The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-18
copyrighted. 1891, By the NeD York Associate
Press
A LYNoH LEADER TALKS.
Wickliffe Addresses tho Commercial
Congress at Kansas City.

Congress at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 1.-THE COM
mercial congress was called for o'clock
the ad djournment of the reception last night
the delegates were slow to assemble, and it
was after 10 o'clock when the convention
was called to order.
After prayer by Rev. DR.. Vassar, the un-
finished programme of yesterday was taken
up, the subject being Transportation and
Improvement of waterways, lake, gulf and
Pacific ports"
L. A. Thompson, secretary OF the Com
mercial Club of Duluth, advocated i'm
provement of the waterways as affordiug
the cheapest transportation.
Col T. T. Catchings of Mississippi argued
that an increase in the water traffic. how
ever great, would not decrease the railroad
business. but would rather increase it.
Hon. J. NJ. Murphy of Iowa spoke on the
Hennepin canal. His life had one purpose,
and his heart one hope, and that was the
construction of the Hennepin canal.
A. G. Fisk of Denver delivered an address
upon irrigation.
THE LEADER OF THE LYNCHERs TALKS.
Mr.. Wickliffe Of New Orleans said he
would treat his subject, "Immigration and
the Settlement of Vacant Lands" from
the text, America for Americans. 1--WE
have been told, he said, that this land is
broad enough far all, but l submit that the
countries of the old world have made
it a dumping ground for their
l believe that / speak for the whole Ameri-
can people when l say that the time has
come when that must stop There is
enough room for all who want to come
here TO be one Of US, but not a foot of ground
for one of those paupers and criminals of
the old world. l may feel deeply upon the
subject, but have lately come fresh from
a most terrible object lesson, which too
clearly indicates the need of q change in
our immigration laws. | believe that this
congress ought to declare that the national
congress should prohibit the landing
Of immigrants who are not willing to be-
come good citizens. | think this law ought
to be put into such shape that no man who
has not within given time filed his inten-
ton for citizenship, which is now altogether
too short, and who has not within another
given time taken out what is known as his
second papers, ought to be shipped back to
the country from which he came. Gentle
men, 1t took twenty-one years to make
voter out Of each one OF you; it does not
take twenty-one seconds to make voter
out of q foreigner.
A TRUE BILL OF MORAL CLEANLINESS.
Let no man SET foot upon the soil of
Columbia who cannot bring a true bill of
moral cleanliness / am, as some Of you
know, a states right democrat, but believe
that the power to make American citizens
ought to be taken ous of the state courts and
given to the general government. Perhaps
you do not realize the need of all this, but
in looking up the nationality Of those crimi-
nails whom the citizens Of New Orleans exc
cuted not long since, we found
that in the naturalization papers of one
of these, his certificate of good
moral character was certified to by two of
his fellow criminals. ] believe that the
scenes which we have witnessed during the
last few weeks ought to be impossible
Raising the glorious stars and stripes under
that Of foreign flag. as was done in my
own state, aud the riddling of our flag by
bullets, as in Pennsylvania, very clearly in.
dicates the need Of a change Of policy as
regards our immigration laws"
THE RESOLUTIONS REPORTED.
The majority report of the committee on
resolutions favors the adoption by the con-
gress Of a law authorizing free, unlimited
coinage of silver aud the issuance of a suf-
hcient amount Of legal tender notes, TO be