Show I PROTECTION OF ALIEN ElEMENT Question of States Rights Fig in the HouseW Houet House Houe W D 12 ot state si t i te rights figured pr in the debate debate In ln the house today on on the bill providing for the protection of aliens In the United States In accordance with treaties entered into with foreign pow powers POWers ers em The bill Is designed to relieve the United States from what was stated on the floor by Mr Sherley of Kentucky to be the embarrassing and often hu humiliating humiliating position arising from its In Inability Inability ability to make makh good the obligations of or orIts its treaties for the protection of for foreigners eigners in this country The opponents oJ of 0 the measure pine practically were a unit In contending that the laws of the several states were w re am ample ampIe ampie pIe to meet the situation whenever It presented itself These forces were led by Henry of Texas Clayton of Alabama Hughes of New Jersey and DeArmond of Missouri Bill Too Radical In the opinion of ot Mr Henry It was going too far to take a circuitous route and confer on aliens rights which have h ve not been conferred on them by bi the tile constitution The bill was too radical he said Mr Clayton said there was not an alien In the country who had not al already ready a remedy In case caSe he Is injured or threatened Mr Sherley took issue with Mr Hen Henry Henry Henry ry and said there was no law granting the aliens rights superior sup to citizens After further discussion the bill was passed to 99 The vote voto was so close Jose that the speaker ordered a recapitulation tion at the suggestion of o Mr Henry of Texas This disclosed the vote ote actually stood to The tie was broken by bythe bythe bythe the vote ote of the speaker In the affirmative live tive which again passed the bill Speakers Vote Challenged d Mr DeArmond challenged the speak speakers speakers ers vote Ton on the ground that he had no right to cast It after the vote had been closed He contended that the only duty of ot the tle speaker In such a case was aas to announce the result of the recapitulation recapitulation recapitulation lation In an elaborate decision supported by precedents which he read the speak speaker er er herd held that he had the absolute right to vote and he declared that his vote would stand From Prom the speakers decision Mr r De Dc DeArmond DeArmond Armond appealed but In the meantime Mr Jenkins moved to adjourn ton on n that proposition a roll call caU was forced re resulting resulting resulting Ayes yes 99 nays 95 and the house bouse accordingly at p m rn ad adjourned adjourned burned |