Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The -Republican national convention will be held at St. Lppis on June 16 next. That was the "decision reached by the Republican National Committee assembled in Washington Tuesday, after spirited balloting lasting two hours. The successive ballots are shown as follows: St. Louis... .T. 13 14‘ 18 22 29 San Francisco. .... . .20 19 19 19 16 Pittsburgh.. . ....... 9 9 9 1 0 Chicago., ~/... 8 8 9 0 6 - New York 1 0 0 0 0 Some misapprehension exists as to the exact features of the bill introduced by Senator Lodge for restricting immigration. The bill provid'd!; for keeping out such., immigrants, as rtinnot 1 !, read? and write iu san#? language, while (fie impression has obtained that it means that immigrants who cannot read-and Write the English, language are to be prohibited. Senator Lodge >ays the latter provision would be absurd, , ns many deSiYabie immigrants come to this country who are highly educated in their own language and who do not understand English.