The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

and deodorize him, and make voter of
him at rapid rate.
a short time ago l spent an afternoon
at the landing place of the imported
/ citizen, the new and temporary Castle
Garden at the Barge Office. 1t is very
much crowded, Of course, but good
patured officials handle the great multi
! tude-the jabbcring. excited mob, favor
ed with the essence of fora de bilge-
water-as easily as we used TO run our
steers into different shutes, or brand the
/ bleating calves on the zephyry plains of
Wyoming in the years agone
/ The wealthy tourist who breads sea
( sickness fills his patrician pelt full of
champagne as he goes up the gangplank,
/ and cheerily sends one slug of extra dry
! to commune with another until, with a
head upon him like the Sphinx, he steps
ashore more or less artihcially elated
and glad of it. But the steerage gentle
man with more to disturb MIN ii gas
trio way must solace himself with raw
spirits or vodka or Tabasco sauce.
| stood on the wharf and watched
these future voters as they landed. The
hyena dago with the murderous can
opener concealed in his boot, the coyote
from the rural districts of Russia, the
/ rough and tough element from away
back up the Gulch of Desperation. grown
in the back lot Of tyrannical centuries
and fostered by the ammonia Of decOnl-
posing kingdoms.
Some Of these emigrantS are returned,
not because they are lacking in merit,
but because they are not available for
our columns. With no money and
friendless and jobless, evidently the
debris of European almshouse. they so
back if they are not bright enough 10
conceal the fact. Also the contract labor
people, thov give 1t away, but they do
not VIII BE- eliminate himself and go
back to a lingering death when he has a
Job here already engaged? Scarcely!
Therefore the officers who have the
duty Of ascertaimHg these facts are
working against very heavy odds. An
elderly gentleman say gentleman be-
cause he had never wOrked-landed while
| was there. He was al En-lishmau
fresh from the venerable al-lShuuse Of
the mother country. He t.'j Mr. Simp-
son so because he didn't know any bet
ter. The almshouSe from winch b. came
did not give him dress rehearsal before
he left.
And why did you come here if you
had nothing or wouldn't work.
IVY, me dear man, / thought it
would be no arm to change NE diet
They gave me a pound and said God
bless you, do you know, and told me TO
try New York poor'ou where they
have fresh buffalo outlets livery day and
wild geese that the paupers kills IN the
aims ouse yard now and again.
He is now doubtless on the brinv wave
gsyly returning to England along with
case Of NAL de mer, wishing, no doubt,
that he had known more on the start
and gradually added to it on his way TO
America
Gen. y Bierne, the superintendent Of
emigration, has an Office in the corner Of
the big granite building. and back of
that is the human corral where busy
officials scoot the stupid mass OF dszzled
and still wabbly steerage people through
their various shutes and toward their
destination, al the way from Massa-
chusetts TO Montana, though most Of
them viii remain 10 roaSta the peanut
and picka the rag or select the mayor
for New York.
The freshening breeze pOurs n at the
rear Of the barge Office all the tine. b1t
it has its hands full It i laden with
the salt and salvation Of thousands Of
miles of ocean. and Is used 70 Il besides.
and yet it has my sympathy.
The first Job, Of course. Is 70 recoui
the name. nativity, age, sex and deS-ina-
ton Of the euicrant. also 20 learn Il be-
has any money. Some OF them Cauuo,
understand this. They want 20 know
why anybody should have the right g.
inquire into their affairs that way
Then the money. If they have any. Is
changed into American money. AID q
receipt given besides for TIE @42O-ut So
changed No chance for downing Jls
new citizen IN that WAY.
While / stood there AZ Irish -irl paused
at the regist-y CcsS. gave be- name aid
her asn. In1C. when asked If sh= Eac
any money. she said she had TWO pounds,
and that Mr.. MctIoogin. "a gintieman |
met on the st-ne-. has ne money. Il