New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-26
LANDING OF IMMIGRANTS.
COMMISSIONER sTEpHENsoNs DOUBTS
CAN THE COMPANIES GIVE oYDsi-TnE HoRDxs
OF MORMON RECRUTTss

CAN THE COMPANIES GIVE BoHDsf-TuE HoRpks
OF MORMON RECRUITS.
Commissioner Of Immigration Edward Stephen
Oon lie awaiting with keen interest reply 70 nls
letter OF July Is addressed 70 the Acting Secretary
and Mormon Immigration. The law on the subject
reads that Immigrants who are convlcts lexcept ior
political oencee luuatios idiots or unable 10 ske
care Of themselves without becoming puolc
charge shall not be permitted to land. The law
does not provide any means for making an exceP-
ton to this rigid rule but persons who are
Cd In evadiug ats requirements have prepared =
bond to DO Riven by the steamship COMPANIES
which brings over the person 90 reported. upon TWO
sure'ies IN the penal sum OF SOU guaran na
that the alleged imcompetert shall not become
4 majority Of the Board Of Commissioners Of 'mmi-
'es
provisions of this bond. but Mr.. Stepnenson 90
}ects He puts his opposition on the ero9nd 'ns nav
further ground 81 its great undesirability saws
shat In his Appearances at court on VIRUS OF napeas
where landing has been refused IL nIS rnt
almost uniformly held that SUCH oonos couiu no'
Mr.. Stephen son claims that the whole intent and
object OF the law to 'n and rules estab
}sRed UNDER the act are e1Piicitl made to carry
Uower invested in anybody to collect such bond
and that the bond annus and defeats the oo)ect or
the law. 1.-The history OF immgration ne saws;
Immigrants annually sent to- this country VINO
MANAGED 10 subsist for quite long period upon the
that had been gwen to them n ANA OF
our public almshouses. whloh the not was
intended to prevent by refusing landing" He
bond would do away with the strict and thorough
examination Of immigrants required by the act,
The attention Of the Secretary IS then called to
the question of Mormon immigration Mr.. stephen
eon claims that the hordes of Mormons coming TO
this port for the avowed purpose OF living In VIOLA
ton of the laws should not be permitted to land
aud he requests IN stTuctl0ns from the Department
or that point He says:
On tho 7th day OF july. 1896 there arrived st this
por; by the steamship Nevada from Liverpool, Eng a
.Ed.rs Of the Mormon Church. all bound for U an
.ns Young carpn All sid
were duly examined ny the agents OF your commission
eI claimed az mcmbars Of the latter Day Saints
that they bound for the Mormon settlements ana
mrny instances their we're women with children
ont Of lawful wedock; wives who had deserted their
husbands and brought their children with them hus-
hnud. who had left behind their wives; children who
hal run away from home. and parents who had aoan'
dourd their chilir-n.
CopiOns extracts arc copied from the examina-
toa afidavits OF tins nartv to support the charge
tia they were mere paupers, ana persons inofa'V
AID mentally delinquent. Dir. Stephenson con-
Times:
And all these 497 persons we're allowed to and q. IN
the opinion OF the majority OF the Board Oh
IA PERSONS were not likely To become "puhnc
charge they under the care OF and homes wou
srnted hy the Mormon Elders; and submit that the
ouly evidence before the commissioners that sail per
wouLi become public charge was the cuaran
tee az q lawleas community and tho statements OF It's
elders" am this day informed at Castle Garden
that on their way to TIL: port two seam
ships with over 700 similar mormon" Immigrants on
board and there s more TO follow ana Idesire
most earnestly protest against their being allowed to
and and respectfully upon the Importance OF
this matter aid request from you Instructions In time
either to prevent or allow their landing. claim aud
init that the act OF Congress- intended 10 hnu
prevent the landing OF and all person. brought
this for the and with the intent OF
aiding ami ahetIing MormOpsm in VIOLATION OF the law
OF God aud OF tue Of these United States, and
more especially where such persons ~ In the case OF
those landed from Nevada. have no means OF snip
port save ~ they derive tho by or through the
church OF the "LatterDay Saints"