The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-10-18

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irE feature. such o. uas vetoed b.
former irsEidrut Taft
a. mUrIuE % the house CUmit-
f.r nn lwT 'rrHflnu today the ul1 Il
Tufustt -UIIiuuFam blIi which n.ef Il
SIC Tafta disapproyaL was ordered
O. ported O. thc house Democrats
back % the measure wiil SO 90
work a. once 90 have this leririn-
tlon irdoraod hy the caucus action
which it necessary 90 insure lts
consideration al the present session.
The hlll came within seven votes %
patsH gv ever Mr. Taft's veto and the Il
complexion % the lOusr has chang
Cd materially sirse then
The question OF immigration has
claimed the attention o. congress and
other thinking people for soma years.
As stated In the above dispatch. ef.
forts have been made 20 restrict the
tide Of foreigners coming 10 our
shores 10 a really decent and dcs'ra'
bic class. The world has looked up
on America as the dumplng.Eround for
all the oppressed OF every nation and
race. Millions Of foreigners have
found asylum in this hospltable land.
and some Of the choicest OF our citi.
zens have come 20 rs from across the
sea. When there were millions OF un.
occupied acres, and the country was
In the process OF settlement no one
thought seriously OF restriction. but
the time has come when there Is no
more land than what Is needed by
our own native population, and then.
the fact that our gates have stood
vide open for these many years has
become a standing invitation TO not
only the class who make good citi-
gems, but criminals and vacabonds
have found this a most convenient
refuge. till today we find the crimi.
nails, insane and undesirable In gen
eral are largely foreigners.
The wise statesmen and loyal Amer
leans have thought for some time that
the time had arrived when there
should be less favors shown foreign
ers and more TO our own people. Hence.
for the past few years various bills
have been introduced into the con.
gress restricting In various ways this
flood.tlde.
The question has assumed a posi-
ton OF vital importance. Men who
have given Il their careful study have
recommended different methods, but
In every instance there has appeared
some powerful. and in some cases
veiled, influence seeking to defeat
everything that tended toward re-
strlction. Many wise citizens have
been unable to account for the defeat
OF these restrictive measures. even
when they we're proposed, endorsed
and fathered by our most powerful
statesmen.
on account OF the many uncul-
tured, incorporate and otherwise OBJ
| jectionable aliens coming over OF late,
an effort was made under the Taft ad-
ministration 20 pass n law with a
Eteracy test. Such a law had the
recommendation OF Daniel j. Keefe,
federal commissioner OF general i'm
migration and others who had given
the matter careful study. Congress
passed what is known as the burnett
Dillingham; measure. but President
Taft vetoed. t. The house passed Il
over his veto. but sufficient influence
was brought TO bear that seven votes
were lacking to pass Il in the senate
As per the dispatch at the head OF
this article, this same measure. prob
ably amended. will come up again
Even before this announcement was
made, powerful influences we're set to
work TO defeat Il.
Thoughtful Americans wonder what
objection can be sustained against
any law that viii exclude the crimi-
nal. the diseased, the pauper. the anar-
chist and the class who do not come
for the purpose OF adopting this as
their home and becoming creditable
American citizens. But II makes no
difference how slight the restriction
proposed, there are organizations and
individuals who openly and secretly
demand that all classes shall be ad-
mitted; that the gates be thrown wide
open anu tue Ilu-iai VI eouNheih ASAa
and every other part Of the world be
not only admitted. but invited to swarm
over by boatloads.
Who Opposes Restrietlon7
There are three clases:
/. Employers OF pauper labor.
2. Steamship and transportation
companies.
3. The Catholic church.
Under the first head come those
millionaire mineowners, contractors
and q certain class Of manufacturers
who wish to secure their labor Just
as eheaply as possible. These people
prate about the scarcity Of labor and