St. Paul daily globe., 1892-04-10
United States court is supposed to be 10

United States court is supposed to be to
the advantage of the plaintiff. Until
the act creating the new United States
circuit court of appeals was adopted
any Judgment for less than $1,000 ob
tanned in the circuit court could not be
appealed. AS the files of the news
papers VIII show, the United States
circuit court has been filled with dam
age suits against the corporations. The
corporations have become angry and
will refuse to employ any man but
those who will be compelled to use the
district in the event of their bringing
suits for damages. Even under the
new act circuit court of appeals. an ap-
peal creating the the circuit court can
not be taken excerpts on verdictS above
4 certain figure. That is tile reason for
the action.
AS usual, the men at whom the blow
is aimed are the last to suiier. The man
upon whom it falls is the man who has
not been in the city long enough to get
full citizenship papers, or who has
neglected it. An alien cannot become
a citizen by mere say-so. He must live
here certain term of years. He also
has to pay something for the privilege
of becoming a citiZen-not much, of
course, but good deal to the class OF
men who compose the majority
of those who are affected by
this move. If, as reported, the
large employers of unskiIled labor
enforce this rule it will throw out of EN-
ployment thousands of men who are
now living i'll Minneapolis, contributing
to the prosperity of the city and swell
Ing the population in anticipation of an
other season of rivalry during taking
of census. 1t will almost entirely put
a stop to immigration into Minneapolis.
The bulk of the people who come to the
city are men who want work of the
coarser grades. They will not come if
they will not be allowed to work when
they get here. 1t will also entail an
other hardship. The fee to be paid for
getting citizenship papers is small, but
in the aggregate it means much. And
it means much TO many man with a
family to support who has to pick and
save III every conceivable manner TO
provide food for his little ones. 1t will
take from the pockets of these men
thousands of dollars which they need to
pay for bread.
Aid. Rand. as a representative of a
ward that has large number of aliens
within its borders, was asked his 0pln-
ion of this move yesterday. He said:
II think it is an outrage. Do you
know that such movement will debar
from work at least two-ffthS of the
male population of South Minneapolis?
Think of that a minute and you will
readily see what it means. 1t is inf1ict-
ing an unnecessary hardship upon these
| people. Many of them, no doubt, have
failed to take out citizenship papers
through carelessness, but the msjorlty
of them have not done it because they
have not had the time. Ii the people
of the city want to bar the
| Chinese or other nationalities
who earn money and then take it back
to the old country with them, we'll and
good. Let them do that and stop there.
But they are going too far when they
put bal, in the way of Scandinavians,
Germans, Irishmen, or men fiom other
countries who come here to make this
their home, and who intend to. and do,
become citizens. They must be allowed