New Immigration Bill

CIncmnati, Dec. 22.- The report of the special committee on immigration of the American Federation of Labor was read Monday afternoon by James T. McBride of Philadelphia. Instead of TëpQïtfog a bilí, it recommends that the Lpdge bill, Nf, 7,864, now ín congress, be passed, and that this be the recommendation of the American Federation of Labor to congress and the president. It furthermore recommends that the executive council be empowered and directed to employ a competent attorney to draw a bill on the restrictions of immigration, to be presented to congress with the petition that it be passed. Among the provisions of this proposed bill were these: That foreign consuls be emigration agents to pass upon the qualiflcations of emigrants before they set out for this country; vthat all immigrants received here should be required within a reasonable time to become naturalized citizens; that paupers and crimináis be excluded; that an educational test be required; that penalties for violation of the alien contract law be increased. Amended and Adopted. This report was amended to refer it to the executive council with instructions to the council to refer it to all the afflliated unions, and that its fate depend upon their ag-gregate decisión. In this shape the report was adopted by 30 to 22. The night session lasted nearly three hours. The grievance committee was first to report. It reported a resolution asking that the charter of the American Federation of Steam Engineers of Chicago, No. 6,653, be revoked as it had not been legally organized. Coupled with this was a threat that if the charter of No. 6,653 was not revoked by Jan. 1, 1897, that the Engineers' Progressive association, No. 6,614, would withdraw. Mr. C. J. DeLong of Chicago said the American Federation of Steam Engineers of Chicago was "composed of scabs." The convention passed the resolution revoking the charter of No. 6,653. A resolution declaring the sense of the convention in favor of the public ownership of such corporations as require franchises, was adopted. A resolution requesting the committee at Washington to not report the "Lorimer bill" until after a conference with a committee from the American Federation of Labor was adopted. The International Label league organized with John B. Tobin, chairman. and the following executive committee: John B. Tobin. ex-offlcio: John C. Dernell, Harry Mason, John Phillips and W. Fox. At a quarter past 10 the convention adjourned sine die, gave three cheers, sang "Auld Lang Syne," and dispersed.