The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
THE 1CoNoCLAsT CLup.

home. Remsen Crawford.
THE ICONOCLAST CLUB.
| A, Meeting Of This Body in IIcbokcn tho
Immigration Question Is Discussed.
| New York Tammany Times.
Some time ago the "lconnclasts'' of lio-
| hokon held secret meeting. The topic TO
| he discussed was the Immigration pucs-
| ton. REPRESENTATIVES, OF all nntlCnalities
were invited to the secret session ana
were requested to give tholr views.
| had the good fortune to be among the
| favored ones.
The chairman called the meeting to or
der and said: Tho immigration question
must he scttod one way or another.
notice that all the papers of America nrc
1evoting column upon column Of space 10
1t. 1t is important. and az We have dce-
gates IN our midst who represent the pco-
pie of America, know we can readily give
the irCsid ut Of tho United states inr
| solution of the problem. Gentlemen. allow
mo 10 Introduce to you Slgnor Alfonso
Maccaroni." tCheors)
ALFONSO MACCARONT.
"Gontalaman--Youa maka mea feel
proula Of da honor to spoaka Dis-a-
greata cont. | coma here toua year ago.
| striila for lob / wor-rka on da street
gotta onoa dol day. Yer soon sava mon.
Ia Angelo, my frieuda say 'Whatn for-r
You WOr-rkaf lfuN ORR I'm "A MONK. ! phi
makn plcn,' mon saya all r-right
al huya da org an monk an soonn
maka moro mon. Den l reuda In de pape'
da, landa cheap IN Westa goa out Westn
an hnye ia farna. Raise ia corn. da
wheata. Malta plent more mon. goa bacl,
to Ital hringa back icu1 famle'; day
wor-ikn on da farma. ! kecna dem away
froma da Mulhcirn s'recta. Bad comp
dare tooa near policeaman.
81 tell you disa cont inusta not stopa da
inmicra'. bis big wor-rld by its n-sclfn
an plent' room. Trowa da cato w1oa
open to Tinl man, he rooda gr-rept cit'2'n.
pa Girls Colombo ital' man. da er-roat
paints ltal' man, dn great sculp' Itai'mnn.
da popca gr-roat altman, ALA ia gr-reat
mon Ital'ma We s,aya righta berel j
tanka You Tor dis speaka-'
Appausc)
MIR GROGAN's VIEWS.
"Mr Michael Grognn will state his
views"
"c;intalmen-Oi hav' ilRscnt ter rhwnt
mo Dago frind sed he hivons OF nivcr
cud tolrate the loikes of sich. lei Their. les
annie question Regarding the orish It's not
ter he disgussiea by The monkay.
| "Oi am torkin'. Oh ami
"phin the Oirishman comes to 'Morikn
he WORKS.. ana works. har-rf. Who bids
the rre-at iidin's ~ New York; The
Oirishmin Who are the big polltishuns
of New Yor-rk9 Tho oirishmin. Who
keeps the peace Of the great city of New
York;? The OirishmIn And the finest
perloece in the wor-rld-nir they,
"Gintnlmeu' I tell yez agin that thir
country wouldn't be narthin' If II wnrrcnt
for the oirishmn. And yoz wants tor stop
inauguration. does YER No. nivcr-it's
free land and free flag. Give the oirish-
min chance ana sthop the rest OF the for
rinors from coming here"
(Chccrs from the irish delesatos)
"Allow mo to Introduce TO you Mr.. iinna
L!mberger."
MIR. IIMBrRGER TALKS.
"Chcn,lemans- INF luked by dis kvcs-
ton frum all oiics. Der Yerman is always
nodted for vc' h. tonsidcrs NIT telibHr-
nshup. Now den vuld say tu YOU Ia der
Yerman heaccful7 Ven OF korse he *
w not7 CIR him his bipe and his larger
beer und he Is hnhbv. Wy you don't want
him in Amerika2 Wy?
"Who IL de greatest mere in Amorika7
yarcob Ruppert. Jorge Ehrot una An
hauser-Busch. WYE because day give 10
all de hceules beer good beer. Oats big
item 10 koncider Don't "? liay2
Der yerrnnns day neficr interferes nit
der next Won day always minds demseifs'
Day como to America mitout a toiar and
den 20 back to Ycrmany on VISIT init
millions. HOW Is dat for industiyY
"pv rites d.nlts der Yormaus shuld own
Nov York. und NIL der places should hive
sine reading. Iiior wirdt Deutsch ge-
sprochen.'
"chentIenens, hrobosc drce cheers foE
der Yermans In Amorka,"
"Iioch collin sic icbcn"
Tho Germans shouted and tho other ma
tionalnies Missed.
Mon. jacques Boulangc."
NJ. BoULANGE GETS EXCITED.
'Monslours- You viii oxlsrs me If viii
express nlHclf viz 70 kontenp ! feel so
much In mo Ven | must Iissen 10 vot 70
German. ne Italianer and 70 Fish say-zen
| my hart goes ont Of me and am shocked.
II Ia re force vot makes 1t. 1 can not
lsscn.
"My country, 20 ma home, ma belle
France Is ze grande Ropublk, Ike ~
| Amer!quc We migrate-ze YER fine, grace
| ful penpel gay an honaire TO any lnnd.
| I'VE como hero and fife wiz you In ze
ynr 70 Lafayette he is 70 Fronchman.
| You have " gr-rent French fammalies In
| all ~ parts Of zig Ameriquo. You must ho
YER proud Of zorn
| Sacra me, Diable, 10 Frenchman, he Is
ze Immigrant wot should be re welcomed
of all people,"
TEDDY BOYLE.
| A Young tough from de ate" ward
wound up the meeting ne follows:
| "Fellers--Wots de usen us crtorkln?
| Desc bloklos got de vote, so wat ten. Give
dem de graft an trow In er good farm wild
| each cmigrant. den we kin populate de
Sout' and de Vest--dats good stun, an
II eoes. Seo?"
| The Iconoclasts adjourned.
Fred Feigl.