Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-05-04
WILSON'S VIEWS
ON IMMIGRANTS
Representatives Of big BusI-
ness Misrepresent Him.
WHAT He WROTE IN HISTORY
No Did Not Say That All Those Coming
From Poland. Italy and Hungary
Were bIe-His War on Spe-
ciai Privilege Caused the Attacks.
BY A.. J. SCHMITZ,
Democratic Nominee For Governor OF
Wisconsin In 1910.

BY A. J. SCHMlTZ,
Democratic Nominee For Governor .
Wisconsin In 1910.
Written for the Milwaukee Journal
Representatives and friends Of So
called big business" enjoying sptc;a
privileges anu Some friends of otheI
candidates for the Democratic Joni
nation for president have ~wronSfulll
and unjnstly but diligently circulated
report, charging Governor Woodrow
Wilson with having said in his His
tory OF the American People" tina
he immigrants to this country from
Poland. Italy and Hungary were un
desirable additions to our population
n were. as citizens, inferior to the
immigrants to this country from China.
The reports and charges so made
and circulated are doing an injustice
to Governor Wilson He did not say
that all the people who emiyrated
from Poland. Italy and Hungary t"
this country were undesirable addi
! tiuuS to our population. nor did he SAY
that Chinanlrn would make as good
or better citizens than immigrants
from those countries.
What Mr.. Wilson Wrote.
Governor Wilson says. ~'Throughout
the century meaning q
years prior TO 1850, men of sturdy
stocks of the north of Europe had
made mp the mann strains OF foreign
blood which ~aS every Year added t"
The vital working force of the %"ountr!
or els. mrn OF the Latin Gazette stocks
OF France and northern Italy
When Governor Wilson speaks of the
">turdy stocks" coming to oar >norr-
from tn" "nnrth of EUROPE 1T
"nnrlhern Italy witch added 10 Gus
"Nit:iI WORKING force. he certainty III
rindru IN the quoted description Of
Sucn llnuII"rHutS tip hundrp,i> OF IhnU
sands OF jrnrlt who came ttrrr trui!
Poland prior to 1850 and those VIII
came from Italy and became Il part OF
us aud contributed much toward the
uphui!dinS OF this unit Poland i
II part of -nurthern Europe, and her PEG
PIE who emiGrnted to this country prioI
to 1880 to becUme Il part OF us are Ger
tainiy included in the complimentary
description OF Governor Wilson Wnen
Speaking of the Immigrants who came
to this country prior to that time.
Change In Immigrants.
Governor Wilson speaks thus Of some
OF the Immigrants who came here from
1850 to 1880: Immigrants poured
steadily in as before. but with an al
ITERATION of stock which students OF at
fairs marked with u~neaSineSS." He
speaks OF the multitudes OF men of the
lowest class from the south OF Italy
ANA frnn Hungary and Poland. men
out OF the ranks where there was mel
thrs skill nor eutrgy nor any lnitla
tive "t Hirk intelligence, men whose
stut,d: OF life and work We're such
as Al.rri"nn workmen have never
dreamed of hitherto"
importing Contract Labor.
The evil of. importing contract b
into This country became 50 extensive
that congress found it necessary to en-
act stringent Ia VS. making it q crimi
uaI ~otfense, and there can be no Ques
ton that the Immigrants brought here
10y hundreds of thousands under con
tract were he ones referred to by
Governor Wilson in his history. In
speaking OF tina class he does nOt re
fer IN ALI Immigrants who came here
during the ItrlOd from 1880 to 1890
from tile countries mentioned. but to
that certain stock that came here dur
ing that period which made students
Of affairs feel uneasy.
The main opposition to Governor
Wilson's nomination comes from these
SuHIe protected mOnopOlies and from
he combines and trusts who imported
the cheap pauper labor from Europe
under contract to compete with and
take the places of the native labOrers
and those who came here from all
parts IT Europe. including Italy, Hun
gary and I'nlAnd. because they wanted
to come. whose ambition. energy and
desire to better their condition caused
ihtm to leave their homes. relatives.
friends and country.
Wrongs Done by Monopoly.
Governor Wilson more than II 9th
81 candidate for president exposes
with matchIess ability the wrong done
10y monopoly and special privilege and
with the same ability suggests sane
and safe remedies for the wrongs to
legitimate business and to our people.
Because of this all The books, articles
and letters he ever wrote are searched
to find some words or lines that he
has written about men or about ma
tinnalitip> or religion that may posi-
bly, with great ingenuity be construed
t. his injury The representatives of
~mOnOpOiies and trusts know that by
>%tirrin: up prejudice they can use a
large body of good men. men who suf-
for nnIsI from m0nOnOlH and trusts to