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Show Hlf HLSTlllCIKKf OF lHMlMUTlttt. B it A Mil llit iuccmhIu 111 runnlnr; the jl congressional Kaunllstilurlnistlioliusy p.r days Immodlately frlor to tlio 4lli of M'i Jlarcli, mid that ricolteU the apt r Jal ht, ct l'realilfut Harrison, wastliumcjiiure H l dralgned lo twttlct Immigration. Tlio H I,' bill originated 111 tlioHeiiatr.amlwIion M It reached tlio II m It lufleted euo M ' B drattla amondraents that It wk tiarcd H B lho sama lata would befall It that ha.1 , R oTftUhcn ao many other meaiurison V fi thB Mmaiuljctt-ltwsuM full Utwmn B if the two li-glslatlYO tranche. Tim ,'t. failure that cauioJ this prospect to HlsF pprear most oraluoui wai thoeiluca Hwfi tlonal qualification liulatcd upon by Hif; the Jlouit; of secondary Importation Hf u the oauio forhldiilUK lb" HR (nuance Into tbU couutty of incm l(! bcra of any aoclety or organlrllon Hbj whloheBUCtlonaurJuatlfifa tlio unlaw y ful destruction of pro!tty,lhla lltrto-H lltrto-H lug aimed at anarchists and poclallils. H ' I : There) seemed to la porno oppoilllon to 1 thifo fialuros, tor the amendment Hi', rtfjultlngthatallluimllitaDU"otiirli H' f tcrinyearaol nge be bMo to read aud M write their own lauguago with reason H nblu facility" would kuip out t per H ' ceutot the Immigrant now arriving. H Tlio auioiunieut weru finally ahati. doned, however, and the bill ai H palled Just aa It camo from the Henate. i Ita provlalona, britlly Uellnud, are B that the masters of veaioU nod iuf Htj geons of Tin-nil ihall make afllJatlt H before the Unllod Blaloa conaul at tbu Hfj palling port that the emigrant ntu fj tllglbla lo aJmlnlon to this country. l The emigrant mult stale the fuil name, full ago and peij whether M 1 married or alORlr, the calling or occu- f j jntlon, whether able to read ur write, tho nationality, the but rtshlenco, the i naport for lauding In tbu United H Btalea, tbo final deitluallon, If any, H beyond the seaport of lauding; t) whether having a ticket through to H'i audi lliel dcetlnatlon; whether tho M i Immigrant hat ald his owupaatage 1 or whether It lias been paid by H other penona or by any cor H porallon, aoclety, municipality H1 or government; whether In poweaalon H , of money, and If ao whether upward of L $30, and how much If $30 or U; i whether going to Join n mlatlvo, aud B if to whit relative and hh nainu and Bj addreaa; whether ever beforo 111 tbu K UulteU Htater, and If lo when and H where; whether over lit prlauu or B aluiibouw, or lupiiorted by charily; B whether n polygamlat; whether uuJer R contract (exprtaa or Implied) to por- H form labor In the United Htatea, and H what la the Immlgrjnt'a oondltlon of H health mentally aud pbyalcatly, and )aJaJaB whether deformed or crlpploJ, and II ao, from what cautv. Ouo tectleu o the bill relalea to tho lnavctlou 1 of Imrnlgranta at the porta of arrival H r la this country. Any peraou who M may not atom lo be cliarly entitled to H adinUilou ahalt be detained for u ape. clal Inquiry to bo conducted by not leat than foiiroftlclaU acting at luapec 1 torr, and to be iluilguated by tlio atcre- H tiry of tho Ireuury and the euriu. HJ teudout of Immigration, 'lho favora. !, ble report ot three of thiee Inaptotora la required to paai thodetalouj peraou. Any one of tbu eaamlulng luitctora Lau appeal from the declalou of bla Ll aaaoolatcs to the auierlntendent of Immigration, and thla ullloUl' action H ahalt br aubject to review by the accrc- H taryuf thiitreaaury. B It la rather eurprlilnir, when the H 'clamor of IheKaatorn atatea uu the B aulject la conildired, that tbo tnatt- H meut ahoul 1 hi ai Iron ui It la from B radical rovlabua. It has eomo Inoon. H Kiultlra, aud 111 aomu particulars U Hl opou to thu objection that It lullea u H diparturu from tho traditions of the H couutry and the vluws of Itafoundiia, B ,. In Ibelr woloomu to tbu poor and H J oppretaid of all natloua. HUH, thu aim B taught to be achieved la ngoodoiu, Bl ' and If the Intent bo kept 03iislautly In Hl mind, the enforcement of tliu law lu u Hi Lrjad aud guuerous aplrlt w 111 be 1 lu- HJ duttlvuof good. |