The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
TO BAR THEM OUT
WHAT LABOR COMMISSIONERS POW
DERBY WANTS CONGRESS TO
DO WITH ANARCHISTS
IT IS ENTIRELY FEASIBLE
Recommends That Immigrants
Should Be Subject to Deportation
Until Their NaturaIize ton
Has Reen Completed.

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| enact laws excluding anarchists from
coming into the United States. but thus
| far without success. Probably the
i strongest movement in that direction was
! made when Gov. Stone, of Pennsylvania,
! was a member of the house of repre-
| sentatives. A measure advocated by him
specifically excluded anarchists as such
! and provided various safeguards for iden-
| tifying them. The measure was vigorous
| ly opposed, some of the most promine MT
! men in congress Identifying themselves
| with the opposition on the ground that
| the term anarchist was general char
| acterization. 1t was urged that 1t would
| be dangerous precedent to prosecute or
punish a man for supporting a theory
or having certain opinion without proof
that he had committed an actual crime.
This and other objections caused the
failure of the measure.
The commissioner of immigration. Mr..
Powderly, in his annual reports, asked
congress to give him power to exclude
anarchists as such. saying men promi-
nent in the anarchist groups of Europe
had arrived at American ports from time
to time and that there was no means of
turning them. back as anarchists The
only means of excluding them has been
under some of the general provisions Of
the exclusion laws. as criminals, paupers.
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to fasten crime or pauperism upon them
Commissioner Powderly today was asked :
do you think the immigration laws
could be amended so as to reach those
who associate themselves with anarch.
1st1c groups before or after they have
taken up their residence in this city?'
His answer was as follows:
1.-The immigration9laws can be amended
so as to exclude from landing in. this
country persons known to be anarchists
abroad by requiring of every immigrant
to present a certificate from the NUM-
cipality in which he resided at home 30
the effect that he was a respectable, law
abiding man, that ssne was not In any
way Identified with any anarchist organ
ization and that he was of good charac-
ter. In order to make such law ef-
fective, representatives of the imm1gra-
ton bureau should be stationed in for
eign countries from which Immigrants
come, whose duty it should be to ex-
anime carefully into the character os
immigration tending toward the United
States. All certificates should be pass
ed upon and all immigrants examined
carefully before being permitted to en-
bark for the United States. In this way
our i'm gra ton Offices woJ Id have ans
of knowing something concerning the
antecedents of those applying for adn1ts-
sion. 1foQ.
ct recommended In my annual report
for the fiscal year 1900 that all persons
| landing in this country be liable to de-
portation during the time they reside
here before becoming naturalized, or}for
the period of five years Until person
becomes a naturalized citizen he or she
is subject to a foreign government; If
such person is injured or If the lives OF
foreign subjects are taken in any pub
lie ARRAY, the foreign government looks
to ours for indemnity, and it is but rea-
sonable to suggest that during the time
they are subjects of foreign governments
in this country they should be subject to
deportation for their own misdeeds.
st is all very we'll to talk Of the Unit
ed States as the asylum of the oppressed
Of all nations; that did very well years
ago, but that was before the immigration
began to flow so rapidly to our shores.
The need OF an asylum is not so great
as 1t once was and the danger of making
this country a prison and an asylum for
Vagabonds is increasing every year The
man who shot President Mckinley
''The man who shot President Mckinley
admits that he received his inspiration
through the anarchistic teachings or
Emma Goldman, who was permitted to
enjoy the right of free speech in this
country. The law should be so framed as
to enable the authorities to place the
strong hand of justice upon every an
archist who breed such sentiments as
Emma Goldman gave expression to and
deport them at once.
From the press dispatches this morn
ing it will be seen that several anarchist
groups held meetings last night and re-
joiced in the fiendish attempt ON the life
OF the president. Every soul assembled
at every one of those meetings should be
taken out, and if aliens, deported. II
citizens, they should be promptly tried
for their offense,. but in any event the
authorities should prevent the assemb-
ling of such characters. They were not
advocating reform nor the redress OF
grievances of any kind; they were ap-
plauding murder and the man who ap-
plauds murder is himself murderer at
heart and should be punished No
maudlin sentiment should stand in the
way of reaching these people"
Assistant Secretary Allies of the treas
ury department, when asked whether he
thought congress could enact laws that
would reach the anarchists in this coun-
try said: Undoubtedly something could
be done, but I believe that the secret
service should be greatly enlarged and
given supervision over groups or bodies
of men who plot against the form of our
government and against the officials OF
the government. The secret service force
is so small that 1t is unable to do but lit
tie more than keep down counterfeiting
Occasionally we have to use the force to
watch government officials. Recently
we had to detail from the force on the
mint robbery at San Francisco ana again
on the Nogales case. The bureau was
created for the purpose. of looking after
counterfeiters and we stretch our author
itV nerhanS in ASSIGNING tJa r,,aY, on o,,x,
other matters. So it is perfectly appar.
ent that the secret service force should
be greatly enlarged and It's scope extend
ed so as to keep in hand the very class
of men from which the would-be as
sassin of the president came Congress
could make laws that would give to the
bureau authority to handle these class