The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-19
Boston's Traffic in Women.

slowly along the Boston papers dealing with the
subject locally and the Associated Press avoiding
it. The Boston Transcript Of the Sd inst, referring
to the matter, says:
With an attempt to maintain the utmost secrecy,
United States Senator Reed Smott of Utah made
A fvinp visit to Boston Yesterday from Washington
to confer with the immigration officials with regard
to the cases of the Mormon converts who were de-
tanned here two weeks ago and who have been I'M
dergoing rigid examinations ever since. Following
the visit of the SENATOR fifteen of the debarred con-
verts taken into a van and driven OFT to a
railroad station, Ell route for the west Among
those released the two Roe girls from Liver
pool Catherine and Margaret whose father ap-
pealed to the immigration authorities to send them
back to him. This great surprise to the local
immigration officials, as, according to the evidence
which they elected the girls had had money pre-
vious to their arrival here but had been given about
$35 each by of the elders The orders from
Washington were, however, that they should be re-
leased.
1t is herein plainly shown that the political in
huence of Senator Smoot procured the release of
fifteen immigrants who had violated the immigration
laws of the country and would have been returned to
the port of shipment if Senator Smoot had not been
able to compel the immigration officers to forget their
duty
Upon this particular point the added testimony of
the Boston Globe is given:
Two of those that were allowed to go the
Roe girls Catherine and Margaret. The decision in
their has caused much surprise among the i'm
migration officials and others familiar with the facts
of their coming to this country. x When they
reached here each had about $35, although. it deve
oped at the hearing before the board of special in
curry that the money given to them by one OF
the Mormon elders just before they landed and that
their tickets were also purchased and held by the
elders After the hearing no one doubted but that
both girls would be deported, but in spite of ap
parently hopeless the girls ordered re-
leased
The law in relation to the landing of immigrants
from foreign countries specifics that each immi-
grant must be in possession of enough money to
prevent him from becoming public charge. Other
wise the immigrant must be returned to the country
of shipment.
The two Roe girls were destitute The testimony
showed that their tickets had been purchased for
them by Mormon elder and that the Mormon elder
had placed in their possession $35 apiece, be
tanned by them until inspection was over. The Salt
Lake Tribune familiar with the practices of the
saints, says
1t is an exceedingly old trick of the church to
furnish money to elders having charge of companies
of Mormon emigrants, for the purpose of advancing
it to these converts while passing inspection by gov
eminent officials. AS the immigrants
safely beyond the portals of the country, and
from further scrutiny of the inspectors this money
is taken from them by the elders and returned to the
church, which uses it and again for sim
liar purpose
Senator Smoot witness before the immigration
officials testified that was preposterous to suppose
that the church helped the immigrants" Other evil
dence proves that the church commonly assists imm
grants converted to its faith. Senator Shoots Of
fetal standing enabled him to foiS his fictitious
timony upon the government and through it he
cured the release of all the converts he cared to
release
He was willing that sickly and his family
should be returned to Europe, along with a young
who had eXnnSed Of The Of