Deming headlight., 1890-06-21
ALrRa LAMD ownnRsRIP.

Representative Oates of Alabama,
from tho Committee on Judiciary, on che
on reported tn tho House this bill 60
prohibit allcns from acquiring title 20 or
owning lands within The Unltod Staies
An elaborate report accompanied the
bili. la II the committee says the power
Of the government 60 totally exclude
aliens from coming within Is jurisdic-
don. as has beon done Ia the case Of the
Chinese, no one questions. This sovo'
reign power certainly includeH tho Lesser
ond Of defining what property rights
they may exercise, after they are admit
ted, and during the continuance Of their
alien condition. "lOur committee as
certainedr p says the report, "wlth reason
able certainty. that certain noblcmcn Of
Europe, principally Engl.AhmeD, have
acquired and now own about 2i,OOO,OOO
acres Of land within the United States.
/ We have not auliclent information 90
state the quantity owned by aliens nor
Is n 80 important, ~ II u generally held
In smaller tpdles. This alien non-rcsl.
dent ownership will, in the course Of
time, lead 70 system Of iandlordlsm
/ incompatible with the best interests and
free institutions Of tho United States,
rhe foundation OF such system 10 being
laid broadly IN the western States and
Territories Ihe avarlue and enterprise
Of European capitalints," the report con
,lnuea, shave caused them 20 invest
many millions In American railroad and
and bonds, covering perhaps iOO,OOO,OOl
acres, the greater part Of which under
foreclosure sales will most likely, bcfor,
many years. become the property Of
these foreign bondholdcrs, 10 addition q
ihoir princely possessions
The bill n q declaration against ab
sentee lnndlOrdlam. II declares oil
lorclgn-born persons who have not beer
iaturnlixrd Incapable of taking title 4
nnda anywhere within the United states
,ucept 4 loaaehold Tor not exceeding
i've years, aud II has no retroactive, hu
4 prospective operation. lt also con
talua q provlslon which will compu
allen landowners 20 cease 20 be such ol
TO become citizens Of the United Staie
within ten years.
Mr. Hcnliy, who resides ia Englan,
and Il q subject Of the Queen, OWNS 30,
0llu acres occupied by tenants, mostly
Ignorant Foreigners, from whom he re-
. ceitea 4 rent Oi e2UU.OO0 yearly and ex
,ands Il Ia Europe. The achuolcy rs
tate OF about 2.OOO acFos. Within the cit
lmlis of plttsburg aud Allegheny, from
/ The rents of which the SchueloyH, wit
. are subjects OF the iirliiah Queen, draw
! annually not leos than eiO0OOO, u nnoth
or instance OF allen lnudlordlam II
America.
Among the private pension bills W
t0ed hy prcsldcni Cleveland was on
granting pension 70 John Dean, whs
} IA the New York Eyening Post says, ~
y the man who never got any nearer th
front than Siatou Island, and who eon
tracied a shameful disease which ilnall
4 cost him his oyesighi during q brie
; leave OF absence" Tho surgeon VII
3 sluned the certificate for Deans az
I. charge took The pfccaulion 10 write q
I d "Noi a caau for peuslon," NoiWltl
!. standing lhia. another hlll pFeclscl
a similar 10 that which Mr. Cleveland yl
l0ed has hocn permitted 10 become 4 10y
i, by President Harrison without his all
nature. which he was ashamed 20 aitao
d and had not the moral courage 70 Tc''
Il Republican papers deny that th
A Territory n oerfymnudnred, but they cal
+. not overcome facts. The apprfllOnmel
+ n such chat We always have a hepubl
can legislature, and yhi elect q Dem
cratic fonrtaanialItn For represent
y live every Volo cnnnis equally, while 4
.r members of tho legislature Il lnk
about sl1loon Democratic votes b CON
\ na much ~ one Republican volo,-iH
c0rfo Advertiser
'| y ~
4. The democrats Of lh|s county nnd
!. the ontru Territory must put iufNa
~ lheIr heN men na candidates Tor 4
y, Ieflalatult Tho 0nmocfala must ha
N iho next Ief'alafnIt bf good uorkI|
u majority aud under Illo present uplu
"a annnfoonmnNi l N||| lhko Nigh
. effort " 10 In|a Therefore. dnmoffa
~ mako 0n0r|a olnII and capture 81
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