Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-12-22
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sin has yebt i ncm"rial-to Congress
which Expresses the sentiment that
there is no fusthey. necessity tor silu.u-
lating immigration to this country,
and thst,ao sstistac.aty reason can be
,sasiEaed tot. allowing foreigners 70
vote aud bold Office until thsy have
rssldeda ceran 3essshF ef,ime IN the
country, spd suggesting the snac.wspt
Of .uuiisrn ,.sdfsssse aud -aasuralisar
ton laws.
THIS modine1 Know Nolpingism
VIII probably mee, with gsnsysl w.
pvoyal, thaugh evo,y State hos the 10.
douhLsd FishttQ reg Qla,o the suffrage
by prescribing the Justification Of
voters. There sse persons, however,
and their number seems to be increas.
ing-who desire to have The United
States as exclusive as China was q
century ago. by prohibiting lhe immi.
grafton OF Foreigners aud the imporla.
ton Of articles of foreign manufac.
ture; but, fortunately, a large majority
Of the people. are not favorably I'M
pressed with the old Chinese idea
Silrer State
On the contrary fortunately large
majority of the people are becoming
very favorahly Impressed with The
idea, no, because similar regulations
were once in force in China, but be
cause they would now be beneficial to
the residents OF America. Those who
do not understand the situation, or
who prefer an iuundation Of laborers
frnM the old world would attempt to
Cast discredit upon 1t by calling it a
chinese idea. II the idea 10 good the
name docs not affect II, and any think
ing laboring man ia this country will
say he IL sorry that the old China idea of
non intercourse IL not still the govern
ing principlc of China, as If that were
the case we would not have the Chi.
nese among Us. Everything We have
should be saved for those who are vi.
ready here. We have nothing to throw
away, and people from other lands
who have been lucky enough to be-
come American citizens are A. deeply
interested in preventing further
extravsgat -liberslity Is arc the
ds.ceudents of the original colonis,s,
Thcsc Germans OF Wisconsin are in.
telligent2 citizens and good citizens,
have received the benefits of our liber
Ally and are wise enough to foresee
the danger arising from = continuance
OF the policy inaugurated in the days
when immigration was needed. They
Can see that il there is to be no limit
TO The invitations sent out we will
receive so many visitors that their
descendants in the trst generation will
suler rs their countrymen are now
suffering in Europe. 1t is the irst
duty of every nation to look out for
the welfare of lis own people and hav-
ing great resources we should not
c,relessly give them away, but should
save them for those who are here.
til .ofsen said by ignorant or hypo.
critical writer's and speakers that We
were all foreigners once and that for.
eiyuers made The country what it Is.
True enough tn sense, but those who
are citizens either W birth or nstu.
rAlization are not foreigners now
and the torneisners who are
not here hare dsne nothing for Us;
therefore We owe them nothing. Waen
there was but narrow strip of land
alsns the Ausuuc OCEAN peopled BY
whites; when We had long sea coast
open to attack and insunicieptly pro.
secsed. and At The same Zine had an
interior exposed 10 hostile indians we
needed more population and invited
Il, Offering everything In return for
men to light and work. Land was
plentiful then II was freely given In
connection with ali the privileges Of
citizenship. Now. however, all the
conditions are changed the people
have covered the country from ocean
70 ocean, land is getting scarce labor is
always in the market awaiting en-
ployment, but the offer remains un.
changed and demagogues and clap
trap Office seesers seek to prevent
Change BY repeating the worn out
doctrines Of the times that are past.
Under the cloak Of liberty they ask
that those who are here should give
away what belongs to them and their
descendants. preaching waste and ex-
travsgance in ,ihc name Of generosity.
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