Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
At THE WHITE HOUSE
We Have Become a Nation of
Spectators.
so SAYS SENATOR SMOOT
Representative Hayes Will Intro
duce Bill to Exclude Orientals.
GREAT RUSH OF CONGRESSMAN
President Unable to Attend to Other
Business Than Shaking Hands
With Congressional Callers.

'The American people will not work
| any more We have become a nation OF
spectators, busily engaged in living on
each other. and as result the money OF
| the country is flowing to foreign ma
tons
This was the declaration today Of Sen
ator Smoot of Utah. apropos the financial
| stringency and as an explanation of the
| shortage of money. The truth Is that
We are all spectators, and the labor OF
| the country is done by the foreigner, who
promptly sends his money back to his
| home people, draining the United states
| of millions Of dollars. I do not know how
| to put a stop to this unless our peoS.e
get back to the days Of their fathers and
| do some of the labor that Is cone by
| aliens. I suppose some of them Will have
| to do it, as thousands of them have been
badly bit In speculative schemes OF all
kinds"
Postmaster General Meyer recently
| pointed out that in the last fiscal year
| $40, ,OOO. 900 of good money of the United
| States was sent abroad, largely Dy 1or-
eigners working as laborers, and he used
| this to advocate postal savings oank.
| expressing the belief that foreigners
| would have confidence in the stability of
| the government and deposit their money
here. Senator Smoot does not agree with
| this. These people would send their
| money abroad anyhow" he declared.
They come here for that purpose. Ihey
live on almost nothing and send their
| money back to Italy. Greece and other
countries. Few of them ever become
desire to do So We had better do some.
thing to restrict immigration of laborers.
To Shut Out orientals.
csol
poses to begin early in the coming ses-
sion to shut out orientals, who are said
to be just as bad as other foreigners In
sailing down money made in this coun-
try and sending it to their foreign homes
Yes" said Mr.. Hayes at thar ~ htte
House today. .the first thing will do.
Monday viii be to introduce u bill pro-
viding for absolute exclusion from this
country of all orientais. Japanese, ko-
reans. Hindus and everything else. The
bill ought to become law. too"
What will japan do II such q law IS
passed?'
"If there is going to be trouble with
japan let It come now. You don't sup
pose we are going to let Japan dictate our
domestic policies. do you?" -.
Great. Rush Of congressman.
Business was out Of the question with
the President today In the rush Of con-
gressional callers. The President simply
laid down everything else and plunged
into handshaking with the constant
stream of visitors. Senator Allison of
Iowa was the first senator to grasp the
presidential hand. and from then on
statesmen kept things busy. Democrats
were almost as numerous as republicans.
Among this political faith were Senators
Overman, North Carolina; Clay of Geor-
gia, Foster of Louisiana, Davis Of Ar
Kansas Owen and Gore of Oklahoma.
Senator Gore, the blind statesman of the
new state. was pleased with his recep-
ton by the President, who said that he
| would have been more pleased to greet
two republicans. but not more cordial.
Representative Carter. democrat. of the
same state: Representative Ollie James Of
Kentucky, Richardson of Alabama. Adam
son of Georgia. Sulzer Of New York and
other democrats divided time with the re-
| publicans.
Favors an Asset Currency.
| Senator Depew of New York, who was
| among the Presidents callers. favors an
| asset currency as a remedy for meeting
the possibilities of stringency in the fu-
| ture. Il have given some study to the
question: he said. land I am convinced
that an asset currency is the safest thing
that can be arranged for. France and
Germany have such system. and so does
Canada. By taxing the currency heavily
| 1t will meet the exigencies and bring
| a-out automatic retirement"
| Representative Prince of Illinois, who
Is the ranking member Of the House COM
mittee on banking and currency, is also
favorable to asset currency, but believes
II should be based on national, state and
municipal bonds and issued at the discre-
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury,
sufficiently heavy tax being imposed to
/ force retirement when the need for it was
over. Mr.. Prince had short conference
with the President.
asset currency and so expressed himself.
Beveridge Won't Run.
| In the great rush during the day were
Senator Beveridge and a number OF his
colleagues. They waited a long time to
see the President, and evidently had some
sport with each other Willing away the
minutes.
| Senator Carter emerged from the execu-
tive offices first OF the group. Pressed
hard by newspaper men for something in
the way OF news; On; its 2 al settled settled,
that he will not come out for the republ-
can nomination for President inside Of
two weeks" and he laughed heartily.
Mr.. Peter Porter in a Pickle.
| Further evidence of the present political
predicament of Peter Porter. member of
the House from the thirtyfourth New
York district, was seen at the White
House today. Mr.. Porter called there, but
went away again apparently without much
| consolation. Mr. Porter defeated Repre-
sentative Wadsworth two years ago. He
was nominated as a democrat and in
dorsed by Independent republicans. He