Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-10
HOUSE SITS EARLY
To HURRY VOTE ON
IMMIGRATION BILL

WASHINGTON, April 8.-Press-
ing toward a vote on the Johnson
immigration bill, which may come
before the end of the week, the house
today resumed consideration of the
measure under an agreement, when
calls for conclusion of general de-
bate by II o'clock tonight.
In a race with the senate, winch
has an immigration bill OF Its own
differing materially from the mousse
measure, the latter chamber Weh'
into session at II a. m, an hour carrier
than usual. Opponents OF the
johnson bill although admitting tneS
were outnumbered, continued tneli
onslaught declaring its provision
for two per cent quota based on
the 1890 census Disseminated against
prospective immigratlons from south-
ern and southeastern Europe in FAVOR
Of those from the northern anu
northwestern part of the continent.
The bill is designed to supplahI
the present three per cent immlgra-
ton law based on the 1910 census
which expires June 80, next.
The immigra ton bill will be laid
aside by the house tomorrow to per-
init 1t TO DOSS OE Il1C
Blunae election contest, but it's con-
alteration will be resumed Friday
under the five minute rule with
amendments in order. Chairman
Johnson, of the immigration COM
mittee, author of the proposal, con-
fident that it's major provisions Will
receive the approval of the house,
hopes to put the measure to vote
before the weekend adjournment
Saturday.
AS debate got under way again,
Chairman Madden, of the approprla-
lions committee, made a vigorous at
tack on the bill, declaring 1t a
farce" He asserted that those sup
porting it were unfairly attempting
"a stipnoatize opponents as "un-
American"
Insisting, that he favored rigid ex-
clusion of undesirables from all
countries. Mr.. Madden said steps
should be taken to prevent the in
flux of Mexican laborers whom he
said were slipping into the United
States in large numbers. The john
son bill, he Contended, does nothing
to tighte nthe bars in this respect.
Representative Hill, Republican,
Maryland, opposed the provisions
which woul dbase quotas on the 1891
census and declared the bill left the
back doors open for surreptttious
entry of aliens across the Canadian
and Mexican borders.
The "gentlemen's agreement" be-
tween the United States and Japan
regarding Japanese immigration was
assailed today in the senate by Sen
or ConrtriIcyc PnoI1hlipan Cali
fornia, in an address supporting the
Japanese exclusion amendment to
the senate immigration bill.
Senator Shortrdpe asserted that
since the agreement became effective,
the Japanese population of Califor-
MIA had more than doubled, and
argued from this that the agreement
was not in fact effective. Moreover,
he contended that it was without
legal validity.
Jap Influx Is Rapid
Tracing the increase of Japanese
population in his state, Senator
Shortridge said there were So Japa-
nese there in 1870; 144 in 1880; .
0S9 IN 1890; 24,326 in 1900; 72,157 in
1910, and 100o 900 in 1920. The 1920
census placed the number at about
10000, but the senator declared this
thorities conceded there were 10000,
while from authoritative sources he
was prepared to say the number was
100000.
Declaring no record could he found
Of the gentlemens agreement which
Theodore Roosevelt had entered into,
Senator Shortridge asserted that the
direct violation by Japan of the ar
rangement could be traced by the in
flux of students. so-called, who very
quickly upon their arrival turn into
laborers.''
While the agreement had been ne
Gotiated, he said, to prevent the en-
actment of an exclusion law similar
to that applying to the Chinese, no
one now connected with the state de-
partment can furnish information