of Washington. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. a few days ago I discussed on this floor the case of Mark Glanvill.. an immigrant alien.. who refused to submit to our immigration laws. left Ellis Island in a huff. and made a vigorous protest to the British Government. which made his complaint an international matter. I have here the signed statement Glanvill made to the British Government. In it lie describes his arrival on the good ship Orduna. going to Ellis Island. whose buildings lie characterizes as prisonlike. and. among other things. he declares: Presently we reached a wide passage. completely blocked by a seething mass of humanity. filty in the extreme--Europes worst. the very dregs of humanitypushing. yelling. and cursing. men and women alikeAnd so forth. Mr. Chairman. that is the statement of the main reason -why a South African subject of the British Empire refused to submit to the hasty inspection and examination provided by our inmigration laws for all aliens entering this country. If the people of the United States fully realized that much of the present immigration. even though restricted. is of the character described by Mark Glanvill. they would demand the percentage be reduced from the present 3 per cent. with all its exceptions. to 1 per cent or even to no per cent. I was of that opinion one year ago. and I am today more firmly of that opinion. I am about to introduce a bill limiting alien immigration to near blood relatives of persons lawfully in this countrythat is to say. to fathers and mothers. husbands or wives. and children. That is enough. As I said. a great hue and cry was raised over Glanvillls failure to gain admission without submission to our immigration laws. The Church Union took it up. Even Great Britain protested until she learned the facts. There was much mawkish sentimentalityand continually isas a result of the distorted facts and sensational stories told by those who would tear down what protective laws we have against undesirable and excessive immigration. Fortunately. however. there are highclass publications and patriotic. fearless editors that place America first and whose first thought and sympathy and sentiment are for America and Americans. our institutions. standards. and ideals. The Saturday Evening Post for this week contains a splendid editorihl telling the truth about all these sensational Ellis Island -stories. entitled "Ellis Island sob stuff." as follows:
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Generalization that much of the present immigration is of a negative character.