The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

II you go to Washington you can almost hear
them tramp in the corridors of your Capitol. :.
Another Congress has now convened, and ii
it is not careful people will shout derisively
when ii dies. There is a difference between
the Congresses of now and that of 1920.
A different motive sends men to Congress in
this age. Now We think OF the candidates
bank account. We are TO a certain extent to
blame for this, for tell you that the good, the
professionalism of country-is in the majority.
1t is necessary to judge OF the character of
the people who would come here in order to
know what flag they should be under.
The German is the best educated man on the
face OF the earth.
He is the lover of liberty, and on every one
OF the 252 battlefelds OF the last civil war the
German took his gun and sword. and all can
attest to his devotion to the stars and stripes
These German people being, therefore, intelli-
gent and industrious are eligible TO American
citizenship.
From England we have received 2 2,50l,973 of
their people between the years 1920 and 1892.
And as far as my observation goes an English
man makes as good citizen as the German.
The flag suffers no danger in the hands OF
these men.
We have received from Scotland during this
same period 33S ,6J2. 1t is said these Scotch
men are raised on oatmeal porridge and
Solomous proverbs, and If that diet makes
such sturdy, honest men, pray God to intro
duce it everywhere. To Scotchmen we are in
debted for the fed of blue that adorns our
flag. They are intelligent and industrious and
loyal.
/ pass to another little country that has been
cursed from time immemorial by an ecclesi-
astical government. We received from this
country 8, GA. 239.
When my father came to this country from
Ireland and set his foot on our shores he lost
his identity and became all American. / say
now that as man or Irish descent l say let no
man come TO this country from Ireland until
he is able to read and to write.
lis quite well known that out OF this ig-
norant contingent is born the worst element
OF our Nation.
The worst men standing between the gates
of hell and sing Sing prison are those OF the
Tammany gang. And this Tammany gang
came from this uneducated contingent.
From every nation on earth we have received
some good people. From Italy we have re-
ceived 597, oil in the last seventeen years.
The blue bosom OF the sea is whitened with
the sails of vessels bringing these people here,
and these fellows many of whom can neither
read nor write, are taking the ballot in their
hand and trying to dictate TO us as to our edu-
cation.
All this is done under the leadership OF this
man Satoll. How long shall the starry flag
wave over the schoolhouse of California if this
immigration keeps on?
The people of Poland have no idea of our
form OF government, and the only flag they
honor is the flag held in the hands of the
priest.
immigrants. OF these fifty-three out of every
100 can neither read nor write.
From the scandinavian peninsula ,S05. .153.
1 have been in Wisconsin, Illinois and Mime
These people have gone out into the forests
there and have earned out their farms. and in
every one Of these neighborhoods there stands
a little red schoolhouse, and / venture to say
there is no better citizen in our country than
one of these.
Holidays may come and holidays may go,
yet they are content that no other flag than
the Stars and Stripes shall be floating above
their buildings and their homes.
God bless them. | wish the whole Scandi-
nayian peninsula were in America.
+ ha1J a n
political economy that advocates the protec-
ton of American labor.
I would tear down every restraining wall
that stands around our Nation for the protec-
ton of our commerce could / erect another SO
high that no man from foreign shore who
bears stick of dynamite in one hand and a
torch in the other could scale 1t to ruin my
home and the fruit of my labor.
To give you an idea of the fluctuations OF
immigration from 1920 BY decades, listen to
this: