New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-03
.nrsrANT A. ANDREWS
rv.NAyOR sCHlEREN PREsIDEs.

patrick called the meeting % order ana miro
s,c.s ex-Mayor Charles A schieren OF Brooklyn
. "a chairman Of the meeting Mr.. Schierens
oosnnr remarks brief. and in part as follows;
Va, only farming bat our manufacturing indus
.ries have been greatly benefited ny skihed me,
shanics ~nC o, FmTone this conntry offered greater
srdvcements and better opportunities 10 then' ana
me- our free institutions hey prosqered and
s.,,e, perre~t our mechanical arts. Under these
Inducements our industries have been oroush' 10 q
m sn 80 s one ~ The foremost manufacturing ma
tons ready compete In the markets OF me wo.;
this proud position has been attained id'se''
TIE so.caiiei Lodge bill which has been passed
y enacted viii exclude thousands OF Industrious
sa'-supporiirE men and women by omro "a re-
- VI dormant IN this country. The South and
soaiawes. need Just SUCH iminlsran's ~ q, o1r
country Stop immigration and you Will seriously
check our prosperity ,.
A,,e- Ernest II crosby had urged the necessity
q. attracting stalwart. able-bodied men to TINS
country instead Of placing further oos, troeceS
By the chairman He said In part:
I, has seldom been my fortune TO hear more more
tefnan who has just preceded me AIS speeon 10 10
completely and satisfactorily plncsuTed ever ~ his
SSn-American and unpatriotic measure. Applause
Tat 10 Is aS IN fe mp IL GRfy and freedom
upon which the Nations greatness rests ana 70
s,93sa slaC w5d HY Would be Characteristic of
0-,ertal monarchy The American policy OF throw
S open the To f0o psop S Of the earth and distinct
step in civilization No policy ever bore iru'' ~
Our country s the home Of all people sirugsi Ing
FOR emancipation. and the American nag Is ~
the abandonment Of policy ought al least 70 sug-
ges eIpedent which may improye on that pol
perty Of the country under our previous policy
against the arguments favoring the Lodge meas
TRUST FOR HUMANITY
The American people hold a trust for humanity
There have been three Arguments advanced IN
favor Of the Lodge bill The hrst Of these 10 tha'
mmlgration endansers the quality Of American
citizenship This statement does not lie In the
mouths OF the Republican officers who are In power
today Where the foreign vote was largest the
heaviest vote for Mckinley was found. The States
that recorded against him are those which nave
the smallest foreign vote. l do not believe that
,hsre has ever been q crisis when the foreign cit
zen has not been ready bear his part in the de-
fence Of the country and he has sI~Iys oV Nex
with inesence and Pa,ro1s dp ends to de-
crease the wages of American labor From the
ss;SsTs believe in the saying Of Horace Greeley:
thousand dollars in gold"
The immigrant gets from this county jus, wha,
he gives TO it. Ne relieves the American laborer
Of The hard Fundamental; underpaid work which hd
The immigrant is the Helot OF America ana earns
i s' He earns his ctisenshP BY his in
dustral labor. and II he were not here 70 DO ne
urskilad work 20 the earning 50 a day "ouIu
have TO 80 back the fundamental work -.
The educational test Will Keep OUT the very I,aS S
o. men We need-the stalwart oroad-cnested' non
est workingman He will not come II you mn mn,
him with suspicion. The undesirable class VIII
come n even Z you require that they must coIlu1
gaze Greek verb for people on the other sac VIII
anxious get rid OF Them 19at 'hsy T gos
offered for the measure exhibit complete isnor-
the q laf 9rgmment IS that which says that
snip and attorneys favor ne m me, ane
conceived in ignorance. 1t is the substitution 40, Of
the policy Of little men for that Of grea, men, We
sppaal from the authors Of the Lodge bill 10 the
iramers OF tho Constitution. - 49,, ,
Those VINO uphold This measure ''npuf Sl,hea ne
Constitution OF the United States. The stars ana
Stripes must continue 20 ne tne t , -, r,d
CONGRESSMAN MAHANY's ADDRESS.
Congressman Rowland p. Mahany. Of Runalo'
vas the next speaker. He was cordially received
ard in the course of an eloquent address he SAID
The Lodge bill reverses not only the PonSSs "a
,ss American Government during one Sicb has has
governed the whole history Of CIVILIZATION, ne ne
history Of immigration - Is ,hs IN. home Of the
Aryan race in Central Asia the emigrants leo wes,
.srd the banners Of pr9sreSs ant aaf,ons formed by
hese successive bands OF emigrants VAR arV ne
former patrisrchs and became kings, VINO IN tunn
gave place 10 democratic rule linus " ,hose earIy
ernisraa;s The pioneers OF humanity; ,,,,u.,nIs
The Iodre measure unsettles the pasic Prli'VS1p
o, Inc p.5vbnc and is contrary 70 al prlnclpH1ss
tending 70 The advancement Of mankind y Wo We
indeed b. curious condition OF aralrs u a. w
entrance 20 NewYork Har5or me esiyS pcce Of
sculpture in he world should fall over W0u,dq,
Immigrants prevented by EeNs so,ntrv they have
horei ,oy sns dreamed o. and their advent 20
shih has been looked forward 10 AS 'ne o"e P''
h0ilny o. their existence ~, l., so,oe
The speaker then criticised the Locse OH III
o. It's Details. Referring TO the pfon,,'o old 10
allows immigrants over twcnty-ohe Eta'S
brig IN their parents or grandparents II over NJ
years o,c even though the latter do not o'he'"'
fun the provisions OF the bill, ne SAID;
You will notice that II man neii earnirg q
lVeniy-Cre years OLD, even thousnI., S,s nsrents
ke r., 80, nj bs is ~ age before they can come
70 him unless they are able 70 reao aitu oo,her
Lyen 4 man is dying here n' ,bcv can pass the
Examination Or suppose that the father or noun, rn'
Is year or two short OF MY, .ssitv or IN how
apples 70 them. whatever the Necessary vi az 49,
ever good circumstances their son may De-
THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES
Those in favor o, the bill claim that it does not
prevent the ultimate union OF families "ha' apou'
brothers and sl.,er.? There is no provision what
ever for them The bill. II passed. would separate
those entitled by every law OF God and man 10 i'e
together. Then again how IL the GoVerhiie"'
going to obtain all this information aOU Dcoms
eic ability to support parents II tr pm go. ~
!, . .aw they would have to Increase every port
entli the Government expenditure LOT ,i..' ,nn,Iuf
., me service would reach an enormous ,,n sent
before " an
The real issue before the laboring classes - ~ ali
extrsneous verbiage the abolition OF the p,,,s
&c the trusts. These the two gfssn, wn On
sbncnh a. the present time are pesf ~ the labor
Sfe Deen shown in greater cet...u' .hsurd rag