The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-02

L ant secretary OIL I'M - aS'S i'S
! stricton League of Boston letter
which contains interesting statements a8t 1
libear,nr on THIS subject. III his lcttersMr.
1 Patton says.
,,Accordjng 10 the census OF 1880. part
! 9. pages 6a, iT4 and Isl Foreigners fnr-
| nish one and Il half times as many crinll-
! nails, two.thtfds times us many insane
| ard three times rs many Nnupersi ans do
| native Amrrrnns Summed tip Iii an
| other way, the alien population which.
| Is only51 1-3 per cent. Of the total pop,i-
| flation furnishes IL per cent? OF at he in-i
! ,nntes OF our puhlc, penal, reformato ry
and charitable Institutions N Here in
Massachusetts. according to Senate re-
rort No. 200. s. per cent OF the con,init-
ments To prisons III 1894 were % I, persons
Of foreign parentagc. 80 per cent. being
of foreign birth. while the proport lo:,
Of the foreign born was 90 per cent. of
the total population of the Common
wealth. ,S5j.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published In
It's issue OF 1uly SOth last tho results OF
IL canvass which II recently made OF ~
the penal, reforma tory and charitable
Institutions tn the country. The results
show that there arc ut lenst t5, COO allen /
Inmates N such titutionS.8 1t costs so
cents a day to nantnin$ each OF these.
making a total expenditure of sS.00o0Oo
annually. Ten thousand Of these are
convicts. The Eagle found that there
were 500 aliens confined In institutions
Of the United States for murder, ana
that e53 Of these were Italians. In addi-..
ton 10 these, there were 373 aliens con +,
fined for attempts to commit murder, 139
or whom were 1talinns.sl w
Z Some OF the Eagles gcneralzations
are worth mentioning. 1t states that the
aliens supported by the government OUT
| 80 .ett tat te rot tf, ~
population 10 to I. OF thesc&the Eagle
finds thrst ..the 1hcric race has the great
est percentage Of criminals among the K
aliens In this country, 80 per cent. OF
those confined In the various Institutions
being under detention for{&crinlc: the
Slavic race ranks next. with 25 per cent.
we have plenty Of room In this land
OF tho free for desirable immigrants. but
there should be no place here for for
cigners who will be hindtance. rather
| than a help. We do not want tra,nps.
! We do not want shiftless. lazy fellows
who come to sponge. rather than to-
work and above all. VIC do not want
anarchists in the broadest use OF that
term. This subject has always been
| Of Importance 10 the country at large
| it is now OF special Importance 70 the
| South, for 1t Is manifest that the tide
| OF immigration Is turning In THIS direc-
| ton, we Of tho South have been y rec
! from many OF the social problems of tho
North, because we are homogeneous
people q people horn TO the land ana and
saturated with tho spirit Of Democracy s,3
The South needs immigrants but u doestt
not want foreigners who cannot be AMI
| lated, who come to agtatc and fomcntS
al rife. who come to- pull down, rather
than TO build up. We have never put
| comnerciaism above the wclghtler mat
| tiers Of good morals and good govern
ncnt and We must not depart from our
traditions. We must not encourage
aliens who will not fall into our Ways
! A convention has been called by South
crn Governors to meet at Chattanooga
November 9th and 10th to consider this
entire question, together with the cues
| ton Of quarantine and 1t should pc
largely attended. We hope the State Of
! Virginia and the city Of Richmond Will
be well represented.
! G-----@--=-==-=3 IT'LL.
The Passing of the Dispensary.
A staff correspondent Of the Washing
/ ton Post is investigatirs the dispensary
fight in South Carolina and comes to
! tho conclusion that this pet scheme OF
| Senator Tillman Is doomed lie says
moreover, that Sanatci rilmans poll
| tical life is involved III the war that
is now waging and that while nc IS
| still the most popular man IN the state
in the class that numbers IS per cent.
of the population, the frenzy OF MS WoI-
shippers has subsidized and that Tillman
has the fight OF his life on his hands.
south Carolina is IN {. fcrment, says
| he, land has been for practically thir-
| teen years, ever since the dlspcnsary
law was whipped ana spurred through
| the legislature. Tho crisis Is now on, and
| The die will be cast, so tar as Sena-
/ tor Tlllman Is conccrne's, when he comes
| IN for recollection next year. by mat
| time, unless all stsns fail. the state viii
have crippled, iC not swept away, The
Z. Cilpcnsary system arl TillnEan will
he compelled to ask for reelection IN
the face of having advocated a lost
| cause"
The dispensary system has been dis-
nal failure except as revenue Pros
/ Queer. 1t has not checked the saic ana
consumption OF whiskey, and that being
the case. the state has necessarily found
it a profitable venture. II has done the
q cause of temperance no good but only
harm. It has prt powerful weapon
in the hands of politicians. and II charges
+ BIO true 1t has corrupted almost every
man who has had anything TO do with
1t. The people ara thoroughly disguised
with It, and from all appearances It will
soon be botted out.
In 1896 the constitution was amended
so as Il permit counties to vote for pro-
hibitIon outright for the continuation OF
The dispcnsary system or Dor local
op,lon with certain dlsTensary regula-
lions attached.
'"rho Erice law" says the Posts cor
} respondent, provides fer the holding of
county elections in accordance with the
constltu;ion Sixteen OF the forty-two