The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
GOSSIP FROM
 WASHINGTON


 tion to the Pacific coast. which stirred up such a row during the last Admin istration. has come to head again through a bill introduced in the House by Representative Hayes (Rep., Calf !, and reported una animously from the committee on Immigration of which he is member The bill. innocent look ing on it's face, is now the subject Of diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Japan, and if it be comes a law, it will probably settle not only the Japanese problem but immigration questions, that arise in connection with other races.
 The principal thing that the Japan ese objected to in the San Francisco school dispute was the word stMongol- ian.' They declared that they were not MongolianS and that. anyhow. they were entitled under the famous most favored nation clause to the privll- eges extended to4any other nation
 Hayes bill gets around this in a clever way and is reported by the House committee on Immigration as being based on the soundest principles that should govern all immigration in to this country.
 No race is mentioned in the proposed law; the terms Japanese or Mongolian do not appear. It is a little bill and very short and seeks to amend a very obscure section of the revised statutes by declaring that no person who is not eligible to naturalization as a citizen of the United States shall be admit ted to this cOuntry-except travellers and students. Japanese are not eli- gible to citizenship under the laws of are admitted. their children become native born citizens. Hayes argues that if a person is not fit to become a citizen, his children should not become citizens through the admission of their parents to this country. The bill ap- pears to be in fair way to be passed at this session of Congress
 tswhen is a Hungarian not a Hun garian?'' is a question that is causing Director of the Census Durand no end of trouble, and which incidentally is interesting President Taft and a, score or more members of the Census com rnittees of the House and Senate.
 The answer, as propounded by Hun garians who are not Hungarians seems to be when he is a Slovak, or Sloven- ians. Ruthenians. Little Russian. etc, etc, etc.,, mostly "etc.'
 ' Some Slovaks. or Slovenians. Ruth enians, Little Russians. etc.. etc. etc, discovered that the bill authorizing the taking of the 1910 census did not con template distinguishing the natural ized immigrants from Southeastern Europe except as AustrianS or Hun garians. Their Individuality was lost. Thereupon a delegation was gathered together. some twenty or thirty, rep resenting 250.000 throughout the coun- try, and hurried to Washington to pro- test against the method of procedure.
 To begin with they tackled President Taft. Led by oresentative Sabath, of Chicago, himself a Pole. they came down upon the White House like an avalanche. They were warded off, however. by being hurried through the Presidential handshaking mill, with the morning grist of payers Of re- spects.' They had no opportunity to thresh out their grievance with the President
 Nothing daunted they hurried away to Director of the Census Durand and told him that something must be done. The S1ovaks or Slovenians, Ruthen- ians. Little Russians and servians. etc, must be allowed to tell the census enumerators- their real nationality. not merely the geographical location of their native lands.
 Durand looked over the resolution presented and signed by the delega- ton, gazed thoughtfu1ly at the list of appellations which would have wreck ed a typewriter in the writing of them and promised to do what he could to remedy the trouble.
 Alas. the poor census enumerator,' whispered the director to himself, his eyes fascinated by the variegated com pilation of S1avonic Ruthenian Little Russian, and Servian consonants that graced the petition. as the delegation filed forth