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Show UTEHACY TEST FOR ALIENS ISDEFHTED Washington, Feb. 4. An attempt to pass tho Immigration bill prescribing prescrib-ing n literacy test for tho admission admis-sion of nlleus over President Wilsons veto fallod In th0 Houso today, tho afhrmatlvu vote lacking live of tho neon., uiy two thirds. Of 3UU mom-Le.b mom-Le.b ,ot,eiit 201 voted to overrldo thu .ko, 130 oted to sustain tho i'rosldont and two nnswercd present. Tho final test caiuo at tho tloso of u day of dubalo, lu which party lines tempo 'arlly wore obliterated. Majority Leader Underwood mado u Igorous speech criticizing tho President's Pres-ident's reason for vetoing tliu bill, and urging tho houso to ovuirldo ox-ecu ox-ecu tho dltnppnmU. Underwood Criticizes President Mr. Underwood told tho Houso tnnt iho country In several elections lum eturned majorities In Cungiess favoring fav-oring tho leurlcnun of Immigration and that tho President's contention that no political platform had placed plac-ed tuo lssiio before tho peopla was tutllo. "Tho question Is," said he, "whether you stand for tho American Ameri-can standard of living and the American Amer-ican standard of wages?' Hoprescututlvo Mcoro of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Republican, urged tho Houso to support tho President nnd defeat tho bill. Ho declared that lmmlg a-tion a-tion had hud no bad effects on wages wag-es nnd working tondltlonu In tlilb country, and asserted that tho re strlctloriB imposed in tho bill were contrary to tho fundamental principles princi-ples 'upon which tho forefathers bused bus-ed thia republic." Throughout tho day scores of members mem-bers on both sides made brief speeches. speech-es. Fight to Be Continued Roproscntatlvo Burnett of Alaba-mu, Alaba-mu, chnl'mau of tho Houso Immigration Immigra-tion commtttco and nuthor of tho bill, declared that tho fight for restrictive re-strictive Immigration legislation would continue. "Wo lost by a vory narrow margin," ho said, "and n swing of a fow votes would hnvo passed tho bill. Tho light will be mado again In tho next Congress." Tho vetoed bill passed the Houso ' Just a year ago today by a voto of 239 to 140. Today's voto showed a gain of 22 votes for it and a loss of 1 votes from tho opposition strength. How Members Voted Tho 2C1 votes for passing tho bill I over the veto were cast as follows: J I Democrats 1C0, Republicans 78, Pro-I Pro-I grcsslvo and progressive Republicans 1C, Independent 1. I Against tho bill tho voto was: Democrats 101, "Insurgent" Democrat 1, Republicans 32, Progressives and progressive Republicans 2. Members who wore In tho Houso when tho bill passed last February and who changed their votes today woro: I Voting for tho bill nnd against ov- I enldlng tho voto: Bnlloy, Bartlctt of I Georgia, Beakos, Brumbaugh, Mngulro I of Nebraska, Park, Whaloy, Reed, I Smith of Maryland, Taylor of Ala- I bama. I Johnson Changes His Position I Voting against tho bill and for I overriding the voto: Representatives I Cooper, Johnson ot Utah, KInkhead I of Nob,rasl!a and Scott. I Roprcsentatlvo Garner of Texas, I who votod present when tho bill was I passed, voted against overriding tho I veto. Reprosontativo Steenorson, who I voted against tho bill, voted present I today. Representative) Volstead who I was paired against tho hill when It I passed, voted to overrldo tho Prcsl-I Prcsl-I dent's voto, . Presidents Tnft and Cleveland vo I toed similar measures and attempts to overrldo them fulled. |