New-York tribune., 1886-05-08
CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION.
VIEWS OF SENATORS AND CoNGREssMEN.
vxAsuREs FOR PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES
AGAINST THE oUTcAsrs OF EUROPE


vxAsuREs FOR PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES
AGAINST THE oUTCssrs OF EUROPE
WASHINGTON May 7 (Special). The necessity
- anna errater restr,ctou on Immigration has been
generally discussed among members OF Congress du"f
the last days The mischief caused by the
Of bodies Of Anarchists anu Socialists In large ces mas
brought the subject into prom nence hcre i"s nono'
worknen appear realize that this is source OF u"
ger AZ we'll a. an injury themselves consi'arap'
number OF petitions from workngmen ASKING ioe
restrictions Immigration have oeen reoe''~ !" ~
houses Several bills have been introaucea U" 'uo ~
ee hut 40 far they remain the Lands OF cofnn.ee'
The most radical measure Ia that onered py mr. ei
Of cal,or,a II provdes shall be unlawful 'or any
ner.on W In is interd e.ed from becoming citizen Vi
th,s country OF to enter 1t with the intsnuon Oh
here Any person VINO mas ever peeh o""''"'o
crme mr. who is being depored for crime, or VINO -
unoer contract 10 for company or indiv'uu
or who IL pauper of un sound mini or haoie 10 '
como pubic charge is also prohibited from landne.
These persons are brought here py stea"sn'p
companIes for the sake OF the passage money an" '
FELTON, proposes make IL unlawful to orug any SUI"
persons into any port with the intention OF iahu'nk
them Masters vessels rcqaire persons not CIV
,yss n, t, country for passage TO any port IN
the United states to procure Certificate signed ny ~
United states Consul, describing tue p0i''
ana certifying tnat he can .r
naturalized citizen. and that he mas ,,
heen o
deported for crime. not pauper or an aSsi'eu ~.
n, -, under contract labor for any person IN u''
countrv and ~ OF sound mind and comes mere V"i"
tariy Persons coming within the PROVISIONS VI 'i' ~
who are found this country without such cer'Hoe'
will ne liable to arrest and imprisonment Provision is
m ad. by which to furnish sucn cer'ncae7
and to carry out the intention OF the Dill
This would only reach Anarchists and SOCIALISTS wneh
they came to country escape the penalty OF 'her
crimes abroad.
The bill ike others introduced in the House and SEN
ate Is Intended more particularly to reach the Chuese
Mr. FELTON, says the greatness OF nation does nov
lie in It's money material prosperity but In us
men and and not In their mum
Der but their quality, virtue honor' cour-
age and manhood Unrestricted lminigranoh'
he says Is evil which the people OF this country VIII
soon realize. In his opinion the sentiment about the
right OF free i'm to this country has hal NAM
mon as It's Chief underlying motive the increase OF popu
lation increasing che value Of property 1t Is mamhon
masquerading in the disguise OF humanity patrousn
and tioual generosity.
Senator Mtonell. OF oregon. speaking on the same
subject said The people Of this country are Wiling
10 accent cheap labor WHOM naturally by exces
sive population as in the growth and Development IL
will come In tine. They object to nothing thaf s nat
ura ana n Of eoue AMI the coSditions OF lie hard
DouDnng population, a. we do, once III twentY-nVe
iney are against Fastening 1t at the expense
Of the qai,y, ~ no Warp Rar the Chinese. who viii
not assimate with us; nor 10 we want the anarchists
and socia Tue rapid and undue Increase Ia TINS class
of to the work OF steamship 60 mp an
les and in bringing these persons mere s sharp
enng struggle for existence and ID Que OF the under
living causes present. troubles Our vacant puDnc
lands before many years ne exhausted ani tne thc
struggle for existence Will Oe sharper thah now lnInk
that only should Tue CnneSe oe seu
home, Immigration laws should ne so amended
axe IL less for undesirable persons 10 ma
lodgment country. The workIngmen are coming
to understand this problem, and they Will De aoie
hope, to brng-about change" ,
Mr. Muller, OF New York, has also introduced Dill on
this subject Its purpose Is 10 transfer he cohro OF
III national Government ana 10 make IL
more difficult for paupers and lunaics TO land lie
says that NewYOrk aud Brooklyn are taxed mions O1
dollars sustain criminals insane persons aud paupers
W been mere from foreign countries
Another New-York member says that this class OF
Immigration by increas the population or New-Iork
eemOsynary institutions and Jais not Only costs n
dollars OF foreign criminals mas
equally increased the cost OF tue addl-
tonal police necessary To main an order Ihl' repre-
sentative added: "Our immigration laws are Glto-
Eui ope and bring here all classes OF person-
merely TO get passage money from them
THIS is bringiog down ,,.,nr,n the value nsmer5 o.
for this steamship process OF assist
Ing Enumeration by false Inducements. we wOnid not
have been fast in growing old. The element
which is stranger To our feelings. our laws
ons would not be 50 large and there would
be such lack OF common sy ana common
understanding BET ween dinereut classes such as
the ifaY0red elements "i tue rorelSn ppput
OF the community natlve ana Ioresh'
But Congress ful OF demagogues that hardly eA
pect any redresa That Will come with the grad al EN-
the wOrkn as u IN" evils or ulre-
Immigration. About 3,OOOOOO llDHll2rdh's
have landed since 1880 In New-fork Chlcag" ana
other majority OF the people are from foregn
lands here rapidly 1t "a Impossible that ihey
marked effect our social. p0lltlca.
and industrial fe. The restriction OF current OF
imm grafton Is 70 my mind, An important matter