New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01
IMuIGElNTS VEIL CIEED FOR.
EUDENCE cGvET BEFORE THE CONGRESS- ~
VE~TfC NTGNG COMMITTEE.

EVIDENCE Given before THE CONGRESS ~
VE-TrC >TING COMMITTEE
The Congrr>s Cowmitir" on lmuicr'ton, which
came over herr Thnrdly T. investigate the al
l,r"d illtr,amcnt Of detained Immigrant, at the Barge
Office. finished it, labor, yc-t'iday Congressman
OWeu Of Indiana. chairman Of tine committee. pre-
-lded. several wituo,,c, were cAamn"l. Including
superintendent Weber ard Ia" Rev. Or. Dunn port
chaplain q the Proficient Episcopal Church. who T.,
p. rhap, mo," responsible than any one else FOR the
investigation. The Doctor hl- been declaring Tor
months that ~" provision mad" for drtgucd 'mmi-
grants totnly Inadequate. aud that tine Govern
;ucnt blame FOR allowing such tate ~
thrg~ TO cXit Iic did not blame Colonel Weber.
personally. a. aid in his testimony Yesterday hu
Wa, attacking the system
In r'ply Colonel Weber took the stand ard showed.
~ The -lti- faction II the committee. HAT rythnc
had been Gonc That wa, possible. considering the
limited facilities az hi~ di-po al. and that the reports
u suffering and III Htmcrt were exaggerated. His
testimony hi, point supplemented los thar oi
some Of the missionaries and the representative, Of
the variou, -1cictic, Mr. RcmbcrI of the United
Hebrew Charr-. aid that he had never heard a
,n,l, word 81 complaint from th" 10000 Hebrew i'm
migrant, that have landed here since ihe Government
a,-Imcd chars, oi Immigration. similar evidence Wa,
given by Father \. T.. Lila. scandinavian Lutheran
minister. and the Rev Dr. Mathews. who.c Views on
The matter are sci forth in IN" following letter:
TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Immigrant, lIndcd al the Barge Office who
require Government aid 10 procure foCd and SHELTER
except in casts Oi tcmpoIar, disability from sickness
accident during their passage, of drstitntiJn
through robbery. the iilurc Ot friends meet and
iahc charge of them. .hOtlt he considered 4, belong
ing T. the cia-s "!N,, Ia become public charge
mi be detained BY the Commissioner Of Immigration
properly citcd 10: uiti the vessel on when they
r.iVcd returns, and then De sent back whence they
came according 10 the p wis 0ns OF tine law
The Government should not b" asked T. assume
the cha = of paupor--Dut religious sOci'tc, main
tanning mi>~iOraric, among the immigrants landing
t the Iaigr once should consider that an important
are merely temporarily distressed, calling Tor the
)lhces Of Christian ca:ityOr chronic ptupcrs rcuuir
Ing heroic Treatment ana prompt return.
The Woman, Home Missionary society ~ the Methodist
nurrh TrcO.HLing that there were when women
WITH little children and young women. be- detained
Tor Few day pending tn coming Of friend, or hay
ng only cnougn money 20 purchase provision, for
are Of such pcrs .n,. and have maintained them for
h;ce years that no woman gil during that time
Iis been Obliged T. sleep Oh the floor cltcr Of Castle
'ardcn or thr Barge Office. To say that nightly |
horrors and indcccnC", Of men. women ana children
mddllng together on bare. Hnccnn floors" allowed
% fhr Barge once. ana that the Government |
anctiJnS hi, moral outrage on dcccncy and humanity"
cruel. atrDcOrs. and h9r'pu-. J.. 10 s:iv the least
m 4 cNjIl"ri n'r' and unvar'artrl ne period. |
The who'll matter hinges on ihc question, should |
he Government of the nited stat welcome paupcr~.
ccd and care for them provide for them until they
'!Ovldc for themselves refuse 10 DO 50; The |
empoiarily embarrassed among the Hebrew, cared
or 10y their brethren of the faith. with the
atIolc. The Woman's Home Missionary society.
Though maintained by the Methodist Episcopal Church,
undenomlnatOnaI In its offers Of aid to the needy