The record-union., 1891-03-09
IMMIGRATION TIDE.
The Closing Down Of Congress
Final Legislation.
Interesting Facts About Immigration
The Movement to Bring in Russian
Jews Some Pregnant Statistics
appointment of Minister Blair-Al-
cohoI-Arctic Exploration.


[Regular Correspondence of REcoRp-UNIoNl
WASHINGTON ID. CD, Feb. 2S, 1891.
That great American exhibit commonly
known as politics." and its principal
attraction called debate" had every evil
dence of closing up last week under the
pressure of competition from more SEN
sational production called the Presidential
panorama for 1892. 1t is, however, exhIb-
tting more evidence of vitality, and ex-
poets to continue to draw full houses
during the remainder of its limited en-
gagement.
There are exactly three and half DAYS
left between now and II NJ. on the 4th day
Of March to pass seven appropriation
bills, the legal supports of the Govern
ment.
Those bills are wholly and entirely
public property the fiscal
record of the administration in power.
They are submitted to Congress by the
different departments, based upon and
prepared with view of conducting the
administrative machinery of the country
upon what they consider the most wise
and useful PLAN
Upon this they go before the people
every two years for their approval. 1t
makes no difference which party is in
power, that is the record of their steward
ship, and only on that do they rely for a
continuation of power.
Important legislation changing or es-
tabl1sh1ng important measures of public
policy of course hold an equal ii not
superior place whenever anything Of that
kind occurs.
fThara jG yaol1u No .spo1itioc fba
vulgar acceptation of the term, to be
made out of these perfunctory measures,
and the popular belief that the treasury is
looted or the peoples money is mis-
appropriated is not seriously considered
IN connection with the appropriation
former and bucolic citizen, who is
always trying to believe that somebody is
stealing.
DELAY THE FAULT.
These bills ought to be passed earlier
in the session, in order to clear the way
for useful legislation, but it is time
worn rule always to leave them to the
last, and at this particular time it isseri-
ously obstructing important legislation.
Every one except the Washington land
lord and tradesman abhorS the regular
session of Congress as a rule, and an
extra session has become revolving to the
commercial classes throughout the
country.
There is, unfortunately, one section of
the United States where politics is re-
garded as the chief end of man. They re-
gard every other incentive to excellence
subordinate to some kind of political
eminence, and properly attainable
through office-holding only.
Never was one race so diStinctiyely
non-assimilated as the North and South
are on this one question, speaking as
class and not as individuals.
1t is noticed, and remarked frequently
from the galleries during session of
Congress. that the two sections could not
be more differently organized were they
OF different races.
Every effort is being made by the Re-
publicans to get through the appropria-
ton bills in order TO leave no excuses for
an extra session, so much dreaded, but
the obstructive debate comes in at
every opportunity.
ing item:
I'm every tobacco factory at Key West
there is reader" Cubans and Span
iards cannot talk without gesticulation.
In order to keep them from talking and
dropping their work in order to use the
hands, person is hired to read aloud
during working hours"
By connecting those factories by a long
distance audiphone with the National
Capital between now and the adjourn
ment, the debate" can be utilized
However disagreeable it is to everybody
here, the accommodating natures ofthose
Cubans would submit to such an infiic-
ton for three or four days. That is the
only possible use on earth by which the
proceedings of Congress between now and
the 4th of March can be put to any use
whatever.
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
Under the laws of August 3, 1882, and
February 26, 1885, paupers, idiots, luna
tics, criminals. persons likely to become
public charge, and persons afflicted
with dangerous or contagious disease,
are prohibited from coming to this coun-
try. An amendment to that law was
passed at the last session of Congress
which prohibited the importation of for
elgners under contract to perform labor
here.
The House has Just passed another
amendment, which operates more
towards granting administrative effect to
the Laws already in existence. 1t extends
the scope of prohibition in only one in
stance.
The changes contemplated in this bill
which now awaits action by the Senate
are, first, it extends the time in which
these prescribed classes of foreigners may
be sent back to one year.
As the law now stands, if they succeed
IN landing they are free to remain, re-
gsrdless of the fraud practiced to effect
the landing. In such places as New
York, Philadelphia and New Orleans,
through the Federal Courts, the corpora
,tions, the money inducements and the
pull, !" very few were sent back.
Another amendment provides that no
suits for the violation of the law shall be
compromised without the sanction of the
Secretary of the Treasury. This feature
grows out of the almost nullification of
fha law nv tho who lilo ho
Federal Courts in California, nearly de-
stroyed the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Another feature makes it a violation of
law TO encourage the importation of inn
migrants by promise of employment
through circulars or advertisements
fiicts the penalty of return on anyone
coming through such methods.
GOING TOO FAR.
The latter feature is considered un-
reasonable TO certain extent. The South
seems to think if the people of the North,
West and far West advertised abroad and
sent agents to Europe, they should have
equal rights to adopt similar means to
occupy their vacant lands with desira-
BILE agricultural class.
Before the rebellion the South did not
want immigrants, nor did white laborers
care to go where they would come in con-
tact with slave labor. The conditions are
now somewhat changed.
The population of this country in 1880
was 1892 inhabitants to the square mile.
In the year 1885 Belgium had popula-
ton of 4Sl.75; England, Scotland and
Ireland, 2S992; Germany, 2l6.22; France,
1S0.SS. OF the Chinese and other semi
barbarous people we have no reliable
data, and if we had it would furnish no
useful information except to demon
strate how the human family can be
hived in given localities, under form of