The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-10
Az IMMIGRATION BUREAU VIEW.
Suggestions rs Ia How Anarchists
Can BE Excluded

eaA ~ A-Arluueu-
One of the officials of the immigration
D Bureau. discussing the various uewspa-
g. per comments regarding exclusion of an
! archlsts from this country. today said
u ne idea entertained by many persons
. that the immigration Bureau officials
have the power and facilities for prevent
lnE to "a great extent the landing on these
shores Of Immigrants having anarchistic
tendencies Is entirely erroneous and with
out foundation There is no law prevent
IHS the landing of anarchists i'm any mum
hrTS M any of the ports of this country
from foreign shores. providing they an
swer an other requirements laid down BY
the Treasury Department As the reguis-
tious stand at present there is no form
or examination prescribed. tending to
bring Out the political opinion OF an i'm
migrant and If there was such q reguIa-
ton and the person questioned admitted
that he or she was an anarchist there Is
no law under which this information
could be- used by the depart aut
The Only way by which AL anarchist
could be excluded under the present con
dillon Of affairs would be ola information
received from the other side that the per
son in question was an undesirable i'm
migrant, on account Of having been con
Victed Ca v..-c- OF was known To be a
criminal.
In all my experience I have only known
o. o-e man who openly admitted that he
was an auarcsrs5. and n filed an the
requirements as laid down by the law and
was duly admitted into this country. I
am Of the positive opinion that anarchists
and persons holding kindred socIaIistic
views should be kept out Of the country.
Our ancestors when they framed the Con
stttution did not intend 20 make this coun-
try the dumping ground for the scum Of
The world or OF sssassins and distIrbers
OF the peace and law They did not pro-
vide a refuge in Tins country for people
whose intention 1t is to fo-cibIy undo
what our forefathers fought for with their
IfeDlo0d. u is nCusensicaI 70 argue
that the spirit OF the Constitution and OF
our free institutions IS being disregarled
bJ passing laws which VIII res ~ i'm
migration 10 this country by people who
come here not TO live in peace and con-
tribute 10 the welfare Of the country. but
who land here only TO preach riot. muir
der. and revolution
In 1895 Senator David p. Hill tried 10
get law passed excluding people Of that
class. but the attempt failed. Subsequent
10 the assassination Of King Humbert Of
Italy we received information from for
eiSn countries in several cases which en-
abled as 70 keep out anarchists, but this
method is unreliable and inadequate on
the whole. for every European country is
anxious to get a dangerous anarchist
across its borders. It is useless 10 believe
that foreign officials VIII go 70 any de-
gree II trouble 10 give us information
that VIII lead 10 the expelled anarchists
being Jumped backupon them IN fact. this
country. as everybody knows. has been
made the dumping ground for undesirable
persons by every country in Europe. What
we need is a law that will call for the
examination OF all immigrants. end par
ucularly those whom we have reason 10
suspect Of being anarchists, and provide
that every such be at once sent back at
the expense Of the steamship company
bringing them here.
w hen Congress meets IL should pass a
law barring all immigration from the
south OF Europe and other sections from
which the anarchists come for the period
OF ten years II the expiration OF that
leElOQ- sun with restrictions at our ports
OF entry upon immigration. persons in En-
rope desiring 20 come 20 the United States
should be required 10 make application 10
our commissioners abroad. zach appIi-
cation should be iuvg Stigated rigIdTv and /
II the applicant is found TO be an anarch-
list, or OF extreme SJcialistic tendencies,
h. should De denied the right 70 come to
this country.
Congress should pass a law requiring
Government officials TO keep a sharp
watch on people suspected Of anarchiStiC
views and punish such offenders severely. l
They might De Md 10 be- guilty OF treas
on Zach state should pass q law SINH
lar 70 the proposed national law Then
the police Of each county and each city
should keep a strict watch upon inmi-
grants suspected Of auarchistic tenden-
cleS- keeping their records SO a. 10 detect /
the first sign OF any desire 10 upset eStah- /
lished government bv dastardiy and cow
ardly acts such as the attempt To kin !
President Mckinley If discovered such I
persons should be Immediately put in /
prison for life or inCarCeTaUed in insane ]
asylUms.
Anarchy is a danger TO all Govern /
meHts- Il has been making heavy iuroads |
among the ignorant foreigners in this
country and should be stamped out at 1
any cost I do not think that those who /
employ labor would complain Of scarcity
ol hands II anarchists were excluded from
this country. We shut ont the Chinese.
who are quiet, peacC-ble people. seldom (
Offending against our laws except BY Z
smuggling, and let Tn ignorant deSncra- /
does. Who not properly unC -rsta ndiuz our
Government, ara opposed 10 it, or 10 all i
governments for that matter American
ciilZeEs rarely become anarchists. and Z
" hen they DO. as in the present case il Is /
because they are deusely ignorant and I
have imblbtd the malignant teachings Of 3
anarchists OF foreign birth