The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03

was vocal duet entitled, patriotic Edu-
cation" rendered by Miss Anita Schmeid
and Miss Myrtle Watkins.
B. T. Hudelson, State president of the
American Protective Association, made
the address of the day, taking as his sub
lect THE Proper Definition" He spoke
as follows:
81 shall make no effort at oratory this
afternoon, but shall as plain man and in
plain way discuss questions relating to
and setting forth the principles of the
American Protective Association.
ave have heard much from our friends
on the other side about one plank in the
platform of this organization, but you
will notice, and probably have noticed,
that they have not discussed the other
planks in the platform. They have held
to the one question, and that the question
which relates to the church. This is the
question doubtless they are most inter-
ested in.
''The American Protective Association
is in America TO remain until the purpose
for which it was originally organized has
been accomplished. This might as we'll be
understood now as later. The American
Protective Association is not theological
oCmlhdlS HoI pOlttICdl OTSdulZaIlOQ.
when l see an organization fighting
political organizations through the press
and from the platform-fghting them by
day and lighting them by night, bringing
forth the very best talent in that organi-
Zation-it is useless for that organization
TO tell me that II is not in politics also.
1.-THE American Protective Association
is an organization which stands first and
foremost for the fundamental principles
underlying the republican form of gov
ernment. 1t is an organization which has
no principles to surrender or TO CON-
promise.
I'VE do not make an attack on anv
man because OF his religion. 1t is beneath
the dignity OF this organization TO attack
individuals. We deal with principles and
discuss systems, and we are persuaded
that there is good reason for our existence.
Il shall submit 10 you this evening
some facts and figures. l propose to sub
NIT to you the proof of what l shall have
to say. and if there is man of the Roman
Catholic church within the sound of my
voice, want to say 10 him that he has no
better friend in the State OF California
than / am. / would not do any Injustice
TO him, and / would never intentionally
wound the feeling of any man of that
church.
1--WE believe that the politics of our eoun-
try needs purifying, and We think that for
your side the politics of the country needs
purifying. And organized effort is neces-
sary TO bring about this result.
I'VE believe in our public schools. We
believe that in every State there should be
law that would be forever bar 10 the
instruction of anything of sectarian char
acter in our public schools.
I'VE believe in the restriction of immi-
grafton and in discussing the questions so
as to settle them. | shall deal with the
question OF immigration first
Prior 10 1920 We have no accurate sta
tlstlcs bearing on the subject, but il is es-
timated that from the close of the Revolu-
ton to 1920 only about $50 900 immigrants
arrived in this country. From 1870 TO the
present time we have accurate statistics.
and they teach lesson. For the decade
ending with 1880 there arrived lbs. .393 i'm
migrants IN this country; for the decade
ending with 1S40 the arrivals numbered
$50 391; for the decade ending with 1870
the number wes ], ,423, ,3S7; for the decade
ending with 1850 it was 2, 799, ,423; for the
decade ending with 1870 it was 1864, ,061:
for the decade ending with 1880 it was
1884 4,o40; for he decade ending with 1890
it was 5, 246, $780,
'ror this last decade the aggregate i'm
migration was one-third as great as for the
entire sixty years preceding. IF the
average for the decade ending with 1900 is
maintained on the basis of 1892, the
arrivals viii number 1000, 600.
Now, with this vast number of immi-
grants coming upon US, is it not proper to
ask who and what they are? We find that
a very large percentage of those who have
been coming in of recent years are litter
ate. criminal and destitute, who care
nothing for the Government from which
they came, and nothing for the Govern
ment to which they come. They leave no