The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-24

land are living in mud cabins, hall of then,
hovelS OF a single room. To point ont tn.,
compulsory deportation To this republic 4,
not an equitable or humane methoI fo,
improving the condition ei these so.call,5
subjects OF England is surely within the
s'shS, II oe not one OF the duties. OF the
government Of the 'ailed States
In closing Sullivan introduced "A. L
Hodges, president oi the Irish IMMIGRANT
Savings bank, New York, who said the in
mates OF poor houses and other dependents
who had been receiving outdoor relief in
ireland, have been aided by the
hiitish government 90 emisrate TO this
country, THIS is matter OF general
knowledge, that parliament has voted
1tON,Vp 10 serve that purpose, aud that
seents OF the British government
have come to III, country 10
perfect arrangements Tor the reception of
tnose aided. Application was made by
Mayor Gaskell 10 the Immigration society
at New York TOR that purposs ana
the secretary declined TO have ANYTHING To
do with such business, and he produced
letters TO show he went 70 Bos.
ton, where he met with bettsr
success. The aided emigrants consist
largely ofpeople unable TO work old women
and young children. They have been
aided to the extent OF having their passage
paid and are given miserable piltanoe Of
ten shillinRs upon arrival
here. That sum Is entirely inadequate aud
the consequence has been that they were
compelled TO seek aid in New York, BOSTON
ana elsewhere, II regular atlldavits IN rs.
garu 10 these facts are reused, they can be
furnished, We respectfully request Won
to use your influence to prevent a r,snr.
renee OF this state OF things. II ia TO the
interest OF American municipalities 10
have progress In this aided emigration
scheme stopped at the proper time, You
VIII doubtless make appropriate recon.
mehdations to congress upon this subject
James lynet of New York, president of
the irish Emigration society, was the next
speaker He read an extract nom letter
on the subject ofsiied emigration and said
me charge OF maintaining the poor of
ireland Tails upon the poor law guardians,
which body at recent meeting In limer-
ick passed u resolution 10 the effect that
more aid could he given to these emf
grants. lie also said such aided emigration,
II not stopped, will result In
stripping the psupers from all the poor.
houses In Ireland. Many Of this class OF
emlgrants who have arrived In this
country have made application Ia
be sent back to Ireland, aud of
| seycnty-seyen emigrants recently arrived
only hve were able to work
| James Reynolds, OF New Haven, present.
cd n letter Of instruction TO the president
from Ex-Governor Bigelow, OF Connecticut,
and stated that eighteen ofthoss forced EN-
| grants were now in New Haven
In dest'tut. circumstances Only Ave we're
able To work IN twenty These i've Rey.
nolds furnished Temporary work
so as TO enable them 10 bridge
over the present difficulties 10
prevent them from becoming American
pauperr. Citizens feyery municipality and
community In America have ~ much In.
terest financially and otherwise IN putting
stop to this system OF emigration, Ms the
Irish. Americans have. Everybody
looks upon thi, thing nj
an iniQuity that should not DO tolerate by
the American people.
Smith. OF Ohio, said that seventy three
OF these impoverished people were sent to
Iiihn and were u burden upon that com.
munity. III less number had been sent
there, some effort might have been mad,
TO assist them, but the present party wa,
too large for support. Smith said
his neighbors insisted that b,
should come here aud lay the matter
before the president, 30 the trouble might
be remedied.
follows: ~ ~'Sas
The subject which yon present will re-
ceiye my careful consideration. /
has already been nndef consid derattoi
by the secretary OF state and oorfespon
dence In regard 10 II has been had with ou
diplomatic and consular Representatives
and investigation into thu facts is now be
Ing made by them. II II OF course prope
that the government should ascertaI,
whether any nation with which IL hold
amlcablo relations In violating any 0blign
CATION OF International frlendshiI
before calling attention TO an
such matter. In the meantim
the law now provides that officers OF th
! treasury shall examine into the condition
OF any emlgrants arriving nt MI,
port OF the United States an
II there should bo found nm
convict, lunatio, idiot or any perso
unable to take care Of himself without b,
coming apublio charge, they shall repor
the same in writing to the collector OF sucl
port aud such peraons shall not be peI
miIted TO land. The investigation will
be thorough and exhaustive oi
this side Of the Atlantic and on th
other, and In the meantime the law vii
be strictly enforced.
Each delegate was then introduced /
,, the president by Sullivan and the confer
ence closed.
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