I am told
the authorities say they have been too easy heretofore, and
must draw the line now. That shows they admit the power to
make exceptions in proper cases. Surely, an exception should
be made in the case of little children of a man lawfully here,
and who has duly and in good faith declared his intention
to become a citizen. The immigration law was never intended
to repeal any part of the naturalization laws which provide
that the minor children get all the rights of the father as
to citizenship. My son knows the friends of this man personally
and that they are highly respectable and well off. If our
laws require this cruelty, it is time for a revolution, and
you are just the man to head it.
GEORGE F. HOAR.
Half an hour from the receipt of that dispatch at the White
House Wednesday forenoon, Theodore Roosevelt, President of
the United States, sent a peremptory order to New York to
let the children come in. They have entirely recovered from
the disorder of the eyes, which turned out not to be contagious,
but only caused by the glare of the water, or the hardships
of the voyage.
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