St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-10

essened by the single affidavits at the
end. and if it is deemed by the de part
ment to be within the spirit Of the re-
quirements. would recommend that
YOU so rule"
March % Assistant Secretary Spaul-
ding wrote DR.. G. 0. CLAWS, Of this
city, representing steamship interests,
as follows:
The manifest is TO be the width of
sample sheets and of length to permit
of entry of thirty names without crowd
ing. Lists of whole number OF immi-
grants taken on board the vessel may
be securely fastened together at the
top, and IN this case only one oath OF
master or surgeon need be attached"
The cores DOndence sent the senate
concludes with a reply by Senator
Chandler, as follows:
Your letter informing me that the
answers to heterogeneous TO be made
by the immigrants are not TO be placed
upon the same sheets with the lists OF
manifestS, but are to accompany them
on separate papers, leads me 10 say that
further consideration of the subject
cOnyinceS me that the additional re-
quirement. devised and adopted by the
department of its own motion, and not
in accordance with any provision of the
new law or of any law, is in danger or
impairing rather than aiding the opera
tionS of the law, and ought not to be put
in force at this time. The responsible
ity of the United States begins only
after the voyage and at the port OF ar
rival of the immigrant, and the recep-
ton of the list. The above being the
idea, the treasury. instead OF carry Ing
it out literally and unaccompanied by
and gIl0U-
ing the Dracticability of the act to be
brought to test unencumbered and
unembarrassed by additional machin-
cry, has seen fit to supplement the
method OF the act by very material adj
dition5 of its own to the statute"
Il cannot help fearing" Matchmaker
continues. that this will work against
the main purpose of the act, which is to
put the responsibility upon the steam
ship companies at the time and place OF
embarkatiOn of the immigrants, and
that the companies Will use 1t to pro-
tect themselves from respon 5ibility;
that the attempt of the treasury depart
ment by regulation TO add to and i'm
mistake likely TO result in the
establishment OF method of
working the law materially different
from that which the law itself
cont0mplBteS. The law is not to be
tried and tested by itself alone, bat by
its own provisions plus an important
amendment inserted by the secretary OF
the treasury. l respectfully advise the
department TO cancel article Is Of It's
circular OF March II, 1898. and try the
experiment OF enforcing the law exactly
as congress passed it. Ii the steamship
companies wish to take the answers Of
the immigrants. let them do this OIL their
OWE responsibility, and not on that OF
the United States"
Continuing, Mr.. Chandler says, re-
ferring to the manifesto:
1.-The law requires that the certificates
of the master and surgeon of the ships
shall be upon each of the lists and NUM-
tests. Any rule which contemplates al
lowing one certificate to cover. in any
form OF words, more than one list or
manifest would be in direct disObedience
OF the weil-c0nsdered and clearly-eX-
pressed intention ana direction OF the
statute. The law requires that no lists
shall contain more than thirty names. in
order to have the lists separate from
each other at the port of arrival for the
purposes Of the examination there to be
made. To allow the steamship cOmpa-
MES to fasten them together and make
one certificate for all the lists. instead
of one certificate for each, would defeat
the purpose of the first four sections OF
the law, as we'll as diSobey its express
Injunction"
The matter has been referred to the
committee OH migration.