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Japan even II It became q law.
The Lenroot amendment II incorporated
as a part Of section Of the Burnett bill,
| which enumerates the classes of aliens to
| be excluded. The amendment embraces
4 in the excluded classes "Hindoos and per-
sons of the Monaghan or yellow races.
Malay or brown races, and African or
black races"
To this general exclusion program,
| however, Is added the following proviso:
Unless otherwise provided for by
existing agreements a. to passports, or
by treaties. conventions. or agreements
that may hereafter be entered into"
It Is this proviso which Representative
Lenroot contends would maintain the
present status 20 far ~ japanese immi-
grafton Is concerned. The fear here,
however. Ii that Japan's pride may
be pricked by being classed with ne
eroes in this way in . law passed by
Congress.
Amendment II Bomb.
The exclusion question. as 1t came up
In the House, was q great shock to the
Democratic leaders. Prompted by the
administration. they had succeeded in
sidetracking exclusion In the Commit
tee on Immigration, and they had hoped
thus to shunt 1t OF the immigration bill
In the House. Democratic members from
California and other Pacific Coast States
readily entered into this arrangement
and the leaders thought Republicans
would respect 1t. Debate was running
along smoothly in the House when Rep
resentative Hayes, Of California, = Re-
publican. arose In his place.
Mr.. Hayes offered In amendment ex-
Guiding Japanese Hindoos. and negroes
without regard to treaty obligations with
any country. Democrats were furious
over the inclusion of negroes In the
amendment. II was obviously. an effort,
In their opinion, to put them '.in q hole"
When the import of the Hayes amend
ment was fully understood there was an
uproar. Representative Raker, of Cali
fornia. q Democrat, author Of the exclu-
sion bill that was sidetracked, made q
violent protest He charged his colleague,
Mr.. Hayes, with bad faith In Offering the
amendment, declaring that there was an
understanding all around that the exclu-
sion question should not be injected into
the debate. Other members from Cali
fornia, among them Representative
Knowland. q Democrat, and Represent,
alive Nolan, q Progressive. became IN
volved in the debate. Charges and
counter-charges were exchanged By the
California members. that each one was
trying to play politics.
II.
Hayes and told the House that unless
1t took advantage Of the present oppor-
tunity that there was no hope Of pass
ing legislation excluding AGatics at this
sessdon.
"Cslsnelo IL Mentioned
It was At this point that the name of
Theodore Roosevelt was brought into the
discussion. Representative Ralrer hsh
taken the floor to denounce Representa-
tive Hayes for alleged breach Of faith,
and charged that the Republicans then
In control Of Congress had ignored the
demands Of the Pacific Coast tor exclu- |
sion legislation He said that President |
Roosevelt had announced In the course |
OF controversy over the California |
allen land law some years ago. that he |
favored the naturalization OF japanese
Madden. Of Illinois, q Re- |
publican, aroused the House to laughter, |
when he interrupted Mr.. Raker,. to ask |
this question: IF that n 90" said Mr.. /
how do you account for the |
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt carried Call /
fornia as Presidential candidate In
is12r''
Representative: Lenroot then offered his
The debate on the Hayes and Lenroot /
exclusion amendments completely over
Swallowed interest in every other feature /
Of the immigration bill. Great progress
was made on the immigration measure.
and the chances are that II would have
passed last night had 1t not been for the
delay occasioned by the discussion on
the two amendments. The opponents Of |
the immigration bill. headed by Repre-
Goldfogle. Of New York. tried
to eliminate the provision Of the measure
an flliteracy test for incom-
ng aliens. An amendment to this effect
vas defeated by . vote Of f73 to 10.
Last night conference Of the DEM
,cratic House leaders was held to de-
rise ways to defeat the Lenroot amend
nent when the immigration bill II
aiken up on its hnal passage today.
they entertain the. hope that with the
lssistancs % the administration the
Leuroot amsndment may be defeated. /
Eben > record vote = takes On q IN I
he House teSay. =.