The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-01
EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE PRO.
VISION FROM IklAATGRA.
TON BILL FAIL
EXPECT TO PASS
BILL SATURDAY
''Statistics Show Only 5000 Att.
cana Came 60 This Country.
Last Year.
Dy As.ocistcd pFusal

lBy Associeted pTVsAl
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Ef1orts 90
strike the literacy test from the pend
Ing immigration bill failed In the sem
ate today. Senator Martine's motion
70 eliminate the provision was do.
ieated, AZ to IL. This was consider
ed q test Vote on the bill itself, which
day.
amendments were voted; on In, quick
succession. Two were sadonted. one
TO exclude oil, Immigrants. oe AfrJesn
blood. or the black raee,- and, another
to strengthen the prohibition aRnIput
believers In pblygamy.
All amendments To- the u~teracv,tea t
were voted down including .stlioae
which would have added. 10 It's .nx.
einption persons fleeing from relip;6its.
persecution and those who might assfc
asylum from political or racini{pa
cution. On the motion to Seiiinfnaso
the literacy test senators who y1SSd
FOR 1t were Brnndegee, Clark. az WV
oming; 'LaFcflette: Eapitt, AlcChnbSr.
Lewis. McLeal, MARITIME, OtGormau.
Hansdell. Rec. and Walsh,
senator Feed offered the African
exclusion amendment which ~ Waa
adopted, 20 10 70. BenatCra Vgilliauie.
o fA.tssisslppL debated this prppoaki
at length. declaring there were enoukii
negroes In this country now. Staff.
tics were given TO aioW that only g.
700 people OF African blood Sana to
this Country last year.
another amendment by Senator
Reed to exclude all but persons of the
Caucasian race was defeated but mot
without considerable di6cussicn re-
latfng to the Japanese. Many n
tors declared Il would AFFECT treaty
relations.
"0f course. the amendment will IN.
clade the japanese In its affect.n said
Souator Reed, "but II there IL INV
difficulty about the treaty I will co.
operate In q further amendment 10
postpone the operation 0e this ciasae
until treaties may DO changed. This
bill ms now drawn violates the spirit
II not the letter OF our treaties. We
prefer to do by ~indirecticn what We
have not the courage TO do by disec-
ton. We propose 10 pass en- excIus-
ion bill but to do It b mems Of an
educational test" &
The vote against the amendment
was 81 to 8.
Spirited debate aroae when sena-
tor Reed moved to suhstitute ia the
exclusion section for the words athose
who admit their belief In the practice
OF poiygamy,r the words ssthose Who
believe In. advocate or practice pciy.
gamy" Senator Smoot, OF Utah. de.
clared the Mormon church had abol-
ished the practice OF poiygamy since
t189o. and that President Smith, OF
the Mormon church, had publicly re-
affirmed this ut a meeting oe the
church in 1904.
This amendment 81 objected to-
said Senator Smoot. tsbecause II Nor
mons coming to this country should
be asked IL they believed In the Bible.
they might technically be excluded
because the Ole Testament teaches
polygamy. II tae president OF the
Mormon church wanted to r~eeetablish
pclygamy in this country today he
could not do. It."
Senetor Works and Senator Boraii
challenged Senator Srr0ot,a assertion
thar the Bible taught poiyKany.
When the roll waa called eyery
senator voted aye ON Ins aussqd-
ment, Senators Smoot and sutherland
remaining silent. Senator Hughes, az
New Jersey. however. rose. at the end
OF the roll call to VOTE sAno.s stating
that he did DO because no did not be-
IIieve religious belief Of any kind
should DO made o test for sdsigsiCn
TO this country. Senators egaoof and
Sutherland ther6upnn SoSen mo- ale
90. The vote on the aunenGxneat WAS
az to 3.