The Irish standard., 1893-01-14

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not require the property qualification OF
800 for each head of family and SIS
for each member thereof. The bill
authorizing the President to suspend
immigration IN his discretion will come
before the house in the form reported by
Chairman Stump, of the house committee
on immigration, but verbal amendments
will BE- offered on the floor.
Gov. Merriam, of this state, in his fare
we'll message referred to the QUESTION Of
immigration and recommended that q
joint petition of the house and senate be
sent to Congress requesting that all immi.
grafton be. suspended during 1893 as 8
preventive against the cholera. "The
time has arrived" saysthe governor, ''fo1
some emphatic action upon the part Of
the American people against an indis
criminate incursion of foreigners who
come to this country without money
without education, many of them Grimm
ais, and few of them calculated to be-
come useful citizens. We cannot pro-
tect our own laboring classes and provide
proper compensation for them if we are
to bs perpetually the place of refuge fol
the thousands who are seut to us by the
N governments of the old world"
The st. Paul Globe thinks that such
restrictions as suggested are unneces.
sary at the present time when we have
barely begun the development OF our re-.
sources and have only a population OF
seventeen to the square mile. The
evils of immigration can be removed
without shutting it off if proper safe
guards are adopted. It thinks that pro
visions in our laws for returning for
eigners guilty Of crirae to the countries
whence they came and for the return OF
paupers would guard us sufficiently.
The repeal of laws permitting foreigners
to vote until they become full citizens
would remove almost entirely the evils
in our suffrage resulting from immigra-
ton. The Globe bluntly asserts that
this movement against foreign lmmigra-
ton has it's source in Knownothingism
and is revival of it. The anti Catholic
societies are one phase OF the revival;
the Patriotic Sons OF America is but an
other form of the same movement. The
So fe-guard against Infection is a pretext.
"When strong enough to dare, all pre-
tense will bs thrown off, and we will
have another era of hate breeding politi-
cal strife,'' says our st. Paul contempor-
airy. The days of the Republican party,
rs at present constituted, are numbered.
It's unprincipled managers know that
the Democratic victory last November
was largely due to the votes OF foreign
born citizens. They are painfully aware
of the fact that the European foreigners
coming to our shores will enter the
Democratic ranks as soon as naturalized,
and hence they are endeavoring to pre-
vent them from coming. Gov. Merriam
must know that the state of Minnesota is
as large as England and r. land combined,
and that while Ireland has nearly five
millions of people Minnesota has scarcely
two millions. che st. Paul banker
ought to encourage immigration in the
direction of the North Star State and
suggest plan whereby an increased i'm
migration may be secured to develop our
resources The class OF immigrants set
thing in this state are neither paupers
nor criminals. The Scandinsvians, the
Germans, the Irish, the Canadians, the
English and Scotch who come to Mime
sofa are just as good in every essential
requisite for American citizenship as it
they were born in the Mississippi and
Minnesota valleys.
It immigration had been restricted
fifty years ago this country would not be
90 great and prosperous as it is to-day.
Who would have upheld the starry BAN
ner? In the history of the country there
is not on record single instance OF
treashery or disloyalty on the part OF
|fOreign-bOrn citizens against american
institutions. We are therefore unalter-
ably opposed to any narrow policy IN
the restriction Of immigration. Every
indnoement to come should Be given to
the right class Of immigrants. The day
may arrive when the United States shall
need every able bodied Citizen in its de-
fense, and as in the past 80 in the future
adopted citizens will respond to the call
Of duty to protect the glorious ensign Of
the republic from foreign and. domestic
foes. ~ .s,s. s4
WILLlAM RATHBoNE, Welsh member
5of parliament, has abandoned Gladstone
and joined the Liberal independe