The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21

Have they wealthy friends who will sup
port them? If 50, where are the wealthy
friends, ana what bonds viii they give
that this man is not to be beggar on the
A man engaged to be married to a
the girl squaiifles." She must oq show VIM her.
self at the island, display the money and
declare that though the man has no trade
or occupation, she can and will support
him. There are a few such men. But
very many more Of the penniless and oc-
cupationless are women. They come over
TO marry their sWeethearts and keep house
for them. They will produce in the next
generation good American ctizensl
The watch dogs on the island take in
these cases at a glance and quickly they
can tell II all Is as told to them. Any man
or woman with q good record In the old
country. and with the ability to do some-
thing here, to cook O. good dinner, lay
bricks we'll cut stone, drive horses, bake
bread or set type, can get into this coun-
try without any trouble, but there are lots
that have not such qualifications, Their
mere word will not do. They must bring
COMMUNICATIONS from the old country.
lions" One of these is the lawyers who
infest II. They get hold OF the persons
forbidden to land, and II they have $40.
they offer TO conduct them past the board
Of special inquiry and get them as far as
The board OF special inquiry takes the
men before them one by one out of tho
pen" The pen Is where they are sent to
stay until being taken back home. IT is a
Il IL.
where they can be fairly comfortable.
Most of them have their mattresses and
can lie down and nap until the steam-
But they do not go home thus content-
eddy. They will and must go into the
land Of the free As they stand in the pen
looking Wistfully at their voyage compan-
ions embarking to go to the city, the laav-
yer approaches them. Do they want him
s y thfm s sne be Doqrd q A.
Then comes the most trying cross-exanl-
ination known in history. On one side the
row of careful watch dogs-the four men
with watchful eyes-and on the other the
unhappy immigrant and his lawyer friend.
The latter then puts in his best plea. This
Is remarkable chiefly for verbiage. The
most hghfown terms are used, the most
gorgeous comparison made, the most pa
thetic appeals directed towards the whole
world, and all to get the board to admit
the man to the country.
Esteemed gentlemen, the board of spec
ial inquiry, / have with me an honorable
gentleman, Caesar PapageOrgopulus, who
desires to become a citizen Of America
Like his glorious namesake he has con-
quered the old world in trade, art, letters
and power. and he desires to add one
more star to his lustrous crown in unitinp
| himself 10 us in this glorious freed land Z
Has he got any money! asks the har-
dened officials
Money! Dollars! Forsooth, gold is
plenteous with himi To be sure, he does
not carry his possessions with him, neith-
er do our millionaires. But he leaves
them with his friends. Like Caesar he is
weeping now dL the pefUQy OF one, BruteE
Edpaninois, who gave his true word that
he would be here to conduct in triumph
the steps of this my client Papageorgo-
pulus to the CITY,"
He'll have to wait till he gets here. If
1 he's got money to pay his board he can
stay few days. II he hasn't he must go
back to-day"
But. honorable gentlemen, my client
viii appeal to the presidentr'
He viii have to appeal from ItaIyw
Ofhcer, deport that man as soon as pos
sible'
And so the case closes-the man to recu-
perate his honorable stomach with frank
| furters purchased from an Ellis Island
stand, and the watch dogs to pass on to
/ the next applicant.
| 1t costs the government several thous~
/ ands a year to maintain its watch dogs
/ and their kennel" the Ellis Island re-
| treat But, without them, the quarter OF
/ a million immigrants a year would be
| twice as many, with an increase Of crinni-
1 nails and paupers such as could not be MIR
| in figures. At the present rate of immi-
| grafton the United States win be one-fifth
| foreign born in 1900. It is now one-seventh
1 foreign. But even with the astounding in
| crease all will be well-if the watch dogs
| keep at their post. James Barton
The young Prince Arthur Of Con-
naught has taken kindly to his duties as
a scholar at Elton, and boils his own kef-
tie and makes his own tea just as though
he was commoner.