over sixteen years of
age, physically capable of reading.
who can not read the English
language, or the language or dialect of
some other country, including Hebrew
or Yiddish: Provided, That any adj
Missile alien or any alien heretofore
or hereafter legally admitted or any
citizen Of the United States may
bring in or send for his father or
grandfather over fifty-five years Of
age, his wife, his mother, his grand
mother, or his unmarried or widowed
daughter, If otherwise admissible,
whether such relative can read or not;
and such relatives shall be permitted
to land. -
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of as
pertaining whether aliens can read or
not the immigrant inspectors shall be
furnished with copies of uniform
slips, prepared under the direction of
both secretary Of commerce and Ia
bor,. each containing not less than
thirty nor more than forty words in
ordinary use, printed in plain type
in the various languages and dialects
of immigrants Each alien may des.
ignate the particular language or dia-
leet in which he desirees the exam
nation to be made, and shall be re-
quired to read the words printed on
the slip in such language or dialect.
No two aliens coming in the same
vessel or other vehicle of carriage or
transportation shall be tested with the
same slip.
Sec. 8. That the following classes
of persons shall be exempt from the
operation of this act, to wit: (a) All
aliens who shall prove to the salts
faction of the proper immigration Of
ficer or to the secretary of commerce
and labor that they are seeking ad-
mission to the United States solely
for the purpose of escaping from re-
hgious persecution; (b) all aliens in
transit through the United States; (c)
ell aliens who have been lawfully ad-
mitted to the United Statese and who
later shall 60 in transit from one part
Of the United States to another
through foreign contiguous territory.
Sec. 4. That an alien refused ad-
mission to the United States under
the provisions of this act shall be
sent back to the country whence he
came in the manner provided by sec
ton nineteen of IAN act to regulate
the immigration of aliens into the
United States" approved February
20, 1907.