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the good ship Crefeld, will realize their
matrimonial dreams. License to marry
could not be obtained because the lady
removed by the receipt from San Antonio
OF a certified document giving parental con
sent to the marriage and tins evening
Cupid is kicking UP his heels IN hiEh siee.
The wedding was comparatively quiet.
DEMAND FOR SUGAR.
The demand for yellow clarified sugar Is
very great. One OF the heaviest dealers IN
the city reports orders ahead OF his power
to I'll. Dallas. Waco San Antonio rem
pie and other Interior cities had run thelr
stocks down before election because OF tue
tightness In money circle. Now the banks
have loosencd up, and the rush to stock up
IL unprecedented.
LOCAL NOTES
The number vessels IN port has thinued
out considerably. but there are many more
coming.
No session OF the recorders court was
held today on account Of the Illness or
Recorder johnson.
The county commissioners today stopped
canvassing the election returns long
enough to pass upon a number OF accounts
which claimants were anxious to have ad-
Indicated
Late reports from Captain Sawyer. who
recently went North for the heneht of MS
health and general rest. are 20 the erect
that he is improving rapidly. with every
chance of complete and speedy recovery
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Dallas. rcaxs. Noycmtcr TO II G..
TIamms store In Lancaster was entered
last night by two men, who he'd up the
cash drawer for about $50 auI pulled ont
without leaving any clcw 10 their identity.
The men entered the store nv window,
which they smashed In TAay wore masks
one OF them held 4 rgp ou the boy while
the other got the money.
Round Rock. Texas, November 1O.-t'red
Lewis, who is said f. have robbed Mays
& Blacks safe Saturday night was
brought In this morning by Constable S. ).
Hardin.
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San Antonio, Texas. Noyemsr 1
the Fourth court OF civil appeals I'D
Ing the following motions we're asss
A. G. Picket Jr., VS.. ]. Q. J,eiss|
Wilson, to affirm certificate; E. d
son VS. Galveston. Harrisburg and I
tonic Railway company. from DID
rehearing, Studebaker Bros. ai,d|
ing company IT al VS.. Albert c. Hzl
webb. FOR leave to file mots.
hearing; Hamilton Cook vs. jams Y
ct al. from Dallas, to dismiss aT9tt
King VS.. W. r. Workman. fsszz
order on comptroller.
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Austin Texas November 10, Hon, John
Grant having taken occasion TO express
himself rather rorotply With regard to En-
voy Huston and others from the rtpuo
iiran side Of the house connected with the
~ pnAsomout of tke rercnl campaign, N is
NOW in order Tor somv prominent popullst
TO arise and say someth,us about bradley,
Gtots ct AL Grant certainly has good
EroundS for a kioN, but his grievances are
nothing compared with those To which the
rank and file populists are entitled
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Canada, Texas, November TO- Al The 10
cal option election in the Gauado precinct
| several days ago the vote MAS tie, so the
question will have to he decided by the
| eouaty commissioners,
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Round Rock, Texas, November 9,--On
Saturday night some one opened with false
keys and entered Mays s. Blacks store Al
this place and robbed the safe OF sl29. Tho
party opened both combinations and took
all the money in the safe and vault.
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for sergeant al arms OF the lower house Of
the Twenty NTH legislature.
Dr. MayAcld OF Galveston Is being ef-
foctivcly recommended for the vacancy oc-
casioned by the resignation Of Or. Blunt.
State quarantine officer. ur. Blunts resig
nation has not yet bccii accepted. However,
and viii not be until ,hc governor re
turns.
o. II Brown Of Houston Is registered at
the Hotel Salge Also Messrs. n II.
LaSsiter and j. c. NcCabe Of the Chicago.
Rock Island and Texas. and Messrs " =.
Mclean. a. NJ. Carter and Neil T.. Auder-
san. representing the McFadien compress
interests. ali of whom are here attending
railroad commission meeting
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Fort Worth. Texas. November TIE
goncra officers OF the Fort Worth ana
Denver Cly Hallway company under Che
REORGANIZATION that has just been effected
are as follows: President, General G. NJ.
Dodge vice president. Major X. NJ Van
Haudt general manager. Morgan loues
general superintendent, j. v Goode. aud
ilor. George Strong; travelling auditor an /
raymaster, G. c. Rivers
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Paris, Texas, November lo,-The North
Texas conference meets in annual session
here tomorrow, with Mshop keenor pre-.
siding There are already over 2u1 preach
ots and q large number Of delegates in the
CITY
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louEyicw. Texas November L - one
French. a fireman on the rexas and IA
cific railway, shot and seriously wounded
brakeman Cosmos yesterday, \ woman
Was tho cause Of the trouble
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Lovelaiy. Texas W vt
Win an old pistol last : sI n "
pistol went off, The 10, Da'' In.sls,
the the head, killing nh, h,@ nIl'. 8
Brown lives about nin'
place, ~~A,'
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Running Fight With a Couple OF
Mexican Horse Thieves.
ONE KILLED. The OTHER ESCAPES
Adjutant General Mnbry Issues GEN
craI and Special Ordcrs-Court-
martial acknowledgements.

OF the ranger service IL is learned 'n"' '"o
Moxicaus, who Killed two officers near
Trinidad. Colo. while the latter were at
,,,, ., rac,,,or ,ro,p the Nexicans
'"'p''"e ~ ''e' -. ,ad
twenty-ninc head OF stolen horses npI
passed through childresa, Texas, ana were
b,lhs pntSueu ps apo -, rniiIrrss nv tbg
sheriff of thnt county md posse. ON Sat
urday last the MeNicaus were oyertah'n
when running hRh' enautd' t'ul',u6 ~
ore OF ,he maA,s , ,s eos on1 heas,ne
o'ioi 'h""i"s 49, 80
for Mexico. NO ~ ' H., "' ,,o,,.r r,
sI'Bntiy wou.,'e.'' ,,I,,.,,. Wanna on ~.
ers' receiving e'aup'nb Nu'.l va ,1
check. me olh'sts ler9NpIrl ' hS. S r,,
horsos' |Np's." Nv ',,'''.,' ~ ,'., arl
ots healu o. W. , va ,,'. S. I,,,,r s',J
atleihp,'u 10 thtcVt'p'' pue ~, ''' M
grn's ci1AAtu ,'''N NV, y1ii
Nv W. ','' , I''1 1 - 90, ,,t a,,,.i
mounted ana h"a s@od start @hN "'Io'
less ere this he Is s"''y across 'nv lAo
"FauuV' ,,.,,,... r,,.,.,,,
"'Lil4N ok 'hl'0'
were issued toda, by Ad,n,ant General w.
II M,bry.
Gon,..I order 40 12q- All companies of
the Tcxas Volunteer Gnurd iesiriuE 10 a.
tend the 'SorminS Of the Nlamo, ior jnr
bcueni Of NE 'Hntelt rQte iron h'"' AZ '"A
AninHia, t,Ah -'th 80 2>ln instant lN
cn'lyt ar h0f'ht I'F'Hi'''u Il" 40 re-
armed and olmrpri
ne "oJ,Ot 1' l'''s ,'','.'t
- tlr titlr1 ,gho can d. 80 afe urged 10
participate
70 is ec't ami propef i9ti the memories
o"' ~. 11 a.. a,.l ...t
,l.., th..r a,.uats ,N. cuot.s ot TIE slI.
liant survivors -h1uiH apl.M t0 ,FcrN0n,,
ana 8. ia hvysi 'n' tAe ohttsu- "iN sd
auI assist the military cp'aytnlts NAr DEE
sire fu aftrud
Sre'Dj Ordet No -li : board ~ iu-
eu,.o.r ~. har.av o,.l.red 10. c1nsoa, az
Jasecr. lstas. o. t,e l-.A lnar.. OF as soon
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
DR.. Mayfield May Succeed DR.. Blunt
as Quarantine Officer.
THE REPORT OF A MODEL SHERIFF
Paving Tax Suit brought. the CIT.
Asking for Personal Judgment.
For Quicker Election Ncturh>


Galveston Ts,ss November 1o.-pr. j.
r Maveela will in all probability succeed
mr. ~ ~ Rim, n, state quarantine otn-
loer NJ Galveston ttIsuot d.ftnitelv known
mar ,h,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT h,. hoo, ,,ode Int
- ""''''l" 1" wen N'""" ~ Ia
an applicant for the position and is Gaia 10
be the only one in Galveston. though lir-
clarendon OF Houston Is understood 10 have
been an applicant pr. Mayneld mas at
ways been a democrat and warm sup
porter 81 Governor Cuiherson 1dmiAisir'-
tion and Is reported to have been the
choice Of Or. SWcarlngcn Tor the Galveston
quarantine ofhee, When "ern oiay ne dt.
lclined 70 say whether or nos he lad received
the appointment.
Or Mayheld was born in tayette co1n-
~ Texas, IN 1850 ard has always resided
In this state lie is son o; the late
James $, Maydcld, who WAS secretary OF
state OF the Republic OF re'as uaier irrs
dent Lamar. lie was also member OF the
! IcAas congress and at one time was the
speaker ot the house Of repr Sentati1"s.
'ian ,or ',,.,, t.,,,, en
passed through mo yelio,, fever rn,jer,ics
ago D. oaihe to- galveston 90 reside ml has
- "' w u" "'S i'.'i' "''0u 'e''
PAVING TAN SUIT.
a most interesting aud important point
has heen raised lac Cltv ,,t,r,oy ,,,,,l,
d" '"' '"'' Va '"O '''' - ''"'''9''" Vs.
/ Hnnnlson which was called for trial in
the riStl district court this morning rhs
is q suit to recover an Ass smenl made
against Bennison for paving' laid abuuug
his Homestead property. IL will he re-
mcmhcred that the courts prr yiouslY hc d
that such an assessment could be- en-
forced hy sale Of the property ~ default
iof paymout. but In the case ut Nardaees
w UiEslns the supreme court IT rrVts
hold that the homestead was exempt from
such liens. and could not therefore, he
sold TO satisfy Thorn Ths decision left
the city of Galveston with unoolected as
easements against homestead properly
amounting to Sl'l.opo
~ 'he case az p3f' MI 9Ill'll hes pi'"p-
~ r 'n.'',t' s, rtin,,,,h ,ro
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fchargod his own interest as to bowscr, ard
as 1 consequence as to Sanders also, did
not affect the interest of the interNenors
The decree should simply have assessed the
amount due upon the notes, should then
have ordered the land sold Tor the DIS
charge of the sum so assessed. ana mat
from the proceeds Mays shoIld he ilrst
paid $1,000 tthe value Of the Peak land),
| and that the balance, If any. should &c Iaid
| one half to plaintiff and the other hair TO
intorvcnors The intervcnors were also en-
titled to Judgment against Sanders ana
Bowscr for one half the balance due on the
notes after deductinb the $1,000.
Reformed and affirmed. Opinion by
Games. c. j.
$. C. KILGORE Ell AL VS. NORTHWEST
TEXAS BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL AS
ISOLATION; suit on contractor $ bond,
from Wise county. Second districtRe
verscd and remanded.
u.fapdapt in error s,,aJ n,aintiffs in error
,..,., ..,,., ~. 9 - .,i,,ora ne
principal and the others as sureties, to Sc
cure the fulfinment of a contract made on
to ,,,., 81 xnsoro Win the d,,end,nt in
'.rr,r ~, con,ir,,e, ,bren.storv stone tnild.
Ing. The defendant in error recovered a
verdict and judgment. The, principal issue
IN inc Sase WAS as 10 wne'n ,t OF not h ha1
aapnna"r.d tba controc fr0-'
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HIGHER COURT DECISIONS.
Synopscs of Opinio ions Handed Down
at the Latest Sitting.
DECISIONS BY THE SUPREME COURT
The Stnrchnrski suit from Harris
County Dcctded-The Central
Texas Wins II Damage suit.

A"st'H' ieNas' .'oNeihpei = Nl''"iNe
are synopses OF the opinions delivered ny
the supreme court today;
\. REED VS. SARAH BREWER. suit for
debt; from BeNar county, Fourth dis
trict-Affrmed.
Wood suod Sarah prswer alInp,ng that
,,. -
on Mar'h 49, 1850 ueiehuaht eNec"teu 'o
Erastus Reed nine promissory notes for
5000 each pavable to the order of said
v,,1 on s,.,ic..t dat,e l., tho venr tSSu.
that thereafter before the maturity OF
said notes Erastus Reed for value Endorsed
and delivered said notes to plaintiff that
,r ,ta, ,so, ..,,. ,.,. ,.,.,,,,.,,, ,,,.,,, ain
j" M"''n' lN''' sul' was Drought upo" s"'"
notes Tor the benefit OF plaln'lh mat
thercupon defendant agreed in writing 10
nav the court COSTS md to nav saia notes
III ihstai'ments S-V per week II plain'ih
would dismiss the suit that In considera-
ton OF this promise by attendant. the suit
was 1is,,iss.a and u,,, doc.,d,,t h,1
,,holiy c.it.d ~ ,.rt,,,.,, o.,,. ,ar, -, hon
promise. me defense plcaded' among other
things. that when the original dobt was
contracted with Erastus Reed the said
i.'' an" "'i.rn were partners III iner-
said d,h, was ce,,,i, f,,rnt,,,,., .,,i 1,n,,,s
hold Goods .ntJ hv Ern.,,,. t{c,d So ,isgo,,d
amt ana ,bgt sniI t,,r,i.s % s.td 81,
t,pr,v tbnf sltd frrni1,r. and hIas.i,nl1
goods Vrfo tn ha us.1 hy dsfar,,,,t ir
.,id and fnr,ho,,nce NJ m, S~,,na ~ ,,r,,.,l
tutinr ami p,.t IL ,,. .,,..t..r.,,..i h., ~,
t,,,,, ina, M. ,,,.,,,.,,. 80 , IA 49,
rlr, u,s ~ Va '1,riyoi fr,,,o th, nro..,,,,
ii,,. ,.,r,i,d 80, l.. Nh, 49,. M -
,,.d ~ & ~ '"r "'
u,d,,,'",,t fo,. 1.f.li,n, ,' t,', ,r,,, c",,,,
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.' w. WORD Us, w. l.. ELIWOOD: GER
tihcd question In a case from Wichita
county Socoud district Answered in
favor Of plaintiffs below.
W. l.. Ellwood brought this suit against
9. w. Word to recover upon promissory
note for the principal sum of $500. drawn
10y Word to Berg " Story or order. The
following writing was on are back Of the
holc; FOR value received We hereby guar
ahtee the payment OF the within note at
maturity or at any time thereafter"
\SlsNtd Berg x story.
the defendant pleaded failure of con-
sid'rdilrn ami this plea the plaintiff was
permitted by he trial court to avoid on
me ground that he was an innocent holder
Tor 1ane before the maturity of the note
in suit.
Question: WAS the contract written
upon the back Of this note an indorse-
mcni or assignment Of the same. such as.
NHhlu the meaning OF the law merchant
Wo1id avail the holder. as an innocent pur-
HhaSer Tor value before maturity. to avoid
a pea OF failure OF consideration urged by
The maker?"
IhoIe is l conflict OF opinion as TO how
'u' question certified should be answered
uhder the law --rrchant But. In the alb
seAce OF any statement to the ,ontrnry
u' lhe court of civil appeals. We must pre-
sumo mat Inc transaction is governed by
our Revised Statutes (R. s.. Art 307l An
instrument is assigned" within the mean
,nE OF 'hls statute whom it is transferred
from one to another The form of tho
transfer whether written or verbal IL inn,
material The statute extends its protectior
'o an asslsnots coming within lis terms
'HouHh they may not have acquired their
Instruments IN accordance with the tech-
n'ual rults feguating transfers under the
law merchant
opinion hy npnrnou
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THE VOTING MACHINE.

The probability is that the constitu-
lature to adopt voting machines has
prevailed. If so it will be the privilege
of that body at the approaching session
to fix upon one or more machines with
which to try the experiment We are
confident that when the people see the
machines under a fair test they Will
unanimously approve of them.
We have seen three different patterns
of these devices, any one Of which is a
vast Improvement upon the ballot Dox.
The advantages of the machine system
are these: It enables the voter to Sc
lect the names for which he wishes
to vote as easily as now and probably
with less difficulty.
It insures against fraud and gives
quick returns. Opposite each name Will
be found button, or slot for a ball, or
key, or other device. The voter
presses the button, or drops a ball in the
hole, or turns the key, and instantly his
vote is recorded for that name, and the
hole closes, or the button Or key locks,
so that no matter how often toucheo
another record cannot be made. So the
voter goes down the list. When he leaves
the booth and deposits his certificate OF
voted" or his card Of registration
number, the inspector touches device
that unlocks the machine throughout
and it is ready for the next voter.
AS each vote is deposited total is re-
corded by the same instrumentahty that
recorded the voters will. When the last
voter has left the booth and the polls
are closed, all that remains to be done
is to open the total window OF the ma
chine and read the result. There VIII be
found the total number of votes re-
corded, the total cast for each candl-
date. and where a voter declined to
vote for a candidate cipher will ap-
pear.
The election board then makes an offl-
cia1 transcript Of the totals, proves
them by the poll list and the voting
cards and the election is at an end.
There are no ballots to be manipulated,
no weary hours Of tallying to be Wor-
ried through, no mistakes to be made
by stupid clerks, no wrangling over BAL
lots to ascertain the intent Of the voters,
and better than all no recounts. New
York long ago got away from recounts
by destroying her ballots at the close Of
the count. The machine improves upon
that method.
There IS still another great virtue in
the machine system, it gives the COM
plete and indisputable result of the cleo
tlon to all the people, through the news
channels Of the day, within an hour after
the close Of the polls and thus relaxes
the tension that is upon the public mind
during the count as now carried on. It
would seem, also, that "stuff1ng the
ballot box would be impossible under
the new election process, and that the
machine will thus conserve still more
the interests Of clean government
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political meetings and fully 5000, 900 of
our people have attended them. The
blackguard press has done its best to
incite the vicious to deeds, and the poll
ticfans themselves have gone far in the
direction Of arraying class against class
in way calculated to arouse angry pas
sions and inaugurate unlawful proceed
ings.
We have had, in short, over a vast
country a campaign Of abnormal pro
portions and qualities, and one that was
apparently surcharged with infiamma
Bile material. Yet the peace has been
preserved, life has not been sacrificed,
mob law has not lifted it's head, and, ON
the whole, good nature, kindness and
forbearance have ruled among the peo-
pie. Indeed, the American nation has
cause to congratulate itself ON the 10y
atty Of it's communities to the gospel OF
fair play and a free field.
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RAILROADING AND LEGISLATION.

Henry Clews, in "Gunton's Magazine"
for November, discusses the problems
Of railway management. He concludes,
after a pretty thorough examination of
his subject, that while in some cases
there has been dishonesty and careless
ness in boards Of direction, these fea-
lures are rapidly disappearing as con-
struction dinlinistes and economy In
management becomes more obligatory,
20 the principal and most powerful en-
envy that our railways have now to
contend with are to be found in the in
terference of legislation. He says: In
jurists, railways are private enterprises.
operating as common carriers under the
well settled principles Of the common
law, and entitled to the same protec-
ton from the State as the citizen en-
gagged In an ordinary business or pro-
fession
Our conclusion Is that the railways
" the United States, having been as g.
rule private enterprises, were com
structed largely on speculative pHncf-
pies. among which honesty was not In
all cases the primary consideration:
that the great losses inevitably entailed
on innocent people have been distrib-
rted and mainly forgotten: that the
water Is being squeezed 41t OF coYpor-
ate fctitions capital by the force OF
natural laws, and that eventually the
roads with rare exceptions will arrive
at a dividend paying condition on the
price paid by the ultimate owners
Meantime legislation as to railways
should be confined to the main object
Of government, that Of keeping the
peace and protecting the rights OF citi-
zens and corporations
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control trusts that are opposed to pub
tic policy and detrimental to the gem
eral interest, and to permit and ap-
prove of those organizations which are
commendable. That there are some
trusts to be commended, Professor
Gunton thinks will not be doubted by
any one who inquiries into the matter.
But passing his view of trusts, Pro-
fessor Gunton is right when he says
that hatred of them has passed be-
yond the trusts and been visited upon
capital unjustly, and strange as it may
appear at the very time when, and in the
very breath with which we were in
yiting foreign capital to come in and
invest in schemes for the development
Of the resources Of the country.
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IMMIGRATION AND CRIME.

1t has been and is a common opinion
that more of the criminal element comes
out of the foreign born Of our popula-
ton than OF the native born. To dis
abuse the public mind Of this idea, Mr..
H. H. Hart General Secretary OF the
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections, has undertaken In an essay
In the American Jorunal of Sociology.
II is a statistical study, and we have
no reason to doubt his figures or state
nents. though we confess surprise be-
cause Of their radical character. Mr..
Hart attempts to prove that injustice
has been done to our foreign-born pop
ulation by accepted interpretations Of
criminal statistics. His claims are
that, as a matter Of fact, the foreign
born population furnishAo only tWU
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Professor Gunton, the eminent publ.

Professor Gunton, the eminent publi-
cist and student of sociology, says:
One of the most dangerous elements
of public sentiment in this country is
the growing hostility to capital. The
social atmosphere appears to be sur
charged with what might almost be
termed economic malignity towards
every form of aggregated capital. Al
though it is universally admitted that
capital is necessary to industrial de-
velopment and national prosperity,
there is a growing presumption that the
capitalist is a dangerous person. Much
of this feeling, for feeling it is, has been
created by the demagogical attitude OF
the press towards trusts. SO much has
been said against trusts that every
body feels at liberty to denounce them
as an unmixed evil on general princi-
pies. regardless of any specific facts.
Indeed, the impulse to treat trusts as
public evils, regardless of what they do,
has become a state of mind almost
amounting to superstition.
There is a large element of truth in
this, and it is bold to say it as Pro-
fessor Gunton does, regardless OF the
infamy or the defensive character OF
trusts. There is set UP for them, how
ever. in this consideration nothing by
way of excuse. The nation has shown
its capacity to legislate against and
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Poison Oak.

A person who is very susceptible to
poison oak or ivy, and who has suffered
terribly from it, says that the best
thing he has found in the tincture of
grindelia. Dilute it with about three
parts of water and battle the affected
parts. 1t should be applied as soon as
the irritation is felt and before the char
acteristic pustules appear. Applied at
this time it will prevent the formation
Of the pustules and soon check the lr-
ritation. But if not applied until the
pustules appear it will only prevent the
formation of new pustules, and thus
check the spreading of the affection to
other parts. The pustules that are al
ready formed will simply take their
course without spreading. The diluted
tincture should be applied to the af-
fected parts as often as two or three
times every hour.
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thirds as many criminals in proportion
as the native born; that while it is
true that the native-born children of
foreignborn parents as a whole fur
nish more criminals proportionately
than those whose parents are native
born, yet in more than half of the States
the showing is in favor of the children
of the foreign born; that the combined
ratio of prisoners of foreign birth and
those born of foreign-born parents to
the same classes in the community at
large is only 81 per cent. of the ratio
OF native-born prisoners to the same
class in the community at large.
We do not think, however, that Mr..
Harts argument tends to lessen the
interest in and the Importance of the
subject of restriction of immigration.
Restriction is felt to be a necessity by
SO large q body of the American peo-
pie that it is only a question of short
time when the requirements for ad-
mission to the country will be much in
creased, and a far greater stringency
applied in examination as to fitness to
land than at present.