The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-31
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I{-P CO.NyNE CONTEST
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The fight in England on the ques-
lion of Home Rule for Ireland is over
for the time being Gladstone defeat
is not surprising. He was endeavoring
to induce nation to make a declara-
ton of Independence. not for itself but
for another nation. It was a magnif-
icent attempt, but the task was Her.
culean--almost without parallel in
history. The contest is not ended and
we have faith in final victory for Ire
land.
But in the meantime America is be-
ginning contest in behalf of Home
Rule for herself. The nature of the
contest has been recognized by but
few, vet it is as inevitable as the rising
of the ocean tides. The fight against
the saloon is only part Of that con-
test-the chief part, it is true, yet ON
ly part. The coming great issues for
American citizens to decide will grow
out of this question:
Shall america 4Amcricunizc or
foreign population, or sh0U the for
eign population toreigtise America
In pronouncing sentence the other
day in this city upon convicted boy
cotters, Judge Barrett said:
The moral guilt attaching to the
crime of which you have been con-
victed is heightened by the fact that
you are not American citizens. Such
socialistic crimes as these are breach
es of national hospitality. What
would yon think Of a man vino, hay
ing sought an asylum from oppression
or poverty in a friends house, then
proceeded to violate his domestic rules,
to disregard his customs and to dis
turb the peace, order and well-being
of his household. Yet that is just
what you and others Of your union
have been doing with regard to the
National household of this country-a
country that welcomed you, and Of
fered you equal privileges and oppor-
tunities with its own native-born citi-
zens. Common gratitude should have
prevented your outraging public opin-
ion and bringing into force the actions
and methods which you brought with
you from abroad
The offense of which the Judge was
speaking was the boycotting of
THESIS concert saloon. We havn't
much interest in the case by itself.
We hope to see all the concert seloons
in the country boycotted out of exist
ence-but not in that way. The senti-
ments advanced by the Judge, how
ever, aside from the one case to which
they We're applied, deserve wide atten-
ton.
This nation has been throwing open
her ports to welcome the oppressed OF
all lands. AS rule, those hocking to
our shores have not been represents
tives of the culture or the prosperity
of other countries. Prosperous fam
lilies are not the ones that emigrate.
Neither have they represented Sc
largely as is often supposed the scum
and outcasts of society. In too many
instances, especially in those where
monopolies have gone abroad and i'm
ported by the ship-load Hungarian
italian, Polish and Chinese laborers
we have had much of the swash oil
civilization settled down upon us, and
riot and bloodshed have been the pen.
atty. But the majority Of foreign-borr
citizens, who Of their own accord, al
their own expense, migrate to this
country, seeking to make it their home
are neither beggars nor blacklegs, but
industrious people with aspirations
for a better life for themselves anc
their posterity, and with energy
enough to come across the sea to fine
it. For one, we welcome them; but
we must face the problems that grow
out of their coming.
In 1880, according to the census 6,
679,943 of our population were foreign
born. Since then they have beer
coming by the hudreds of thousand.
every year. Some years we have av
eraged 1000 foreign immigrants /
day. It is certainly not too high al
estimate if we place the number o
foreign-born in the United States to
day \making liberal allowance TO
deaths) at S.5OO,OOO. This does no
include the American-bo1n children O
foreigners. If we include them, al
lowing for natural increase Of tw'
per cent. year lit is put by some a
high as 3.5 per cont. a year) on tn
foreign-born population as given il
the census for 1869 and 1870, we hav
an additional foreign element of abou
3,5OO,OOO. We have in round mum
bers: Foreign-born population $500
600, children of foreig n-b born 8, 5OO,O O(
total foreign element 12,OOO,OOO.
This shows us that one out of ever
five of our population is either foreign
born or the child of foreign-born p;
rents. When we consider that thes