The record-union., 1891-04-26
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS ON
IMMIGRATION LAWS.


IMMIGRATION LAWS.
The great body Of the American press
is to-day voicing the sentiment of the best
citizenship of the land that the bars
shall be put higher, and not only more
rigorous supervision of immigration be
exercised, but that the road to citizen
ship shall be heightened and more jeal-
ously guarded. AS indicating the drift of
expression wequote pungent expressions
from editorials on the subject, found in a
few leading journals of the day.
Baltimore NeaOs: Require the immi-
grant to prove good character. = =
We want only those who contribute to
our prosperity. New York Herald /:
Things have changed. We
ought for the sake of our institutions to
limit immigration. . Ours is not
an asylum for misfit humanity any
longer. Philadelphia Press: The quality
of immigration has deteriorated. We
must have change or the people will de-
mand absolute exclusion. Albany argus:
The stream of undesirable immigration
continues unabated. The laws to abate
the evil are incomplete and Ineffective.
st. Louis Glo6e-Den1ocrdt: Our duty is
plain and imperative. Minneapolis Jour
nal: The naturalization laws should be
amended. Threats and utterances against
us ought to work forfeiture of citizenship.
The naturalized citizen not with us, is
obviously against us. Richmond (Va.)
Times: We cannot afford TO warm to
life vipers ready to turn and sting the
Republic to death. There must be healthy
revision of our immigration laws. Kan
sas City Journal: One result will be
more stringent legislation on the subject
of immigration. Atlanta Constitution !:
We cannot afford to have convicts and
paupers dumped upon our shores in an
endless procession. We might well re-
quire foreigners on landing to take an
oath Of allegiance and obedience. The
elective franchise could come later.
Salt Lake Herald: The time is coming
to put stop to indiscriminate immigra-
ton. Philadelphia Telegraph: It is about
time this thing was stopped. What is to
become of the country? Is there to be no
end to the tide of decentralization sweep
ing in with every shipP Nashville
American: 1t seems that in making this
country an asylum for the oppressed of
other countries were are breeding traitors
10 our own. Minneapolis Tribune: The
Fifty-first Congress took step in the
direction Of checking the influx of un-
desirable immigration. The next Con-
gress must wrestle earnestly with the
subject before satisfactory solution can
be reached. Cleveland Leader: Ameri-
cans seldom consider how large an ele-
ment of the population of this country
has been here too short a time to become
filled with the spirit of American patriot
ism or to be much depended upon in time
of national peril. Philadelphia Ledger:
When the time has arrived when our in
dustrial properties have to be protected
from destruction by calling out the Ma
tional Guard of the State, the time has
come for shutting the gates against such
lawless invaders.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: There
can be no doubt that the next Congress
will give the country just and effective
laws for national protection from unde-
sirable immigration. San Francisco A Ito:
We have it in our own hands to restore
foreign immigration entirely to its origi-
nal character, in behalf of which our lib
eral laws of naturalization were enacted.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: But it is not too
late to avert the graver consequences that
must follow if all the scum of Europe is
TO be tioated to our shores. The danger
Is an increasing one. Philadelphia In
qUfrer: 1t must be apparent that some
thing must be done. Can we discrimi-
nate wisely, or must the bars be put up ?
Can we trust TO partial laws, or must we
decline TO receive any more Italians,
Huns and Poles? Chicago Herald: 1t
may yet become necessary for the United
States Government, in shear self-defense,
TO refuse its sanction to further whole
sale immigration from foreign countries,
unless such immigration implies in the
case of each individual renunciation of
allegiance to any nationality except the
United States. Denver Republican: Every
intelligent American has recognized that
the immigration of ignorant foreigners is
a menace to'our domestic peace and well
fare. Kansas City Times: Congress will
have to deal with few questions of higher