The herald., 1893-08-02
TIE PRESBYTERIANS.
THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL
AT PASADENA.
Outline of tho Work to BE Done-Yes-
terday's Proceedings-John Shirley
Wards Lecture on the Prob
lem OF Immig ration.


summer echool OF the Presbyterian
alliance met this afternoon in the Pres
byterian church, and will continue dur
ing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
two sessions, at 2 aad 7 80 p. M, being
held each day. The Friday afternoon
and evening meetings will be held at
the pavilion in Rubio cafion.
This afternoons session was devoted
to the delivery and discussion Of a paper
by Rev. III. w. Crabb on The Gaps and
How to Find Them. Under this head
ing Mr.. Crabb advanced many practical
thoughts for the improvement of the
work the church is carrying on, and for
the general good of Christianity. A
general discussion followed the delivery
of this address, which occupied the
time until the hour of closing.
EVENING eEssIoN.
A good sized audience gathered in the
evening to hear Hon. John Shirley
Ward of Los Angeles deliver an address
upon the Problem of Foreign Immigra-
ton. The judge is a good speaker and
closely held the attention Of his audi
ence throughout the lecture.
The subject taken was one that is OF
great interest to the public, affecting as
it does the future welfare of this coun-
try. In opening the speaker briefly
sketched the early history OF the immi-
grafton laws and the gradual change for
the worse In the character of the immi-
grants. ~
Up to 1882 the restrictions upon inn
migration were few, but the immense
immigration which poured into this
country previous to that time from all
parts of Europe and Asia aroused US to a
sense of our impending perils, and then
congress- began to put on the brakes on
foreign immigration.
The laws then passed excluded idiots,
insane, paupers, diseased persons, con-
victs, polygamists and those coming
under contracts for labor, but they were
deficient In not going deep enough
What are we to do with the anarchist,
who is more than any of these?
| For the past few years this immigra-
ton has been moro nearly an irrita'
ton. -fr
On April 7th there were landed in New
York 5425, and, outside Of 800 Germans,
the balance were Italians, Scandina.
vians, Bohemfans. Poles, Hungariant
and Slavs. Only 60 of these had $l00
and the majority only 50 or less.
| The immigration for the past yeal
| reached 613, 900, at which rate the pres.
ent decade will give US more than 6,000,-
600, a rate that will more than double
the population of the Pacific states in
three years.
The immediate danger which now
threatens us is that many states only re.
quire the immigrant to declare his In
tention to become citizen IN order to
vote, thus putting the political destiny
of their states in the hands OF foreigners
who have been in the country only six
months Or a year. The chance thus
offered to corrupt politicians to govern
elections 10 great danger.
Taking up the remedy, the speaker
said: These difficulties cannot be rem
edied by naturalization laws, but must
be accomplished by the the develop
ment of q real national spirit among thl
states of the union.
The present law should be enlarged
each applicant to speak and write tn,
lowing upon the increased immigration
ger of a disunion Of Ian
guage in this country from
the admission OF vast numbers OF for
eigners unable TO speak our tongue, wal
especially mentioned. and long lines o
historical precedehts brought up tt
show wherein this has been an all i'm
portant feature in the binding together
of nations. eff this citizenship be such
a boom have we not made it too cheap
Have we not fostered it away for mere
mess OF pottage? Have we not sold il
for 80 pieces of silver and then turned
around and demonetized the silver?"