The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-01
BORN IN OTHER LANDS.
UNCLE SANS STATESMEN ARE NOT
ALL NATIVES.
The DeHth of Senator Beck, of Zen
lucky, Suggests a Letter on the sucoess
of the Alien in the Public Life of Free
Especial correspondence.l

present congress were born on foreign soil.
The presence of these nlan in the halls Of
legislation shows that IN America there is
no prescription Of the alien, and apparently
no prejudice against him. The number of
! foreign born congressman is by no means
fair criterion OF the generosity and conf
dence extended by the people to foreigners
| who have come here to find homes, for at
least two score other members Of the pres
ent congress, though born in america, are
the sons Of foreign born parents. Among
| these aliens who have become not only citi-
zens but law givers in their adopted land
are several who have risen to great prom
! inenCe. The late Senator Beck was one of
the ablest and most influential members of
! the American house OF lords, though he had
started out from his humble home in Scot
| land with name to make and an educa-
| ton to acquire Here ne found the opDor-
/ tunity, the warm welcome which stimulate
! industry and foster genius, and he rose to
! a place which would have been simply i'm
! possible in his native land had he had thrice
/ the genius which wss his. Gen. Henderson,
! Of Iowa, also native Of Scotland, is one Of
! the leading men Of the house Of representa-
| tives, and last fall was prominent candi-
| date for the great Office Of speaker. Judge
Crisp, of Georgia, native Of England, Will
! be formidable candidate for speaker Of
the next house in case lis party shall obtain
majority therein,
Senator Sherman, Of Ohio, sat in his IL
brary one recent evening talking OF the
proposed law to regulate immigration.
'One can never tell just how to apply such
a law as this" said he; eve never know
when we are doing not only private injus-
tice but public wrong in keeping out of the
country men who may become useful and
prominent. Irenember some years, ago in
my town of Mansfield, O., we were much
disturbed by the appearance in our midst
Of q blacksmith from England who had a
large family Of small children and no other
visible assets excepting a pair of strong
arms. At first there was fear that he
might become q public charge, and recol-
lect his case coming up for discussion in
the town board. Some one suggested that
the blacksmith be sent on to another town,
but wiser counsel prevailed, and the poor
family was permitted to remain. The
blacksmith went to work, and managed
somehow to get through the winter Now
one of his sons is president of a bank in
the west, another is at the head of large
railway corporation, a third is member
of the present congress, and the old man
himself died in very comfortable circum-
stances"
Senator Sherman declined to give the
name of the member Of congress who
sprung from this unpromising family, but
it will be found in the list of statesmen
contributed to the present congress by for
eign lands.
Scotland must be given the post of honor
in this field. From her hills and dells come
five of the most prominent men in the Cap
itOl-Senator Beck AID Representatives
Henderson and Kerr Of Iowa, and Laidlaw
and Farquhar Of New York
Ireland has not as large a delegation as
usual, sending but four of her natives
Representatives McAdoo, of New Jersey,
and Clancy, Quinn and Wiley, of New
York
England is represented by two senators
Jones of Nevada and Pasco of Florida,
and by two Crisp Of Geor-
gia and Greenhalge of Massachusetts,.
Germany's four Representatives are: Bar
wig and Bricllner, of Wisconsin; Niedring-
haus, of Missouri, and Lehlbach, of New
Jersey.
The British Possessions on our northern
borders send one senator, Mcmillan of
Michigan, and four representativeS-C1u
ME of California, Connell of Nebraska, Ste
phenson of Michigan and Grout of Penn
sylvania.
Scandinavia is honored by the presence
of two of her sons-RGugen of Wisconsin
and Lind of Minnesota.
The little Isle Of Man was the birthplace
of Delegate Caine, of Utah
Certainly no other country in the world
can show such roster OF adopted citizens
among her law makers. Nearly all Of
these men, moreover, have risen to their
present honorable position from poverty
and humbleness. Most Of them were the
sons of poor immigrants who came to this
country hoping to fnd better share of
the good things of life than had fallen TO
their lot amid the rigid conditions Of the
Old World. Leaving London fer the free
soil of America the father of Senator Pasco,
of Florida, settled in Massachusetts, He
was a mechanic, able TO support his fam
lily, but not to gr&tify the ambition of his
son for course in Harvard. Nevertheless |
that ambition was gratilied, for the young
man taught school during the winter
months and thus psid his own way
through college. 1t was Is a school teacher
that he went to Florida, aad there he |
rapidly rose IN public esteem till they !
made a senator of him.
Senator Mcmillan, of Michigan, is a
splendid type of the sort Of men who have /
been drifting in great numbers from Can |
ada into the United States All along the |
border Canadian blood has entered the !
current of social, Commercial and political |
life in this country, and has in numberless |
places shown that it IS virile and whole |
some. In Chicago, for instance, hundreds |
of prominent business and professional /
men are British-AInerlcEns, and there is /
no class in that city which exercises great 4
er influence for good government and sets /
a better example Of good citizenship. sen /
ator Mcmillan was q poor boy, "a native OF (
Ont, where IN carry axe he was /
q clerk in a hardware stcrc. Eaving be- /
come one Of the richest men il liichiGSn, /
and one OF those men VINO have on their /
hands the management Of two or three /
dozen large enterprises, ne sCIl finds time
10 think OF the young men who are grow
ing mp about hiu. no rich man in this
country has done more IL the way OF help
ing young men to sCGyT in business than
Senator Mcld3lIsn. IN Detroit 1t IS Said.
one may find fifty prosperous ErIns that
were set on their feet by the generosity of
the senator II N- Mc3Iillan thinks a
young 1aan hss STUFF IL him OF the right
sort, if he believes in his honesty. energy
and capacity, be Is very likely 70 help him
out But he cSlnOt be fooled He Is a
close student Of humsn nature, and seems
70 havs az u41.E.ag IGSslEc. Is - cGls.sc-
ter
senator Jones, o< Nevada, was a poor
English boy, : nc5iye Of Hcrelorjshire.
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