Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-05
House Fails to
 Override Veto
LACKED FIVE VOTES OF THE
 NECESSARY Two-THIRDs.
VOTE STOOD 261 TO 136
Party Lines 0isresarded When Final
 Test Came on Literaey Provisions in RecnetIy Passed immigration Bill

Washington, Feb. 4.-An attempt to pass the immigration bill, prescribing a literacy test for the admission of aliens, over President Wilson's veto failed in the house today, the affirma- tive vote lacking just five of the nec- l essa1y two thirds. Of 369 members present 261 voted to override the veto, 136 voted to sustain the president and
 two answered present
 Party Lines obIiterated. The final test came at the close of a day of earnest debate. in which party lines were temporarily obliterat- ed. Majority Leader Underwood made a vigorous speech, criticizing the Presidents reasons for Vetoing the bill and urging the house to override executive disapproval. Mir. Underwood told the house the country had in sev- eral elections returned majorities in congress favOring the restriction of immigration and that the presidents s contention hat no political platform had placed the issue before the people was futile.
 "The question is' said he, whether you stand for the American standard of living and the American standard of wages.
 Scores of Members Made Speeches. Representative Moore of PennsyI- vania, republican. urged the house to
 support the President aid defeat the
 bill. He declared that immigration had had no bad effects on wages and
 working conditions in this country, and
 asserted that the restrictions imposed
 in the bill were contrary to the funda- mental principles upon which the fore fathers based this republic"
 Throughout the day scores of mem
 bers on both sides made brief speech es.
 Representative Burnett of Alabama,
 chairman of the house, immigration committee and author of the bill. de- clared that the fight for restrictive immigration legislation would continue, we lost by very narrow margin ''
 he said. and 8. swing of @ few votes would have passed the bill. The fight will be made again in the next con-
 gress.'
 The vetoed bill passed the house just year ago today by q vote of 239 to 149. Today's vote showed a gain of 2 votes for it and a loss of .ouI sotes the opposition strength. The 261 votes for passing the bill over
 the veto were cast as follows: How Vote Stood.
 Democrats, 166; republicans, 7S and progressive republicans 16; independ- ents 1.
 Against the bill the vote was: Democrats 101; insurgent democrats ]; republicans 32; progreSSiVes and progressive republicans 2 Total 136. Members who were in the house when the bill passed last February and who changed their votes today were: Voting for the bill and against over
 riding the Presidents veto: Repre-
 sentatives Bailey, Bartlett of Georgia: Beaks, Brumbaugh. Mcguire of Ne braska; Park, Whaley, Reed, Smith of Maryland and Taylor of Alabama Voting againt the bill and for over riding the veto: Representatives Cooper, Johnson, of Utah; Kinkaid of Nebraska and Scott
 Representative Graner of Texas. who voted present when the bill was passed voted against overriding the veto. Representative Steenerson who voted against the bill, voted present today. Representative Volstead who was paier against the bill when it passed, voted to override the presidents veto. Presidents Taft and Cleveland ye- tOed similar measures and attempts to override them failed