Evening star., 1923-02-10
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

oI RAUL
Why, is a congresswoman? They
toll NOT, neither do they spin. They
won't stay put any better than the
Irishman's flea.
= OF course, there is always an excep-
tion which proves the rule. Our
present House has three Graces, but
only one works gracefully-the other
two fail to take themselves seriously,
for both are amongst the missing"
Hon. Mrs. Huck of Illinois, elected
to serve out the rest of the term OF
her late father. is busy in Illinois
campaigning to win the opportunity
to succeed to the vacancy left by the
death Of Representative Mann. The
election will take place next April.
That month. Is as uncertain as
womaf's will.
Hon. Mrs. Nolan Of California. who
was elected to serve out the term of
her late husband, is also among the
missing. She has not appeared to
take the oath Of office nor notified
anybody as to her whereabouts. 1t is
a fearful thing to fall into the hands
/ of q living Congress. She may be In
some hidden cavern in the Rockies.
Perhaps IL a radio call were broad
casted somebody might identify her
The awful suggestion comes that
possibly neither Of the new congress-
women will appear until spring milli-
merry Is ripe. And as Congress ad-
journs March for a period Of nine
worse than "entangling alliances
with foreign powers. Maybe we shall
never see them in the House-never.
Only the Hon. Aunt Alice Robertson
remains at her post. whence all
women but she have fed. She tells us
that she does not think much OF
woman off1ceho1ders. They can't do
much better than men. So what's the
Iuse? She purposes to retire to her
Oklahoma farm next month and let
the country go to the bow-WoWs. In
the meanwhile she will not shirk her
parliamentary duties.
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! Senator-elect Copeland of New York
says that the present immigration
law. which takes the census Of 1910
Of each nationality then in America
as a basis, and admits annually per
cent of that number. respectively, of
each nationality. Is silly" The cry
ing shame of the law is that it per-
mits false hopes to rise in the breasts
Of the wou1d-be immigrants. who sell
all their possessions in their home
lands, spend much money to travel
thousands OF miles, only to be turned
back from landing because the quota
from their particular country has be-
come exhausted since they started.
Or. perhaps part Of the family will be
turned back and the rest admitted.
This Is inhuman, and Is quite unnec.
essary cruelty in the protection Of
our shores from undesirable immigra-
ton. All such examinations should be
made before embaTkation-before the
! immigrants sacrifice their small hold
| ings I'm their home environment. and
they should know definitely, while at
their homes, whether. upon arrival in
America, they will be admitted. No
regulations should be permitted to
separate families.
This is subject on which DR.. Cope
| land, who for some years has been
| public health officer Of New York, is
especially qualified. and his coming
! into the Senate is opportune for
| scientific handling Of the problem.
The essential test should be the fit
| ness of the immigrants to become
! useful American citizens. and then
the proper distribution of them to
localities and occupations where they
are needed. At present 81 per cent of
| the immigrants land in New York,
whereas they should be routed, while
| in Europe, so that they would land
at various ports. widely distributed.
and sent directly to parts where they
can engage in familiar occupations
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The idea has been fostered by GER
tain labor interests that all immigTa-
tion is objectionable-a necessary evil
at best, and to be restricted as dras-
| tically as possible. Instead of that.
| the right kind of immigrants should
| be encouraged to come. Right now
New Zealand announces that she will
\ spend s3O00O,O00 in a campaign to
bring 100000 immigrants to man
j will mean to New Zealand If she gets
| thrifty, industrious, intelligent and
| healthy farmers. 1t would be of un-
/ told value also to America to get a
similar immigration, regardless of
| quotas as to nationalities. That is
why Senator Copeland and many
others denounce the present quota
law as silly" II fails to sift the de-
sirable from the undesirable.
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! In old days. the building of a cathe
dral was the pous work of centuries.
The passing of generations was marked
in the construction as clearly as geo
logic strata define the footprints of the
/ ages. A century of prosperity may
/ have built a part of a great structure,