Evening star., 1901-12-04
BILL AGAINST ANARCHY
REPRESENTATIVE DOvENER TALKS
ON RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.
Believes Existing Laws Should BE
Amended So as to Bar Out
Undesirable Persons.

zone of the many important measures
| which will first engage the attention. OF
| Congress at this session will be the Dill
| against anarchists and undesirable persons
| coming in to our country" said Representa-
tive Dovener of West Virginia to a Star re-
| porter this morning at the Riggs House,
! II shall advocate measure which Will
define the crime of treason, and make the
| mere attempt upon the life of the President
a crime punishable according to It's enor-
nifty. When a person strikes at the life
of the chief executive of our country he
| strikes at our government, and he becomes
an extraordinary criminal, who should be
dealt with in a manner betting his Of
| fense.
Amended Immigration Laws.
II am in favor of enacting more restrict
i've immigration laws We want none In
this country who are not willing to take us
as we are and abide by our just and lib
eral laws These misguided people who
consider themselves responsible to none
but themselves must not come here; only
those who respect our republican insttu-
tions can abide with US. The anarchlst Is
opposed to all government, ana We aoh
want him. Liberty of speech is one thlhs'
and license of speech and action is an
other. There is oppression in this coun-
try. IL CneSe people COlnt 11om NoaheAa~S
where they may. be oppressed, they must
adopt our free institutions and liberal laws
as governing, or get out.
II agree with a number OF my colleagues
that we must include in the act clause
which will permit more fully than un-
der the present act to exclude undesirable
persons from our shores. Paupers and the
few others which are now reached are bad
enough, but there are others who for Var1-
Gus reasons are undesirable, and they must
be reached and excluded. The time has
gone by when we are to permit Europe TO
make a dumping ground for it's human ref
use of this country. We have been entire
ly too liberal and generous, and it is time
to put up the barriers.
Close the Loopholes of Evasion.
"An analogous question of exclusion is
the Chinese act. l favor the extension of
that act, and 1 want to see it made so that
1t will be more effective than at present
The loopholes of entry into this country
by means of over the borders of Canada
and Mexico and the farce of the habeas
corpus proceedings in San Francisco must
be plugged up effectually. If Chinese can
come to us alleging that they are mer-
| chants and professional men, when as
matter of fact they are nothing OF the
kind and secure release from arrest and
| detention by means of habeas corpus, and
! be turned loose upon bail as they are and
| have been by the thousands, and their ultl-
mate deportation matter of extreme un-
| the subterfuge, if possible, by adequate
| legislation which will fit the occasion. The
| problem will be to frame the act in such
| manner that the exceptional clauses can
| not be made the entering wedges OF ad-
| mission as is now the case, ana nave
| little doubt but that we can do so, not only
! as to the Chinese, but as to undesirable
| persons from all countries l look for a
| unanimity of action in the House on the
! question of reforming our immigration
| laws as the members with whom l have
| conversed appear to be about of one mind
SO far as the principle of the thing is con-
| cerned, and whatever difference there is,
/ Is as to details and methods Of classifica-
| tion.
! Il do not look for any radical action on
| the revision of the tariff, and the question
! of the reciprocity treaties, and | think any
| measure which will interfere with the pres
! ent tariff will be without effect. The coun-
| try is thriving to too great an extent to
admit of tariff interference, and while there
| will be undoubtedly much discussion of
| these questions, l think the time inoppor-
| tune to talk about tariff revision.
Improving the Eastern Branch.
! Mr. Dovener, who is a member Of the
| committee on rivers and harbors. was ask
ed as to the prospect of the passage Of
that bill, and what consideration he
thought the improvement of the Eastern
| branch would receive.
| II expect the enactment of a suitable
| river and harbor bill along the lines of
| the bill of the last session. he replied.
| The reports of the engineer officers as
| to these improvements will receive much
| consideration, and while some items of a
| less meritorious nature may be dropped,
| and others of a more meritorious nature
| added to the bill, 1 think at this time that
| the bill will be practically the same as
| usually passes.
1T is little early to discuss this ques-
| ton except in a general way, and as to
| what action may be taken as to the en-
| tire bill, and particularly as to the I'M
| provement of the Eastern branch, L can
not now say. l will state, however, that
| any measure which is reasonable in it's
| terms as to the improvement which Wash
| ingtonians desire will have my support"
| Mr.. Dovener said that things were po-
| litcally and financially at flood tide In
| West Virginia. The state. he said. at the
| next congressional election would without
| doubt return full delegation of repub-
| liCan members. and that West Virginia
was as solidly republican any Of the
northern states of that political complexion.
| Wheeling, he said. was becoming a great
| manufacturing center, especially of iron
| and steel articles, of everything from a
| door latch to a boiler. One big steel plant
| alone had expended 100000 on improv-
/ Ing it's plant, and S25, 100000 had this year
| gone into coal lands and mines.