The sun., 1893-05-18
SENATOR'S ON ELLIS ISLAND.
THEY yiEw THs LANDING or NEARLY
1000 IMAIGRhNTs.

Many More Ltke TheD Cousc the Country
viii suHer-roii,h jews to be sent Bseh.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Immigration. to
.hs number OF Ave. went TO Ellis Island yes
terday morning. and under the guidance OF
Com missioner Senner watched the workings
a, the new law. by whlch steerage passengers
srs examined Ia groups Of thirty instead OF
,inaly. as BY the old system. The party In
.,nded Senator Hill. who 10 Chairman OF the
.omml lttee: Senator Faulkner OF West Virginia.
SENATOR Chandler Of New Hampshire. Senator
proctor OF Vermont. aud Senator Dubois OF
Id.bo Senator Watson G. Squire OF Washing
tnn didn't appear. The party arrived at the
p.,re Office shortly after D o'clock and took
Inc o. .55 boat for Ellis Island.
\, the m en- bers OF the committee had waited
,s.r they could not have chosen n better
A.v TO examine Into tho workings Of the new
49, ,ban Yesterday. Ellis Island was In full
ns., long before the little Shackamaxon with
s.r cargo Of United States Senators arrived.
.nd II was long aftcr the members OF the COM
rni,tee had left the island before business be-
can to slacken. Five steamships came into
,o,, bearing altogether a,98j immigrants.
Ths p.rmstadt carried 1.4Ol. the Friesland
tSa. tho Didam 4D2. tho voendam SOL. and
the Anchoria oo".
Whsn the Senators reached tho island tho
,.,.spcers from tho Darmstadt wero just
landing DR.. senner was on the dock beam
inr With smiles. and. by the cordial way In
vhich he zyasped tho hands OF Senators Hill
and chandler. ono would never have Imagined
TINT there had ever been the slightest IN.
pl.ss,ntness between thsm.
shortly After the arrival oi tho committee
c,us another boat bearing Surgeon & GenerAl
Wyman Of the Marine Hospital. DR.. Martin OF
the navy, Commissioner Stump. and James A.
Wright. Jr., the Second Vice-President Of the
International Navigation Company. These
10 ned the Senators. and tho party. splitting
into little grnups. was conducted through tho
various departments In the big building blythe
inspectors AMI DR.. Senner
The fact that each i'm migrant wore on some
col spicuous part OF his person q big yellow
placard bearing letter scented to amuse the
par,y. Whom an Immigrant wearing the let
tors IF. F." printed on q rcllo tag passed the
party Senator ii,ll poked Senator Faulkner In
y" There's one Of your irst families. Faux.
AZ another immigrant bouni for Massachu-
sets passed.. Senator Hill exclaimed:
~ All. there goes anuther vote for Russell"
At llh o'clock DR., Senner led tho way TO his
Office. aud. when all hands had heen ronlfortu-
lis seated aud the cigars passed around. he
""Gentle,n.p. you hAvo seen the whole thing
Imust SAY. however. that they were tho touG Gh.
aSt.iooking lot nf lmmi .rnats that hnv. had
20 nnnhle since have been In my present po-
Then ", saw ,ust, what Wa wanted to sec"
rr;a,nni Senator iill!. 1T was the worst we
After light lunch Senator Hill turned to DR..
roctor. ws would like, you to take the stand
""G"r.alniy." replied the Commissioner.
what 4, tho total numb Der of immtyrants
who avonrrive,l to- day /" asked Senator Hill.
The Doctor rnrlled that thpre hud been a,.,5.
There n-o Germans and Poles. and. unior-
How does To-day. consignment eompare
with grey!oas a"ys' "ssra sspa,Or tbH M
eoul,t tho most disreputabls crowd ever laid
~! low " many mn inspectors have your"
Wo have eight. one "f whom has q desk at
the end Of each OF tho long alses through
which the Immigrants pass"
Ing the imm!Yrantf, He Intended dlvi,iins
Ss ts' @ :sd p'S would snpy f %as
Sss :ess he 'sss1 nr!s .ss ss .:s
assistant mAtrUn. seven additional boarding
officers end i've Or six, extra en clerk" i1r tis
Isieve t % the rori.,ry cierks o. the great amount
p Aaaitonal work whie', falls urol them dur
."s How i" S. Jou iina "ut about the friends .,
denly asked Senator Hill surely: y3Hn don't
"Csrtainly NOT. repiiei Dr. Senner. I'VE
have . speeial bureau to look out for that sort
pr ssn1sr .S!a '%mIErsnt. night /, Dc: E
ktra I'm shin cOmpRnieS supported the inami-
srns's dnring the psriol u ie,sntiSn:
npS'fh h not
Il is class Of immigrant IN which We have
aerh to-day continues for any great length OF
timH !. will have IN Injurious effect on the
Certainly 1t would." replied Dr.. senner.
"nn'l lay going to 'aso steps to stop it. II
DIR Scnner." broke In Senator Chandler.
yoS tn said yesIterdny that .yon thought thar
pei, i"r tic present: have YOU seen snrthing
Yes, Slr:" said the Com mml.ionss;; The
Cargo sa" q" them t. sent 1eSs Ssce K once
He ,aid Ih. colnpsny of which, he, was the
and g" American lines senator Hill asked
Ing Immigrants prr rlmbl.. Mr. Wright r"-
ple,l that at time. It had been more or ICES. so:
s,nsts,; sst; e Al, rule how do you find itr asked
,"Teli," sat' Mr. Wright that would, he
harn lo answer. might say. however. that
A. AL times It IN 'olerably profitable"
=, 70 you think 1t Is Increasing or diminish
II think."' said Nr. Wright. that immigra-
iion Tor 1909 will lie 1uiie up tp tho avsinGP.
LAst year, on account Of ths cholera sears. It
was le-s thnn usual"
20 y4n solicit passsngers In Europef"
No W"msrrly have agents on the other
siaS who sell our tickets"
H there any organized system among tho
s!ei. ss!teeamTSlir coRran!es to increase immigra-
.sysS,;. Sens that ! know wo! OF course. We all
ihen. Ia Your opinion. the steamship com
pen,ts "n,y work in a purely Legitimate way I"
Ihs Steamship companies were very m lch
pvSs" Tsrs ~ 70 ne law restricting immigration.
x,,S ,,SSatnrsly they we're. replied Mr. Wright
mn.s nn smile; 1t sroit our business in q |
'Isurv, sn Imrv, mink. however. that there will he
res,rin,,ne 'hiS year on account OF last years
c6an, c6Aiser, W. Wright had finished. Senator
omm1thnler ros" and said:
island sems 70 me that every one here on the
tn,n,'a u uesirous o. enforcing the law II The
IM,nK1"nIs are coming In at the rate of almost
ss'HVV s'oHHV day 1t Is evident that Dr.. Snnneri is
thInt hInt ~ SAYING tina, he needs larger force. I
snuh ilDernl allowance OF force and money