The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-28
ASSISTED ELABORATION.

tence was confirmed.
AsS.sTED EsiIGRATION
The President Waited Upon by Rep-es-
entative Irishmen in Regard 10
the Matter.
WASHINGTON, June % "A deputation
of representative Irishmen waited upon
President Arthur this afternoon and
presented him with resolution con-
corning assisted emigration adopted
at recent meeting of The National
league In Philadelphia. The delega-
ton WAS composed OF the following
gentiemnn: Alexander Sullivan, presl
dent of the Irish National League, Chi
cago; John O'Byrne, vice president, of
Cincinnati; Eugene Kelley, of New
York; James Lynch. of New York /;
Henry Hoguet, OF New York; VIM.
B. Wallace, NJ. D.. New York,
OF the Irish Emigrant Society;
Judge John Rooney, of Brooklyn; John
| G. Mcclure, Brooklyn; Jas. Reynolds,
New Haven; Bernard Callighan, Chi,
cago; J. F. Armstrong, Augusta, Ga. /;
Michael j. Doyle, SaYanah, Ga; VIM. j
Mulhern Augusta, Ga. Edward johnson,
NJ. d. Waterbury, Wis; Hugh Mccall
| rey, Philadelphia; T. 3. Fitz, Boston /;
john Fitzgerald, Lincoln, Neb. John
| Fohoy, Rochester, N. Y; p. Smith,
| Cleveland; John Roach, Chester, Pa. !;
o. A. White, M. D., New York. Eugene
| Kelly. New York, was secretary of the
delegation, ana John MCGUIRE. of
! Brooklyn, secretary.
l Il. nd Tsa In
dents library, and Sullivan addressed
the president and then introduced Ii. l..
| Hugnet, president of the Irish Emigrant
| Savings bank, of New York, who said
1 the inmates of poor houses and other
| departments who have been receiving
Ioutdoor sreIief IN ireland, have been
aided by, the British government to
| emigrate TO this country. 1t is matter
| of general knowledge that parliament
has voted el00, 900 to serve that purpose,
and that the agents of the British gov
hernment have come to this country to
| perfect arrangements for the reception of
| those aided emigrants. Application was
made by Mayor Gaskellto the Emigrant
Society Of New York for that purpose
and the society declined to have any
| thing to do with such business, and he
| proceeded to Boston, where he met with
better success. The aid emigrants con-
sIst largely OF people unable to work
old women and young children. They
| have been aided to the extent of having
| their passage paid and are given the
miserable pittance of ten shilhngs upon
| their arrival here TO enable them to go
to their friends. Of course that sum Is
| entirely inadequate and the consequence
is they have been compelled 10 seek aid
Of New York, Boston and elsewhere.
1 Ia HI &c or1 NAf
| facts are required they can be furnished.
We respectfully request that you use
your influence to prevent Il recurrence
of this state of thing. 1t is to the inter
est of American municipalities to have
| the progress of this aided emigration
scheme stopped. You will doubtless
make appropriate recommendations to
| congress upon this subject.
James Lynch, OF New York, president
| of the Irish Emigration Society, was
| the next speaker. He read an extract
from letter on the subject of aided en-
l1gration and said the charge of main
the poor law guardians which body at q
recent meeting in Limerick passed
| resolution to the effect that
no more and could be given to this i'm
| migration They also said such aided
immigration, if not stopped, will result
in stripping the paupers from all the
poor houses i'll Ireland Many of this
class OF immigrants, who have arrived in
this country, have made application TO
be sent back tn Ireland. Out of seven
teen immigrants who recently arrived,
! only five were able to work.
Jas. Reynolds, of New Haven, pres sent
ed letter 10 the president from ex. Gov
ernor Herbert B. BigeIow, OF Connect
cut, and which stated that eighteen of
these immigrants were now in New
Haven in destitute circumstances. Only
1ve we're able to work To those Rey-
nolds furnished temporary employment
SO as to enable dhem TO bridge
over present difficulties, and prevent
them from becoming American pauper
citizens. Every municipality and COM
munlty in America has much interest,
financially and otherwise, in putting
stop to this system OF emigration as the
Irish-American has. Everybody looks
upon this thing as an injustice that
should not be tolerated by the American
people.
Smith, OF Ohio, said three of these
Impoverished p, "pie were sent TO TIffin,
Ono, and were "A burden upon the com
munity.
The presidcn replied Ia the address
as follows: IRE subject you prcseLt
viii receive my careful consideration
1t has already IL en- under the consider
alton of the secretary of state Cores
pondence in reg ri to it has been had
with our diplon. ,tic aud cousulor repre-
sentatiCr and Investigation into the facts
is now being N :e by them. 1t is of
course proper that this govern
ment should ascertain whether
any nation with which it
holds amIcab., relations is viola
ting any oblie lions of internatlona!
friendship beir.r calling attention to
any such matter The law now provides
that the officers / the treasury shall ex-
anime into the addition of passengers
arriving as emis .nts in any part of the
United States sni if there should be
found any cow lunatic. idiot, or any
person unable s., Ike care of himself
without bscnmi.:' public charge, they
shall FrE1nrt tli ,ie tn the COLLECTOR at
such port ai:d -, person shall not be
permitted to lai,,I
The lnvcstig s't.n shall be thorough
and exhaustive this side of the At
lantic and on lie other, and in the
meantime the :. will be strictly en-
forced.
Each of the delegates was then intro
duced to the prs sIdent by Sullivan and
the conference closed.