Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
IMMIGRATION BILL
VETO 0VERR|DDEN
SENATE JOINS HOUSE IN PASSING
MEASURE DIsAPPRovED BY
PRESIDENT WILSON.
REFUSES TO HEED
eleventh HOUR WARNING
Senate Informed Japan Again Is Pro.
testing-Laneuage Of Asiatic Clause
Six Senators Change votes-lnter-
national Situation Enters Into De-
bate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Congress has
overridden veto by President Will
son for the first time and enacted In
to law the immigration bill with its
long fought literacy test provision.
The senate voted late yesterday 81 to
10 to pass the measure notwithstand-
ing the veto and in spite OF an
eleventh hour warning that Japan had
again protested against the language
of the Asiatic clause.
The house OVERRIDE the veto last
week by a vote Of 2S7 to LOG, so the
senate's action ends the contest OF
twenty years standing in which three
presidents have repudiated similar
bills passed by congress-.
Ehe international situation was
drought into the closing debate In the
senate, Senator Reed calling attention
to the Japanese objection and plead
ing that nothing be done at this time
to disturb or impair the coumtrys re-
lations with a friendly nation. Sen
ator Smith Of South Carolina chair
man of the immigration commission
answered with a declaration that the
present state of international aHalrs
emphasized the necessity Tor pure
American people, such as the Dill was
intended to protect
The vote on repassage OF the OH
was as follows: ...
To override the veto-Democrats
Ashhurst. Bankhead. Beckman, Bryan
Chamberlain, Chiffon, Culoerson'
Fletcher. Iardwick, Hughes, James,
Johnson Of Maine, Kern. Kirby. Lane
Lee Martin. Myers, Overman, Phelan'
pitrman Pcn;crene, Robinson, Shai-
froth. Sheppard. Shields, Simmons,
Smith of Georgia, Smith OF South
Carolina. Thomas Hillman. Under
wood. Vardaman, Williams-44.
Republicans-Borah, Brady, Clapp
Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham;, Fall
Gallincer Gronna, Harding. Jones,
KENYON, LaFollette, Lodge, McCumber.
Nelson, Norris Page, Penrose' rom
dexter. Smoot. Sterling. Sutherland
Townsend, Wadsworth. "aSoh'
Weeks. Works-2S. Total ".
Against overriding the veto:
Democrats-Hollis, Husting, John-
son of South Dakota, Lewis, Martlhe'
Ransdell, Reed, Salisbury. stone
Thompson, "alsh-1l.
Reprh!!csn.-Brauda Clark, Colt,
Dupont, Lippitt, Sherman. Smith OF
Michigan Warren-s. Total 10.
Six Change Votes.
Senator Phelan, one Of those VINO
voted to override the veto had voted
against the original passage OF the oiii.
Senators who voted for the original bill
but would not vote to pass It over the
veto were: Hollis, Johnson OF South
Dakota and Thompson. democrats, ana
sherman and Smith Of Michigan, re-
publicans:
Senator Reed communicated infor-
nation from the state department 10
the effect that the Japanese embassy
had called attention to language IN the
bill providing that no aliens now IN
any way" excluded from the country
would in the future be permitted to
enter the United States. He said the
criticism was based on the theory that
this language brought into law the
Root Takahira gentlemen's passport
agreement against the entry Of jap
anese laborers.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
ranking republican member OF the FOR"
eign relations COIIlHllttcSt SAP'oiASN ~A.S
progress of the provisions to which
Japanese objection has been voiced IN
the various stages Of such legislation.
He said when the present bill went to
congress it was decided to phrase the
language SO as to exclude all aliens IN
any way" excluded or prevented from
entering the United States.
Does Not Touch Treaty.
1T applies to all the world he said.
TT does not, in my judgment, touch
the treaty Of 1911 (the treaty with
Japan, which is modified by the so-
called gentlemen's agreemenD at all.
They desired that we not make allus-
ion to the gentlemen's agreement ana
we've made none. We have cast no re-
Election on any race and made no dis
elimination. The gentlemen's agree
ment will 60 right on if japan chooses
to uphold it."
STREET IN SERIOUS MOOD.