The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19


m. Wednesday
Washington, February fs.--rhe Bur-
nett-DilIingham immie ration bill, vc-
toed by President Taft bccnuse II I'm
posed a iitcracy test upon immigrants,
was passed over the Presidents veto In
the senate today by a vote Of ~ 40 is.
The overwhelming majority given at
the end of a short debate In which
President Tafts attitude was yigor-
ously attacked has strengthened the
pfogabnisy thar tie Bill VIII be passed
over the veto in the House when IT is
called up tomorrow
support of the Presidents position
was voiced BY only a few senators dur
ing the debate. Senators Lodge and
Dillingham;, leading the fight to over
ride the President. declared the meas
ure contained so many important pro-
visions for the exclusion of criminal.
diseased and insane aliens that great
harm would result TO the United States
IL il did not become law.
Those FavOring Measure
Senators voting to pass the bill over
the veto We're:
Ashurst. Bacon. Banxhead, Borah,
Bourne, Bristow, Brown. Bryan. Burn
ham, Burton. Chamberlain, Clark of
wyoming, Crane, Crawford, Culberson,
culom. Cummings Dillingham;. Dixon,
Fall, Fletcher, Foster. Gallinger. Gam
BILE. Gardner, Gore. Jackson. Johnson
of Maine. Johnston of Alabama, Jones,
Kavanaugh, Kenyon, Kern LaFollette
Lea, Lippitt, Lodge, Mclean. Martin
Myers, Nelson. Newlands, Overman,
owen. Page, Penrose. Percy, Perkins
Pittman, Poindexter, Pomerene. Rich
ardson. Root, Sheppard. simmons,
Smith Of Arizona, Smith of Georgia.
Smith of South Carolina. smoot Suth-
erland, Swanson. Thomas. Thorntoa,
Tillman, Townsend Webb, Wetmore,
Williams and Works.
Senators voting to sustain the veto:
clapp, Catron, Clarke of Arkansas,
Curtis. Dupont, Gronna, Guggenheim.
McCumber, MARITIME, O'Gorman, oliver,
Paynter Shvely, Smith of Maryland,
smith of Michigan. Stephenson. Stone
and Warren.
7 fail to understand why It is that
the United States alone among nations
is not thought to have the right that
all nations have, TO say who shall come
within its borders" said Senator Lodge.
1T is the only country In the world
where ii is argued that people born
in other countries who never have seen
the United States are entitled to GER
tain rights therein.
For Citizens to Decide
I'll is for the citizens of the United
states to say who shall come into their
country That is a primary right. Still
less do / understand this extreme op-
position to requiring that man shall
be able to read before he enters the
United States. We do not allow man
to become a part of our body polite
unless he can read and write his name.
I'VE do not hesitate to apply lit
'eracy test to our own people. Why is
it we should hesitate to apply 1t to
foreigner?
"rhe opposition to this test is at
bottom the same opposition that IS
made to every effort to improve our
immi gra tion laws or TO restrict In any
degree the number of immigrants. 1t
comes from the steamship companies.
For 25 years we have met that oppo-
sition at every turn. 1t is here today
MY reason for supporting the bill,
said Senator Williams, ''is that / am
afraid of ignorance. | am afraid Of the
man who strikes ont blindly to over.
come the wrongs he thinks exist
senator stone made the first speech
against the repassage Of the bill. He
declared the bill proposed to establish
a radical and unwise change in the inn
migration policy of the United states
- .iferacy is mot ~ good test Of citizen
shin, he declared The blaclthand and
similar organizations are composed
largely of people who could stand the
literacy test Who murdered GARFIELD?
VINO assassinated Mckinley Who COM
mitted these frightful crimes that
startled our country? Every one could
have taken this test and entered his
country"
Nagel Is Criticised
Senator Dillingham; attacked Secretary
Nagel for conaemning the iiteracy test
THE immigration commission" said Sem
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