Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1895-11-30
REPUBLICANIsM VERSUS DE-
MOCRACY.
a Lecture at Los Angeles by G. A.
Hensley, National Organizer of
the ESanuhlicau I,aarua.

GENTLEMEN: There has never been
!, period in the worlds history when SUE
e general and wide spread unrest prevail
d ed in the minds of men as at the presel
time. The deep sea of human though
|, ! seems lasted into mouutain waves thu
r break and form along the rocky shore
D of time, undermining and overturnin
: many conrecrated monument Of trad
, ton shat but recently seemed as in
pregnable as the everlasting hill:
Verify, ''thess are times that try men
souls" In the civil aud political world
we find agitation and commotion every
where manifest. As thought begins t
permeate The mass Of min6, convulsioI
and revolution follow, and old and lon
tried forms OF government are beinl
subjected to ordeais as crucical as th
judgement OF ages. Our own republic
an institutions were never subjected t.
60 severe a strain; and in fact, to th,
minds of many of our POLITICAL econo-
mists, the question Of the ability OF
mixed and heterogeneous people to gov
ern themselves is By no means clear
! Well may they ask, if the ignorant anc
dowutrodden masses Of Europe are III
capable of sslf-gCverument in their OWL
countries, as doubtless they are, where
! in does that Incapaciiy lose upon a
translation to our shores2 applause
| The total immigration into the United
States since 1920 has been about 30, co.,
600. OF late years the majority OF
emigrants have been Polls, Russians,
Hungalians, Italians and Bulgarians.
Statistics OF prisOns, penitentiaries, poor
houses, and similar institutions through
out the lifted States show that there
ere prOpCrtionaLely many more of GRIM
inal, insane, pauper and helpless
alien classes in them than in formers
years; snd the evils from these sources
are constantly and heavily increasing
Tie gates Of our country are thereon
Cpsn, and through them tiOcK the weak
OF the earth, The ignorant gud down.
traddsn masses Of the old world, life
with discordant and murderous ole
ments fasat to the honest welfare of
society, as wituessed IN Chicago, dur
ing tae Haymarket riots, ia the Home
stead trouble, and the Malta in New
Orleans, ali accompanied by loss of life,
more 10 be Fegr '.ted because American
blood was shed. What need to mention
? ha al - h. 60 - no
American railway union, On these not
events so recent as to be within the
memory OF eli? Some may say: But,
they were Ameri eaEs III the industrial
army-I hese were Americans IN the
strike OF tae American railway union,
True! but, they were Americans without
employment because of competitive,
foreign, contract labors. 1t is well to
note how emigration is conducted
abroad. The Gle rest exposition of this
subject was made through one hundred
cOnsuls OF the United States TO the
general govern ment at Washington, d.
q. | shall quote few ssges-The
consul at Venics wrote: "Emigrants
are recr nted from those class whom,
as a rule, their nation country does not
wish to retain. They are often fugi
tivss from justice, and in many cases
those leaving their national country do |
so to evade legitimate duties imposed |
oy Law. Men whose stupendous ignor- |
ance Ia unequalled by any other class |
Of people found in the civilized world. |
They are 10 more fitted to perform the !
duties Of citizenship then man eating |
lately arrived from Tigi. They |
have no intention of becoming citizens |
Of the United States. They desire |
simply to get more money for their
work AID to decrease as much as posi- |
Die the amount OF work TO De done for
he mOsey received" And this is the /
class Of immigrants dumped into our
FROM JUSTICE"
The word comes from Viena: The bulk
# immigration comes from Bohemia and
S com posed Of the lower classes. The
.duce!ed, intelligent Bohemian remains
It home. Many OF the emigrants have
most perverted ideas of liberty. They
believe that in the United States no
IDterferes with entire freedom
If action. They think themselves too
much governed at home aud hope to
ind q country where they will not be
governed at sll The consul at ANA
,erg, Saxany said: A few days ago,
aw at a railway junction the common
reIeht cars filled with emigrants to the
United States. ForloIn looking crea-
ures, half starved and not deCeaty Glad.
a these cars were mep, women and |
with all their mouldy goods
packed like sardine-, sixty to car. l
lave observed these people on all occas-
lions and do not hesitate 70 say that one
bird OF all the emigration goes to the
United States from the Continent of
europe Is not only undesirable but
positively injurious and dangerous. So
much Of the weak of the population Of
ne, 6 old countries has been transferred
o us, that among " ell ordered people
Who remain at home it has become a
ett.ed idea and q common expression
hat America is the asylum fol the
OF ali nations" The
character of all the em grafton has late
y changed for the worse and now more
han ever is decidedly injurious to our
working peOp,e and our general peace
md prosperity, How true it is: "Amer-
ca the asylum for the disreputeble Of
Ill nations" Many HuDgsrians, Poles,
ITALIANS and Chinaman are not desirable
for several reasons. Owing
D their methods Of living, they are
nabled to exist much chespr than an
ordinary working men and consequent
y work for less money. What they earn
5 spent for products of their own coun
ry; what they save is sent to their
latlon land. No assimilation is de ired.
Thus customers are not cur customers
rh5ir plane of living not what We desire
or Americans, Applause The exist
ug laws avoid little. It las been said
- remedy these evils the law ehould be
more strict and enforced with severe
penalties. But this is not enough.
emigration should be practical
J stopped and the desired
,bject could be gained in this way: Let
/ law be passed requiring the prospeo-
i've emigrant to be worth al least $500.
let il DO provided that he should be
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