New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-12

dcnted in the history Of politics If the Senate
desire To act before delay becomes rldicnious
Their, is little time to lose. The President IL
entitled to an answer by every colSderaiiolI
of constitutional tradition and courtesy. lhr
Senate are free to reject Judge Robertson, on
their conscience and responsibility. They nave
no right Ia evadc the question or To ask th'
President to degrade himself and his Office 10y
the rrpudation of an act which was Strictly
within his duty and which has received the
appIohation Of the Republican party III THIS
State and in the Nation.
UyFA WILTON TUMIGR.1NTS THIS IF1R.
The food of immigration rises higher and
higher From the opening Oi the lcaI ny 10
Tuesday night last l3i,2l2 immigrants had
landed at this port. OF this number sos
came in January. 9,7jJ in February, illus
il, March, ,2TG in April and 21J.b III the
first ten DAYS of May. On ont day al"nr-laSl
Moudo,-thc arrivals at Castle Garden were
&. 52l-pcoplc enough for u thriving city. For
This month il is estimated 10y the Emigration
Department officials the t"Ll will be about
20 600 and for the year half million. In
single wear the United States will receive
from abroad through the single port Of New
ouly-an increase of population greater than the
number Of sOnls contained IN any one oil the
five States of Ncw-IIampShirr, Vermont, Rhode
Island. Delaware or Oregon, and III excess oi
that of half "A DOZEN Territories put together.
Last year was thought marvellous year Tor
Immigration. and the tigurcs for this port wcrr
327.37l. a total not reached in any pre-
vious year. aud only approached IN 1871,
when Germany sent an immense multitude to
America In 1854. 3l9.223 immigrants landed
here In that year, and for many years before
two countries Scnt more than thrcr-fOurths oil
tho army Of immigrants These two were Ire
land and Germany. Ia 1917 there were 80, $50
Germans and 52,9iG Irish in a total of
129.OG2 in 1850, HOES from Ireland and
1885 from Germany IN total oi 2l2,I'j'
in 1852, llS,13l Irish and 1lS,Gll Ger
mans out of 3O0,992; in 1871, s2,3o2
Irish and 1896 Germans out ol
3lJ,233 There j. no such overwhelming pre-
pondcrancc Of these two races now, though
Germany and Ireland arc still very heavily
drawn upon tO enrich America. In 1850
lOi.2Gf Germans and GG,399 Irish landed ut
New York, bat 3J.2l7 Swcdcs came, against
only $50 in lNji. and ll.l90 Italians,
against 7s5 in lsji while Norway, Denmark,
Russia. bohemia, Hungary ami Austria were
largely represented in lss0, and sent onIy.a
few struggling attachments twcnty-six years
! before.
The returns for last month show that Ger
many still retains hrr long lead III the linni-
grafton, while ireland i, falling behind. In
April, 1880, the total number landed here WAS
4G,s2I. or these Germany sent l3,1lG,
! Ireland II,24l. Sweden 7,3lG, and Eng
lard 5000. Last month Germany more
,han doubled her quota, sending 2s,72G,
while ireland dropped back with only
7.I27 and Sweden with 4,2s5. England
gained a little with $500, and Italy rose from
1857 to 2,726 The figures for the first
quarters Of 1880 and 1891 tell the same, stor,
az to Germany and Ireland. In the first three
months of last year there were 9,997 German
immigrants and G,39S Irish ont of total OF
1925. while in the first quarter of this year
| there were 2i,5G7 Germans and only 1879
| Irish, with total of 47.Si7. Evidently the
| German military system, Prince Bismarck, III
teinal policy and The condition OF trade make life
| in the great Continental Empire less attractive
| every ycor. As to Ireland, Mr.. John BRIGHT
| said ia tho House of Commons Monday
night that if the whole population of
Connaught wero offered free passage To
| America certainly onc-half Of them would
leave their homes. The poverty and not the
| will of hundreds of thousands of the Irish
people keeps them in Ireland. However, it il
not TO be regretted, from the American point
of view, that free passage cannot be provided
for Connaught. The population Of that PROV
jnce Mt the last census was S45,99 Half
of that would not be host too large
for this country to take care of if it
were composed Of the right elements.
But with the misery, ignorance and squaor
prevailing in Connaught an extensive in
crease of immigration from that unhappy
region is hardly to be welcomed.
Fortunately the great majority Of the now
corners is not of the COnnaught class. The
high quality of the accessions to our popula-
ton this year is a subject OF constant remark
nj Castle Garden. Signs of thrift, frugality and
energy are unusually abundant. Most of the
future citizens have money enough to give
them start in their new homes. Only COM
Iaratl vely small minority appears 10 be anxious
and ainless, uncertain where the means for
getting the next meal will come from. In
the main, the immigrants do not loter
about the city looking for work, but
take the trains with "a little delay as
possible. The sooner they go and the
sooner they get TO work the better for them,
and tho better for the country Even Russian
Nihilist would forget his mania for destruction
"A he watched his wheat springing on Dakota
| firm. and q German Socialist would think no