AMERICAN POLITICS.
THE TARIFF BILL,
Washington, May 1. The debate on the Tariff Bill will likely finish on Saturday. The democrats are standing fast, and it is not 'lively there will bo any amendments. ANTI-ALTEN LEGISLATION. The Presidenty’Gfugesm'lps fTiJso President Wilson refused to comment on Mr Bryan’s failure in California, stating that the whole question was too delicate. It is understood that it is the President’s intention soon to attempt to regulate antiAlien legislation through the establishment of a national policy. California’s Senate is considering the Webb Bill, permitting all aliens eligible for citizenship, to acquire land. The Japanese will not be permitted to become citizens, and will he placed under sharp restrictions. They will not he allowed to lease land, and only allowed a life interest in real estate.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 98, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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130AMERICAN POLITICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 98, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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