Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24
RUSH To j. s. IS
HALTED BY SENATE
Measure Setting 355,O00 Limit
Up to the House.
GOOD FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS
Only TWO Votes Cast Against PROPOSE
tion-Fieht to Make Act More
Drastic Was Engineered by
Harrison Of Mississippi.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The senate
yored to restrict immigration into the
United States between April 1, 1921,
and June 80, 1922, to maximum of
$4,000 persons.
It passed the Dillingham; bill by a
vote of 81 to after amending it to
limit admissions from any country to
3 per cent of the number of natives
of that country residing in the United
States in 1910. The only votes against
the measure were cast by Senator
Reed of Missouri, Democrat, and Sen
ator France of Maryland, Republican.
Refuses Tight Gate.
At the same time, the senate vent
on record against the Johnson bill
passed by the house suspending all i'm
migration for year. 1t rejected the
Johnson bill by 43 to 10. Senators
Borah, Jones of Washington, and
Willis, Republicans, and Senators
Ashhurst Beckham, Harris, Harrison,
Hefflin, King, Mcclellan, Myers, Over
man, Pittman, POmerene, Ransdell,
Swanson, Thomas, Trammell and In
derwood, Democrats, supported the
Johnson bill.
The measure now goes to confer
ence. No serious difficulty is antici-
pated in getting the differences of the
two houses adjusted.
Call Bill Restrictive.
1t is cOntended by some advocates
of the Dillingham; bill that it will be
far more restrictive than the Johnson
bill for the reason that the provision
in the latter permitting the admission
of relatives of immigrants already ar
rived furnishes a loophole for whole
sale evasions.
Senator Dillingham; said he was I'M
able to state whether the measure
would permit the admission of enough
immigrants during the next year ade-
quately to supply the country with
"pick and shovel labor.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
Democrat, led. the fight to make the
bill more drastic. He first offered an
amendment limiting admissions to l
per cent This was beaten by a viva
vOce vote. He next offered the amend
ment for per cent and it was car
ried. Senator Harrison also proposed
computation to the number of natural
lied citizens This was beaten with
out a roll call.
Humanitarian" Feature Killed.
An amendment offered by Senator
Smith of South Carolina struck out
the provision giving the secretary of
labor authority to admit individuals if
such action is justified as measure
of humanity. This was adopted. An
other amendment by Senator Smith
requiring the immigration authorities
to give preference to wives and chill
dren of aliens already in the United
States was carried.
Senator Phelan OF California raised
the Japanese question. He told the
senate that the Japanese in Hawaii
were obtaining naturalization papers
by taking advantage of the act passed
during the war to facilitate the natur-
alization of aliens enlisted in the
army. No less than 800 of them have
obtained papers in this manner, he
said. He proposed an amendment to
remedy this condition.
Coitfor Qpick Action.
Senator Colt of Rhode Island, chair
man of the immigration committee,
said that raising the Japanese ques-
ton might defeat the bill and Senator
Phelan did not press the amendment.
Senator Reed bitterly condemned
the bill. He declared conditions had
been greatly exaggerated by propa-
gandists and told the senate the bill
was as marrow as the middle ages"
and belonged to "the era of the thumb
screw and rack"
If the house agrees to the senate
amendments the bill will take effect
April 1, 1921, and remain in effect un-
til June 80, 1922.