Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-13
SOUTH NOT HURT : - -
BY IMMIGRATION ACT
So South Carolina Men Sav
After Seeing Roosevelt.
TO SEND FOR MORE IMMIGRANTS
Eonaparte Explains His Recent Opn-
ion and Satisfies Ex- Governor Hey
ward and Other Members of South
Carolina Delegation.

Washington, March 12.-South
Carolina officials and others interested
in the attitude of the administration
towards assisted immigration, held q
conference Monday with President
Roosevelt and Attorney General Bo-
naparte at the white house and with
Secretary Strauss at the department
of commerce and labor.
The result of the conferences with
the president and Mr. Bonaparte, ac-
cording to statements made by former
| Governor D. C. Hayward, and Com
missioner Of immigration Watson, of
South Carolina, was entirely salts
factory to all concerned, and the
opinion was expressed by Mr.. Hey
ward that according to the expIana-
tions made by the government Off
cials, the new immigration law will
| not deprive the states of any rights
| conferred by former laws which may
not have been repealed or by the ex-
listing laws.
Early in the day Messrs. Hayward
| and Watson had a brief conference
with the president. This was follow
ed late in the afternoon by a second
meeting, at which, in addition to
those named, there were present Al
torney General Bonaparte, r. G..
Rhett, mayor of Charleston, and T.
| F. Parker. the chairman of the immi-
grafton committee of the South Caro-
lima Manufacturers association. At
It's conclusion the attorney general
and his visitors said the conference
had been a satisfactory one.
The conference grew out of a re-
quest made by Mr.. Hayward, who,
! with Mr.. Watson, is about to start
| for Europe to make an effort to secure
! the permanent establishment of the
| line of steamers which the North
German Lloyd Steamship company
has been operating to Charleston
with view to turning the tide of
Immigration SOutnWarQ.
| The opinion Of Attorney General
| Bonaparte, rendered last week on the
immigration question, they feared was
calculated to upset their plans. and
the former requested that all action
in accordance with the attorney gener-
ais opinion be held in abeyance until
| a meeting could be held. The pres
ident promptly granted the request
| for a conference.
At The meeting the entire matter
was reviewed carefully and Mr.. Bo-
| naparte explained the exact meaning
of his opinion.
| Mr.. Hayward and Mr.. Watson ex-
planned that the state did not wish
! to do anything not absolutely legal
| In securing immigrants needed in the
State of South Carolina. '"The re-
suit" said Mr.. Watson, lis salts
| factory to all. We do not feel that
| the movement for immigration to the
south will be retarded in any way as
a result of the attitude of the admin
istratlon and | am sure that the la
| Dor interests will not only not be in
| Jured in any way, but will be bene-
| fited"
FORMER Governor Hayward said:
The construction of the law as
| given by the attorney general is alb
solutely satisfactory to the movement
! for immigration to the south. It
| has neved been the purpose of this
movement to bring in contract or
cheap labor. The question of the
| rights and power Of the state as to
| prepayment of the passages of i'm
migrants will doubtless be set forth
later by the attorney general. It
seems certain that the new law will
not deprive the states of any rights
conferred by the former or present
laws. | was very much gratified
at the interest shown by the .presi-
dent and all the officials in our move
ment to upbuild the south on prac-
tlcal lines, and | feel that they all
now have clearer idea of it's eco
| nomic value to the entire country .
Mr.. Watson will sail for Bremen on
his official mission soon.
Mr.. Hayward, who is prevented
from accompanying him by the seri-
GUS lines of his wife, will join Mr..
Watson later. P. H. Gadsden. rep
resenting the mayor and commercial
interests of Charleston, will accom-
pany Mr. Watson.
v"n sing In New York.
New York, March 12.-From pri-
vate cablegrams received here by
friends of Nine. Emma Calve, it was
learned that it is likely she will come
to New York very soon to sing in the
Manhattan Opera house for the re-
mainder of the season under the man
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