Washington sentinel., 1898-01-15
The immigration Know
Nothing Bill.
ATTENTION CONGRESS-
MEM


That self-constituted coterie of
eleven Boston Yankee Know
Nothings, who are the instigators
--in fact the authors-of all Lodge
and Mccall Know-Nothing bills,
better known as the Boston Immi-
grafton Restriction League, have
issued new circular, which they
have sent TO all Senators and Rep
resentatives.
This circular is full of ingenious
ialsehoods and Misrepresentation
designed to mislead Congressman.
With big headlines they announce
for instance that 'the Germans and
Scandina vians are not affected;"
that the bill is only directed against
Russians. Poles, HungarIans, Ital-
ians, etc. The object of that as
sertion is to make the Senators and
Congressman believe that the Ger
man, Scandinavian and Irish voters
will not feel offended and vote
against those who have favored the
Mccall bill.
II their assertion is true, then, we
ask, why are the hundreds OF Ger
man, Scandinavian, Irish and other
papers Of that class so bitterly
and vehemently denouncing the
Lodge Mccall billP Why is not one
of their papers in favor of that billF
Why are all the German, Irish
and Scandinavian societies, relig-
ious and secular, sending petitions.
signed by thousands, to Congress
protesting against the passage Of
this bill, If the latter does not az
feet the Germans, Irish and Scan
dinavians7 Why are, in various
parts OF the country, large meet
ings held which denounce the
Lodge bill as an outrage against
the honor and prosperity OF the
country, and a miserable excres-
cence OF descendants Of the fathers
of the Alien and SedItion laws, the
Hartford Convention and Know
Nothingism OF 1852
No, the German and Irish and
Scandinavian American citizens
understand too well the real mean
ing Of that Boston Leaguel They
know that this is only the begin
ming Of a new small-souled and
contemplate crusade against a
policy to which must be chiefly as
cribed the unparalleled rise. great
ness and prosperity of this country.
Without immigration since 1890,
the s,a3s, 900 inhabitants then here
could never number, with all the
negroes in addition, more than
5000, 900 in 1890, instead Of 6s,-
ooo, ,ooo-and that would be an in
crease Of over 600 per cent, some
thing which no other country can
in reality show Hence 40 mil
lions Of the IS millions of the last
census are immigrants and their
descendants who came in since
1890. We are told that Mr.. Nc
Call, who introduced the bill in the
House, is one Of those descend
antsl
And now, when all the popula-
tion which you have could be
located comfortably in one OF
your States, Texas, you want to
close the doors, and, by submit
ting them to a miserable educa-
tional humbug, humiliate those
immigrants who want to help you
TO develop tlle balance.
More than that. whilst you want
TO keep the Caucasian out, you
now wish 10 annex Islands iull OF
Kanakas and Asiatics, amongst
the latter the highly educated
Chinese by the thousands
And who are those eleven Bos-
ton saatcsmenp Everyone OF them
a Republican. Who are their en-
ploYes and agents1 Messrs. Nc.
Call. Lodge and almost all other
Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives.
And the Democrats--who al
ways have been the friends Of the
immigrants--Wherea are theYa Wall
they, too, follow that Boston