The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

Of the Connsctieut Cspstitutiou. lsn amend.
mentl sdoptsd - OctsbG. .sssf. pFvvidAs
that every person shall no able 20 read In
the English language and article Of the
Constitution, or any section Of the statutes
at ths StAss. bsfor being admitted o. On
elector. Only 1870 awaited themselves
Of their politioalrights atthe last Presiden-
tial election. which shows thst thersstrictivc
article struck deep
The suthos rscosnizss that race preju.
dice h not wholly confined 10 the South.
He recalls the recent race riots In New York,
the Iynchings In Ohio and Indiana. and burn.
inGs Il the stake In Kansas and Colorado.
and he reminds US that the black suffers an
industrial sxciusion north Of the Macon and
Dtxou's hns which 70 really greater hard
ship than bic political suppression In tho
South. He sses that there IL . social seq
regstion Of the two races In oil ssotions Of
the country. Thus. Sin New York negroes,
10 matter how well dressed and we'll be-
places Of popular resort. and even from
churches. Ne black man has the temerity
to enter . white mans church. which Ia
not Oven. hs b shown 10 the gallery and
pretty vide space b made fdr him BY IL
other oocupants.
"Ar. Daniel Frohmsn OF the Lycsum Tbes.
tre. ono Of he best known Of American man.
assrs. told me that some years ago colored
man and his wife we're upon ono occasion
forcibiy dsbarrsd from entering his theatre.
The man naturally protested. calling the
Managers attention 70 . law which impose
hns OF 400 for such racs discriminitaon.
! am gentleman be said. at least. be-
have - such. Why cannot I obtain the
seat for which I have paidS Tho reply
IVES one commonly heard al over the Union
In such cAsse 'Beoauss 1t would ruin the
name Of The house. cannot, theesfors.
Afford 10 havo oolored man In the Lycsum
Theatse. ] prefer 70 pay
Although che chapter on The New I'm
migration was penned At least a. long aso
- September, ioo2, apd, therefore. the
alarming character Of the inflow which hiss
taken place during the last ak months YES
not known TO The author, he shows himself
alive TO the fact that the hospitality Of ths
United States has bsen grossly abused.
and thst theFs II ample ground for the do.
mand that tbs inpour Of undssirabis inami-
grants should Be restricted. He appre-
dstss the siguiAcspos Of The circumstance
that. whereas formerly the great majority
of this m.n and wom,n knocking at the
door we're Enstish. Welsh. Scotch. Irish.
0srmsns and Sosodinavisns. ~last year
twice - many croatians and 0avonians
entered the portals Of the United States ~
English. three times - many - 6cosnh.
a. many 9lovaks - Irish. three and halt
ei~.>~ q. v~~.v >~s.<k Ytal1sa~ saA t-;r~ "A
many Hsbre~s - Osrmans, Thea thers
were lithuanian, Magyar. Ruthsuians
and otiser races which not onS American IN
hundred had ever heard Of BEFORE With
an infiux OF such volume and s,Sch quality.
Els not The country asks Mr.. Wilson, Sin
danger Of becoming Enthusiastically IL
she now astonishing The forsAgn sssasos
In her populstion - thoroughly - sAe
has done In ths pas4i' After peinting
out that ct TIE date whom b Wa vvttins.
tho United States contained, In addit5on to
i've million forsign.born oitissns. . million
and half Of alieus. - Per cent. a. whom
could not even speak ths Iusiish isagusgs
be expresses the opinion that In certain
sections the country 70 becomtng sata,rsssd
BY the alien element. and that, whom the
point 10 reached. no moro may
b absorbed without Q dangerous prsoipi-
tation. Even - things are. n b erus enough
That the Immigrant ID abts 10 tnAuspce our
Institutions befors b UNDERTAKES them
Il 10, nsvcrtholess, q fast that the taak Of
educatinG tie ohiidsVn Of tnmigrants b
much dppiined By the deeire on the part
both q the Children thsaaselves and Of
their parents 10 becoma Amsricaniysd. The
Circumstance u noted that In the
Hancock School IN Boston IN iS09 their
were 1851 Hsbrsws, t,37s Italians and
only eighty childrea Of so-called native
Americans.
Mr.. Wilson b sware that the Hebrew.
Latin and Sisv immigraats do not care
Tor farming, but. - . rule. prefer TO remain
In the Eastern cites OF In mining regions.
and thus help TO swell the already oongssted
market. TT b estimaAed.' We read. shat
within . radius Of fifteen miles from New
York City Hall there are now more Jews
Than In the whole Of Germany. Slowly
but surely the Jew is permeating the whole
comm rcial life Of New York and getting
control OF many trades within his hngsrs.'
In q footnote the author adds that the
Jews constitute only about one-eightieth
pf the population OF the United States.
rot they claim IFS out OF the 1000 MIL
ionaires Of the country: that Il to gay.
lbouf two and . half times a. many ~
heir numbers would entitle them 10. Even
4 We leave out the backwoods settlements
md confns tbs inquiry TO the town popu-
ations, the number Of Jew mi1ionairss 10
till found 10 b disproportionately large.
Most Of thssm are Of German extraction
md have besn ssttlsd In the country thirty
vears or mors. No Russian name ID 10 be
ound on the hst. The business Of the
Jswish immigrants extends from
,snkins TO pork packing, from deelings
n real estate TO drysoods. from distiileries
% cotton. IN New York such Of them
Y are not lawyers or theatrical Manager
We mainly Engaged IN the clothing trade.
A chapter on 'The Amsriosn Army h
,st calculated 10 please our fellow country
men. The suthor seems 10 think that Lord
Wolseloy was prompted b. love Of paradox
When be lstely Described our Regular army
y tho best In the world for tie sire. What
lGr. Wilson has 10 say, however. about the
Of our War Department In
ps y By no means unvsrrauted. but no
,uch miamsuasesnent b likely TO Be Wit
,essed again. now that . General staH
,as bssn CREATED. Il ie also true. - tho
luthor says, that our militia system necds
a - rAor~aniuad from ton 10 bottom IN u