Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-03
IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Secretary Carlisle UnfnvOrable to
Consular Inspection.

Secretary Carlisle UnfavOrable to
Consular Inspection.
Renewed interest has been given to the
agitation of immigration bills now pending
in the House by the receipt of an unfavor-
able report from Secretary Carlisle on the
Stone bill providing for the inspection of
immigrants by United States consuls at the
port Of embarkation. Secretary Carlisle
says the law Of 1893. under which the de-
partmeht Is now acting, is dahl becoming
more useful and efficacious, and should not
be hampered by dual administrator Of
the State and Treasury departments, as
would necessarily be the case under the
Stone bill. He speaks of the adverse report
on this same subject made by the immigra-
ton commissioner to Secretary Foster, and
gives in detail the objections urged by that
commission, which were in effect that 1t
would probably lead to International COM
plications; would confer upon consuls du-
ties not recognized by International law;
and would doubtless result in lower Class
OF immigrants coming to this country than
now, and in keeping out able-bodiei men,
who would likely be held for military serv-
ice. The bill would entail additional ex-
pense on the treasury and also would re-
lieve the steamship companies of all re-
sponsibility.
the Stone bill was the draft OF a proposed
bill amendatory of the present im,nigra-
ton law. This bill Senator Hill today re-
ported from the committee on imrligr a tion
Its principal aim is the exclusion OF an
archists. The first section of the substI-
tute provides that no alien anarchist shall
be permitted to land at any pert In the
United States. but that this provision shall
not be SO construed as to exclude politi-
cal refugees.
The bill provides for hearings in the cases
of the landing of reported anarchists, and
In case the charges be proved, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury Is authorized to send
the accused back to the country whence he
came. The bill also provides for the ex-
portaticn of any unnaturalized foreign born
person who, upon trial in any court
shall appear to the judge of the court be-
fore which he Is tried to be an anarchist
The substitute also provides a system OF
inspection of other immigrants by author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to ap-
point at such ports of departure as he may
deem necessary an immigrant inspector
whose duty ii shall be to inspect passen-
gers embarking for the United States, to
erase from the passenger manifest the name
OF any immigrant, who he is satisfied sh 1uld
not be permitted to land in this country
and he may forbid the transportation OF
any person belonging to the excluded class
es in the first or second cabin or in any part
or the vessel. He is also to give informal
ton as to any suspected persons and to
admonish the master of the vessel Of the
character of any immigrant IL objection
able, who Is to be required to pay a pen
atty Of 800 in case he transports srcn a
person after receiving the warning. 1t is
also provided that the fact that an irurnI-
grant has given notice of intention to be-
come a citizen shall not constitute a bar
to proceedings against him.