The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-15
HEYWARD TND WATSON
PLEASED WITH VISIT
CAROLINA MILL MEN TO BE
GIVEN HEARING.
immigration Movement Will Not Be
Blocked by New Law Wat
son and Gadsden Proceed
to Bremen.
The State.

The State.
Washington, March II, Ex-Gover-
mir Hayward, president Of the South
ern Immigration society, and Com
missioner e. j. Watson held long
conference with the president and
Attorney General Bonapartc this af
ternoon as to the meaning of the i'm
migration laws. a widespread mis-
understanding of the attorney gehcr
al's recent opinion upon The status of
the Wittcllind migrants was pri-
marily the occasion for this confer
encc. This misunderstanding arose
principally from dispatch sent out
to number Of papers on the day the
opinion was forwarded to the prcsi
dent, statin" that hereafter under the
new law all Il state could do towards
inducin" immigration was to advcr-
tisc.
No such statement was made by the
attorney general. In fact, he made
no Interpretation Of the new law
whatever, except to say that under it
the circumstances surrounding the ad-
mission Of the Wittckind immigrants
would exclude them. lie did not un-
dertakc to say in that opinion what a
state might or might not do towards
inducing immigration. All of this
the attorney general explained to Gov
Hayward and Commissioner Watson
today.
Will Sail For Bremen.
As Il result Of tho conference Col.
Watson has gone on his way tn New
York and will leave nj ) o'clock in
the morning" for Bremen 10 induce
more immigrants to come in on the
North German Lloyd vessel. which
will leave Bremen on or about April
IS.
p. IT. GadSdcn, vice president Of
the chamber of commerce Of Charles
ton. ~ocS with Col. Watson 10 assist
in arran"in" for Il permanent line
from Bremen to Charleston.
leaving. Col. Watson said:
"Gnv. Hayward. last Friday, wiz
cl President Roosevelt asking" that
everything in regard 10 this import
ant matter he held in abcyancc until
he and I could confer with him.
President Roosevelt wired an appoint
mrnl for today. At this conference
the entire matter from hrwinniny 10
end was CON" over carefully and A.
t"rncy General H"naparlr explained
th"rnuyhly tho exact meaning If his
opinion. On the other hand Gov.
Hayward and myself explained to the
president and Mr.. R"napartr The en-
act situation in regard tn the c>tah-
li>hmrnt of the steamship service. We
explained every detail of our method
of operation and told the president we
did not wish to ,lu one solitary Thin"
"r take one solitary step that was not
absolutely within the United States
laws.
81 discussed with both the prcsi-
dent and Mr.. Bonapauc at some
length the economic Questions invol-
we'd in openin" the South Atlantic
territory to direct service and to some
extent went int" the effect Of this
undertaking upon what is rapidly be-
coming the national Immigration pro-
blcm at the great ports Of entry.
In that the president seemed to
be very deeply Interested. As to the
result Of this conference. all 7 am at
liberty to say is that it has been thor
ou"hly satisfactory and that in the
near future. II" doubt. the application
Of Attorney General Rnnapartc 5
orinirn to the practical operation OF
the plan that we have set in opera
ticn will be made public in very
clear ca, manner ny the authorities at
WASHINGTON.
"I do not feel that the movement
for Immigration II the >outh will be
affected or retarded in any way and
7 am sure that the labor interests will
not only not he injured in any way
but will be benefited. The CONFER
cncc determined me to proceed during
thc night to New York ami t" SAIL
tomorrow mornin" for Bremen on the
Kronprinze William H.
Gov. Hevward left Washington to-