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Che Sue-Llc Clmerilccin.
January 9, 1915.
U’GURMAN SPEAKS AGAINST l.lTERAl3Y TEST
u
New York Senator Arraigiis The Narrow Policy Which Would Exclude
Desirabisiorelgiiers Because They Cannot Read Or Write-
Tiie Measure Passes Thesenate.
senator James A. O’Gormim dnlivered
even those pup
which are usitriendly admit their iorce
slid nogency. .
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An amendment has oeen proposed hy
senator Thomas or Colorado to the ini-
lowlng eitsct:
"-rhat the ioliowlng classes or persons,
n otherwise quallried ior admission
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the illiteracy
who shall prove
the proper immigration dinner or t
secretory o to
lug admission to the united states to
avoid religious, political, or racial per-
sec on, whethcr such persecution he
evidenced l-ry orert acts or by d r
in.-story laws or is s "
-The question was on agreeing to the
amendment. ‘
Mr. 0‘Crorhmn sai
d: '
31:. President. i am opposed to the
well as politlcsl and religious perso-
Cllllnn
Mr. President. when it is proposed in
abandon a policy which has contributed
much to the greatness or the ltepuhlin.‘
the advocates oi the plan might properly
he expected to present some reasons Juse
tiiylng the departure which they react
mend. The reasons that ha eeu
are not persuasive to me. and
rul-nlsh a wholly inadequate
suggestion the s p
whieh has ‘been iavnred hy this Govern-
ment since its beginning should now be
cast aside. .
The policy oi the American Govern-
ment has always heen to encourage tree
and unrestricted immigration is
as
the
are suggested for the
it’! I! this time?
a reasons
abandonment of this pol
it is said that lgnonnre is a menace in
a sly i raure may
out it 1 ea 3 a-
cltlzenr Wlllln5 lo dunno 0. his Govern-
ment In time of Fe and, if ed he.
i e or war to give his is in des
hertits oi the Republic.
desirable citizen? He was
ievsted to the high post
at Attorney Generll of hi: Sui
hody. -
w a resident or s New England
slate who never
onset, industrious citizen. i
would match his patriotism against that
or any Member or this hotly. in his sim-
ple way he contributed something tn the
community in w lch he lived, and when
he died 'his inliuenca permeated that
state in the splendid achievements or
excluding undesirable
aliens. it is, nevertheless. us good In any
t posed. ,l deny that.
this hill sale
and adequate provisions tending to ex.
s area all undesirable
migrants
test u H103
mas and are will-
Why. senators. it this educations eat
I t
opera
is
B
have made lmposslhle
country 0! resi-
Ilevar linew
e lifter
d not today he occupying
their seats in this chamber.
senators, we are all a nation or im-
ranls. very white man in the
Lnitcd states today is either an immi-
rree men upon the tree soil at this great
Republic?
it is suggested that hy permitting
iree
mlnigration we is e
-s
are
men; that the toreigner comes
eii on wit
tors, that has been true lar a cerltur .
and what is the remit oi this competi-
U
into com-
r sec
on, such as it has been, ior that long
ti e? in no place in all th d are
the wages oi the lahnrer lrman
so high and the hours or service so short
as in the United states. - I
B r it not correct to say that the
immigrant comes into competition with
' work that
>-I
ea-
c
the most uurernunerailve work.
the worlr oi huilding your railroads, oi
excavating your
ct that class or wor
the American workman d es not no
it necessary tor him to undertake. Check
this class or immigration and you pars-
oprnent and arrest
reading enterprises, must necessn
recruited rrom the lllitente aliens.
Valli: nl our lmmignnt. does not depend
in Ihi ly to read (oft! Wordl It
ruler and useiulneas. V
t is suggested as a reason for this
extraordins v departure in our national
w crowded
9 mile at United states
EH
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population there was 500 persons to the
a mile. in Belgium alone it was
condition. until w
i,soo,oou,oail, something which, in the
course or nature. eves ocnurg, can
not nC(‘il!' fill‘ marl)’ centuries. ’
There are in this country vast tracts
or uncultivated and undeveloped land.
ivhy uld we not encourage the amhi-
country is in ace
through industrious muscle and brawn.
we should welcome men or enterprise,
oi push, oi energy.. The aliens who seeir
Idinlsslon to <our c u
this type or they woui
so who leaves his home and irlends in
lzurope and undergoes the hardship and
din!!!’ Q! I l0lIZ ocean M0386. stint at-
ed hy the hope or bettering his condition
E
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59.
need ior more people in lime or peace
increaal in lnlnmcient for the needs and
of our country.
as thin departure ll
other tide oi this vrolubzllloul It has
his iorm in layer
clared in its national
i a liierncy ouclllicatlon am
cratlc party nev r made s declarnr
tion, e representatives i the
Party. in national convention, dc-
arcd as iollows:
“We condemn and denounce any
and all attempts to restrict the line
migration ll! the industrious uld
wonhy oi inreign lands."
Enact this law and you repudiate this
declaration.
Now, Mr, President. I should like to
say a word intended ewe ally ior my
Democratic hrethrcn. political
prospects or our party are not as hright
as we wou d like them to he to<dIy. Re-
huhlicnns sre asser ng, with tplaarsnt
couhdcnce, that in the contest two years
am now 9 inocrhtic Part will he
unable to carry a single state north of
chic and east or the Mississippi.
sle
Pnllticnl predictions two years
North inr this literacy inhibition and
diaqualliicatlon. ou wish to m
our struggle two years irom now worse
' naturally must he by estrangii-is
us their an S and t
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thou ds who is posted.
will say that while the xepuhiicsu party
E
see. an
that having repudiated its historic ettir
tude tow rd 1 e ior w has
hecolns the party oi exclusion? '
I urge you. senators, lselors you give
your approval to this literacy lost, to
think oi our political necessities in the
North. connection let me say
the best. and irlrldest
r
strangers to the immigration nroblem,
are an insistent that imnu
cant; only 1,000. z,oao. or 2,000 in
install While even gmo lh
senators
or this restilctlvs
the North f
policy, (or this repudiation or the protes-
south looked upon the horizon the oni
ll‘ ly. sylnritthetic spot on t oun-
ich gave comtort to their gaze
to their hopes was
the sta New York, which did not
ialter in its devotion to the Democratic
Party when a hostile political doctrine
dominated the rest oi the country es-
cepting the southern states.
have eurd rom the distinguish.
ed senior senator trom New Jersey ilir.
Martins). who is competent to speak
l- Democracy or his State
lirotests against it. 1 have not yet heard
17:
o
llllnois (llr. Lewis) dneii not as
and will protest against it. What is to
he gains y it? , ,
1 call those who advocate this restric
tive policy what is to he gained
we need immigration. why. we need it
more than Ion)! Us I pfeclllel rD0
you stop to realize that the turns rate
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Huang the native A
an our
owrl hands: the mictnrtune will he ielt
hy the American peop e.
i . esident, the agitation ior the
exclusion or ths immigrant at this time
seems to he one or t e nlsulieststions
oi hygterin now allilctiog the Aluerlcnn
exDel‘lmenL There was I time in our
liistor an
indestructible
t
tr
5
atrhctive oi state rights.
oi’ the routers is no longer respected.
ing stotes their pellet in prohihltlou.
There are other states that are seeking
to lrI1D0:6 all
View! regarding I'0nl8ll ILIKYISE. In the
consideration or this bill there are
states having no immediate interest in
the suhiect that are striving to intertaro
with the iiherty oi the states that are
willing to encourage imrnigra ion-that
want immigration. when will an end
colus c this extraordinary hysierin and
its munliestatlonst .
sr. President, tor mnell, l oeliers
proposed ‘ legislation
to which i took the liberty oi proposing
an amendment. will he a opted; that is
that the classes to be immune irnm the
literacy test shall not only be those who
come to t d to escape religious
and political persecution, out that they
shall also em l-are those who come here
tinn. it is little concern to us whether
the persecution lie es pi is religi-
ous. political. or racial parser
cutlnn ltseli which ought to warrant us
making a reservation in this bill it,
nnheppily. we adopt the literacy test.
a much in,
about to mention. i should like to have
him discuss it hetnro he takes his seat.
Does the senator know. or is there any
W ich he
country wnera they are needed, us ca
ha testided to by other senators in this
rdaman. I think, though. one
exten
Very large percentage oi the people who
come here stop in the cities.
- man. Granting that. sena-
tor. do you appreciate how bensiloial it
is to Mid i and other southern
States that supply our iood market. thst
rther ohsersaiions i
the p nding legislatio
lr. arda n. ii the senator will
pardon mc,l an t mpathise with
re
monlou as
you cannot create an economic sors or a
social evil in any section the en
country- with t hurting the whole,
These questions are not local issues;
they are national.
r. o'Gorman. i have concluded, Mr,
President.
BELGIANS’ EAITH IN PERIL.
Proselytism on a. Large Scale
Garrrled all Among Belgian Ref-
V ugees Residing in Eli land-
"‘ oiiiiry Magazine" Sounds
Note of Warning. r
The hospitality or the English to
the
o ernhrace the religion or
This unscrupulous plot at
prorslytlsm on a large scale is dercrloed
as rollows in an editorial in the .iauu-
ary issue oi the Rotary Jlaynzine:
“Thu catholic Pre Burelti has given
i in one instance these proselyti
are sought to draw the laelgians away
irom in.
stance. they promised and proircred help
ndltloo that the catholic ialth
are on record r in host eilesta
liah car. and othe -which could
he alleged. it is o ly too plain that the
its to assunls the burdens or living with
is upon this continent:
.,. well as in time or war our natural
people. They wlnl, chuige. The! win!
THE “SHIPS” TARAND BRUSH
Delilierdtely Lierl About Kiliio
Meyer and Then Abused Him
for Its Own Falsehood.
The suit persists in deliberately lying
i in than
that
leclllra wlllt he called I violation of neu-
Professor Meyer did not
an advance CDPY (If his lecture to
President. Lowell, or to anybody else in
Harvard, tlzni. llalement wag raise. and
E hide and made
it deliberately for the purpose of placing
Kuno Meyer in a ialss no u.
Vhet Kuno Meyer sent ta n irle
llsrvard, not to president ovrell. was a
copy or Tit: GAt;r.lc Alimnichx contain.
ing a report or a speech he delivered at
Inn
on
t Lowell curtly.wiihdrew t
invitation to lecture.
Terrace Garden. New
B‘
i
gt:
-9.
trance, they altered ltuno 'Meyer‘s words
an Is 0 make It IDDBII’ that IDEYKWII
A violation of neutrality in [ha lecture
which he did not send to Harvard. The
Kuno Meyer editorially
do, basing its
been sent to the s
editorially and put an insulting and im-
pertinent headline over ll letter train
him setting hit-ngeit right.
This statement or the actual tarts is
repeated to show the unscrupulous and
persistent iylus to which the Anglo<
an EC DHPGFI 0 ew York raorl in
worthiness in presenting the news. The
S n h it eyer d Jim
Larlrln ths . sa
d with me
brush." and in ii: issue of December 31
heat reply
0 .
“To ths Editor at the Sun: '-
s come to your assistance.
“both tarred
“Having n
this correspondence should now cease.
l U Inn.
New York, December 31;."
....m
VETERANS’ NEW OFFICERS.
The i. R, 8. Veterans’ Association
at is meeting held int Sunday evening
in the Irish-American A. C., elected the
following iliiicers:
President. John Carroll; Vice-Pregb
dents John Kenn)’: Recording Secretary,
Michael hiccarthy; F uanoiai secretary,
James .1. liierrimlih; Treasurer, Thames
Burke; sergeant-a >Al‘mE, William J.
Martin; Direttors. Nial .i. Bl-esiin, Ede
war Mitchell, Patrick sharke
bsrew and Jatln F. uiccnrthy;
Edward J. lilltchell.
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llm Mnrtin, Patrick
O'Connell and Patrick Brasilia, who hhvh
died during the Dastmohth. ’
IRISH LANGUAGE FUND.
mew noci-li:LLtl N. Y.
, > January 4. ms.
Mnrlln .7. KEOEYI. National Treasurer
oi the Gaelic League for Anigrlcl, has
received the following contributions to
Fund in aid oi’ the Gnaill: League oi’
i sin d
United
<9
lrlsh cluh, aayonne.
N. 1.. per James O'Brien
(Card slot) . .
James Eagan, signal corps,
seattle. wash. ........ .. l 5.00
Balance in Mut al Trust co.,
westh
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5.50.00
c ester county. Nov. 1.
1ia.st
suoscriptlons received sidce
that tinn.. 535.10
. Total to date . . . . . . . . .. 31784.94
TEMPORARY PIETY.
'l‘hey’re praying in England tor the
success or the Allies. They're getting
lo ddcn.
when th in
The devil a saint would he:
when the devil was well
The devil a saint was he
a.e..i.e=..=%gg
wounding them in the moat sensltiy.
part or their being.
r) Those who tells oi John gun ,, .
champion or cstholicity wnuls so .2"
t dweu this dlshollcal scheme to
jllihouled Movie 0! their Nth they no - lizpriva the Belgians or their iaith
that he is in: so
TRUCE ill THE TR]-INCHES.
French and Germans Pfaietnizg
but Agree to Bar the English,
BERLIN (via London).
liinnnhelmer General ArlZ('iae1' p.,l,n,he:
i"l'en<'h oiiicer laid away their sum
and I" did eight or ten or us nhilone’
cers.
e was general hnndshairlng; ill.
9.
dead were buried; cighrg, ulggrarya, and
ncwspapers were ehchhng , and ., sen,
oral conversation ens d The in,
m
and ereryhndy crawled hack to
it was peace in the midst
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at tile GAELIC AlliERlCAN Ofhm. ‘
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Spatial terms for large qllaniiiics.
One man made thirty dollars
($30.00) in one night, selling these
pamphlets in New York.
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