Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-08
Attorney General Bonaparte
Holds That State Can Not
Give Hint to Alien Laborers
CAN'T INDUCE IMMIGRATION
State Bureaus Must Not Tell Pros
pectve Citizens Employment Can Be
Secured in United States-Southern
ers to Charge Bad Faith on Part of
congressman.

washington, OCT. S.-Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte has rendered another
decision interpreting the new immigra-
ton law in such way as to thWart,
il not to destroy, the movement in the
south to encourage European laborers
to go to that section Of the country.
This last decision of the attorney
general Will be sure to provoke trou-
quite as certain to be reflected in con-
gress during the next session. The i'm
migration law of Feb 20 was passed
by an express guarantee on the part
of the republican leaders in the senate
that 1t would not interfere with the
plans Of the south to secure white la
Dor for that section. Southern sena-
tors and members are certain to
Charge breach of faith on the part of
the republican leaders, because every
decision has been more or less adverse
to the plan OF the states to assist i'm
migration.
The opinion rendered by the attor
ney general declares that when state,
thru its regular board of immigration
holds out the promise of employment
to an intending immigrant, even altho
no employer Is specified, and altho the
migrant is free to secure any employ
ment be sees fit, there is distinct vfo
lation of the contract labor law.
The attorney general does not. 1t
hn or in that state
shall not pay the passage Of an immi
grant, but he does hold that no prom
Use of employment whatsoever must
ba made, either by state or an in
dividual. This is a blow which seems
to dispose entirely of the movement
which had gained such Roadway in the
south to induce Europeans, by promise
of employment and by payment of pas
sage money, to go to the south instead
of the congested north Atlantic cities.
This decision, taken with those which
preceded 1t, Is so sweeping that 1t prob
ably will require entirely new legisla-
ton on the part of congress to salts
fly the southern states. AS soon as
this legislation is proposed an attack
is certain to be made on it by some
of the labor leaders. and it may be
doubted whether congress, on the eve
OF presidential election, would be
willing to grant the relief asked by the
southern people.
In that case they will be sure to in
fluence senators and representatives,
and the fight in congress promises to
be an extremely bitter one. with
charges of deceit and bad faith made
BIZ southerners against some of the
most prominent republican leaders, In
Guiding some senators who are close
to President Roosevelt altho the pres
iG.ent. as is we'll understood. is entirely
fr. sympathy with the attempt to as
sist immigrants into southern states.
To understand the bearing of the
attorney generals opinion it is only
necessary to say. in brief. that Geron-
irno Garcia arrived at New Orleans
on August 5. His passage was paid
by Reginald DylSers. authorized agent
of the Louisiana state board of immi-
grafton, out of funds regularly appro-
priated by the legislature for that pur-
pose. Dykers assured the intending
before his departure from
Havana. that employment as farm
laborer would be secured for him.
1t does not appear in the official
opinion but it was a fact, that this
Garcia case was arranged by the LOU
isiana authorities for the express pur-
pose of having the law tested.