| Show IMMIGRATION BILL Cleveland Presents His Reasons for Vetoing the Measure It ItLVrKSIri QUIt 1ANT POLICY I And DOES Not Exclude from tile Country Ibo Most Undesirable mil Dangerous LI innt WASHINGTON Hatch 2rho President f Presi-dent today soot to the llouio ol lleprosentatlvos tile following missaice vetoing the Immigration bill To Ibo Uouse of Representative I herewith return Without approval House bill No 7304 entitled An not to amend Immigration I latva of the Untied St tug 11 Hy tile flrat section of this bill It la I propoted to amend etc lion 1 of the net ol March 3 1691 relating to ImuilKratloD uy Raving to the Ciliates or aUoo thereby excluded nom the United States the lollwlni All persons physically capable slid or 16yearatif age who caonol rod and wrli 111 l ngll11 Iogug or loans other languor but D portals not no obi la read and write who It over CO years of ago und Is the parent lrandimrentor a qualified Immigrant over 21 1 years of age who la I capable ol supporting soon Parent Dr grand agents my acoimpany uch Imrul gt Rut or Such parent or BUCU granA parent my Lo sent for aDd como to loin the family of a child or grandchild over 21 years of ago similarly qualified oDd callable and a wlfn or minor child not so able to read and write may accompany or ba sent for and com and loin the husband or parent similarly 1 qualltled and capable r I A radical I departure from our national na-tional policy relating to Immigration 10 here presented 11rlolor we have I wel coined all who como to no 1 rom other lands except those wile me moral or physical condition or history threatened threat-ened danger to our national welfare II mod lately relying upon the zealous watchfulness 01 our people 10 prevent Inlury to our political ana social fabric I Wo have encouraged luoae coming Irvin foreign countries to cast little lot with us and Join lu the development of our vail domain securing In rttJrn a Bhaio In the hiesslutB of American clllnbll A culury stupendous growth largely duo to assimilation unit thrift 01 million of sturdy and patriotic citizens nltesla the success of lull generous and frethanded policy which wllllu EUaidln the peoples Interests exacts train cur Immlgiauli only physical and moral noundness and a willingness and ability to work A contemplation of the grand re suits of this policy cannot lull to arouie a sentiment In Its defense for however It might have been regarded aa an original proposition und viewed BIO experiment Ha accompllaumenla are such that If It la to be uprooted at this life I day Its disadvantages should be plainly apparent and the substitute alloptedshould be just aDd adquI free rem uncertainty and guarded against IIlmUII or pprlvo Bargain 100ralioD It la claimed I believe that the time haa Came for the further riatrlc lion of Immigration I on tile ground that an excess of population over orowda our land Ilia I raid however that the quality of r reoDI Immigration Is I debatable but tbe time li quite within recent memory when me Same thing Was taluof immlgraula who with their descendants are ow numbered among our best citizens It la Bald that too many Immigrants settle In the cllleB thus dangerously Increasing their Idle and vicious population This It certainly cer-tainly disadvantage It rannot bo shown howvr that It blTects all our cities nor that It Is I permanent nora i do nor-a It 1 appear that this condition I where llezltla demands as Its romcdy I be reversal our patient Immlira I lion policy The claim IB also made that the Influx of foreign laborers deprives of the portuulty to those who sital better titled than they the privilege earning their livelihood by dally loll AD unfortunate condition con-dition la I certainly presented when any who Eta willing to lobar are uneni played but So tar all falls condllloo now exlstd among our people It must be conceded to be a remit ol jlrenorn enal I buslntBB depression and lh I > stagnation stag-nation all enterprises In wblch labor lots factor With tile advent 01 obllld Anti wholesome 1100011 Ind economic governmental policies and n Congo quo lat encouragement to the activity of capital Ibo misfortune of uom I loyed labor should to n trial Extent at leait lie I remedied II la I proposed by the bill I I under conilderatlon to matt the alleged aifUcullleaof tho situation by ixlab fishing an educational lest by which tbe right of a foreigner to make his homo with us hall be determined Its general Schools la to prohibit from admission ad-mission our country all Immigrants 6 pbyaloally capablo an I over 10 year Who cannot read an I write the Cut Halt language or some oilier language and It la provldol that thin test I shall be aiplloj by requiring Jtnm grants lacking admission u riul and afterward to write not IIM I than twenty nor more than twentyfive word of the Oouetlluttoa 01 the united States In Sound language and that any Immigrant fJllhu III this aball I nut be adtnllled but shall bu leturned to the 0 unity row which bo cjiur at me extern of the steamship or railroad lompauy which brought himThe The belt I raaaon that could be glvan for Ibis raJloal reitnclion of 1 Immigration Immigra-tion la tile necessity of protecting our porulatlon against degeneration and aavlugour uatlonil peace atilt quiet from Imported I turbulence and din order I cannot believe we wouU be protected pro-tected ngilnst lao evil by limiting Immigration to those who can read and write In any language twentylive words of our Coiiitltuiloo In my opinion It I I la Infinitely mom Palo to admit a hundred thousand Immigrants who though unable to lead and Write Beck among only a ham and aa opportunity to work than to admit one of those unruly agt before arid euttailes of governmental control who can not only rod aDd write but delight In arousing by lu flaramalory speech Ibo Illiterate anti peacefully incllied to discontent and tumuli Violence and disorder do not originate with Illiterate labtere They are rather Ibo victims of the educated agltatori The provlalona Intended to rid that part of the proposed legislation already referred to of obvious hardship appear to me to IndiiUnltenuJ Inadequate A patent I clandpalent wile Dr minor child of a qualified Immigrant I though unable to read and write I may accompany accom-pany tile Immigrant or ba sent tar to Join his family provided tbe Immigrant Immi-grant la I capable of supporting such relative The uOIIIo to Ibo general rule ofexcluiliu sustained In the bill Were > Made U prevent the separation of 110111 and jut neither brothc or Stators Are providind l for 10 order that relatives won are provided for may be reunited tbeee still In foreign finds must bs tent for to join the Immigrant here What formality li neceiaary to conatltutu this irercqulilte and bow man the facts of relationship and that the relative la cent for to bo ettub limbed Are the Illiterate relatives ol Imtulgrauta who have coma here uu dr prior hw nlllld 10 the advert lag or Listed 0011100 f A ubood WilD cu rd nuts write and deter miD lu bodou tile Illiterate wile abroad wIll and here uodor this law an absolute more retreat Jhe Illiterate relatives mentioned tiara fault not only be metal fort Lilt such Immigrants must I be capable tupportliig them when they arrive This requirement I rocteds upon the BSBumptloii that the foreign relatives Coming br are In every case by reason of poverty liable to become a jmblla charge delete tile Immigrant h capable of their support Tile oJDlrar la often true And yet If unable to read and write though quite willing mud able to support telven anti their relatives bro Lion Ides they could hot be dlllltld under the provisions 01 this bill II Ibo Immigrant was Impoverished though the aid ot the fortunate but Illiterate relatives might be the means of moving him from pauperism Iho fourth section of this bill pro vlde lhatlt 1 shall be unlawful for mlo allon Wbo has not In good faith md bl declaration before the proper court of his Ituntlou to become a call red of Ibo United Utatea to ba employed em-ployed on any public works of the united I Utalet or to Come regularly r or habitually Into the United litotes ty land or water for the purnoso of OL gaglni In any mechanical trade or manual labor for wages or salary returning re-turning from time to time to a lerelgn country Tile fifth section provides that It shall be tit 1 awful lot Any purson part utrihlp company or Incorporation knowingly to employ an i all on coming Into the United Ulatea 10 violation of the 01 preceding etloo 01 this act When we comUer these provisions 01 the bill In connection with our long nrlbrn frontier said The bodarlc 01 several of our states and lrrII often but au Imgluary laid fspalating Ibm from CaoJo stula rec1I the friendly Intercourse between the people peo-ple who are our nolgbborB on either sides the provisions of ibis bill alien log them sam t be reiterated > s Illlbinl I narrow and unAmerican The real l deuts of these stalls and territories I bv separate and especial Interests riiiiu FOOD AND DRUNK The worst tea in the world is drunk in the United States Try Schillings Best your grocer will sell you a package and pay you back your money in full if you dont like it A Sehilillitirt Cpsey j SIR I reridsc 618 = which In many cameo make an Interchange Inter-change of labor between their reople and their alien laborer most Imroi Isnr Inquently with the advantage largely In favor ol our citizens This Suggests the Inexpediency of federal Interference I with these conditions when not necessary to the correction of B substantial evil nll otlo tbs general gen-eral 1 welfare Hatch tinlrlenaly legislation legisla-tion as Is proposed could hardly fall to provoke retaliatory meaeurep to the Injury of many of our citizens who are now employed on adjoining foreign soil The uncertainty of construction to which the language of theme rill loco la I luljtct n serious objection a statement which Ueaurlbsa u crimeAn crime-An lot Pot element In the offense Bought be created by these sections la I the coming irgularly or habitually lulj the United SmUi Tone words are Impoeelble of definite and certain coutttucllon The serum may bu raid of the equally Important wcrdi ire totaling front time to time to a foreign csuutry A careful examination of this bill has ojnvluced me that for the ron given and others not ipeclflcilly stated Its provisions are uunccesBttrlly harsh ana opjresjivo and that Us defects de-fects In construction would cause vexation and Its operation would result re-sult In harm to our citizen UltVKll CLEVELAND ExecuU Mauritius Mlrou I 1897 |
