Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-08-22
Vote with Solid Republican Minority to Take Up the
 Immigration Bill.
ACTION MAY DELAY
 ADJOURNMENT DATE
smith of Carolina Says T.. $. Should Close Doors to Immigrants UptiI Aliens Here Are Americanized.
 and ''Half-Baked" Become Loyal,

Washington, Aug. 21.-An unex- pected Democratic revolt in the sen ate today resulted in the immigration bill being taken up in advance of the Democratic caucus and opened the way for efforts to displace the rev enue bill as unfinished business. an action which may indefinitely prolong the session of congress.
 Ten Democratic senators voted with the solid Republican minority to take up the immigration bill upon motion by Senator Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the immigration commit tee. They were Senators Ashurst, Hardwick, Lane, Meyer, Overman, Smith of South Carolina and Varda, man.
 Debate began on the measure inn mediately and proceeded until ? o'clock, when the revenue bill auto matically came before the senate. Senator Smith moved to displace, and all the afternoon was devoted to dis cussion which will be resumed tomor- row.
 Administration leaders said tonight that they had enough votes to defeat the Smith motion to displace the rev. enue bill. Even some of the Demo- crats who voted to take up the immi- grafton bill have declared their inten- tion of voting against the motion to displace the revenue bill from it's place on the calendar Should the Smith motion prevail, the resulting contest over the literacy test of the immigration bill would upset all Democratic caucus calculations.
 Stone Charges Treachery.
 Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, was par ticularly aroused over the action of the revolters. He charged them with treachery to the Democratic party in overturning the decision of the party caucus to postpone action on the inn migration bill until December.
 "1t turned over to the Republican minority the control of legislation" said Senator Stone. "I, for one, would rather be in the position of standing with the Democrats who remain faith full to the party action than to cross the aisle and join hands with the Re- publican minority
 Senator Stones words aroused the iC Ol oCIldCOIS l1dIuWlCh anu oIlilLI of South Carolina.
 "I promised my constituents I would do all in my power to insure the passage of the immigration bill and l propose to stand by that prom lse," declared Senator Hardwick. "My constituency is greater to me than the Democratic caucus"
 Smith Wants Protection.
 Senator Smith insisted that the im- migration bill had never been a par tisan issue.
 "ln view of some of the revelations that have come in this country since the beginning of the European war;" he said, q should think even the op- ponents of the immigration bill would be converted. We should shut our Rors until we can Americanize the Sslens now here so that men on this floor might fight for the American flag without fearing 'half-baked' for eelgners whose allegiance, in their hearts, is to another country"
 Today's developments shut off de- bate on the revenue bill, but the ad- mlnlstration leaders hope to get it under way tomorrow.
 senator Simmons announced to- night in reply to telegrams that have been pouring in from insurance com panles that clerical error had been made in the bill as reported to the senate from the finance committed Tn the section relating to the reduc- ton from corporation incomes there 5 were inadvertently omitted the pro- vision that in the case of insurance companies the net addition, if any, required by law to be made to reserve iunds, and the sums, other than divi- tends paid within the year on policy aad annuity contracts, should be