The Harvard Union.

About one hundred men assembled in Sever 11 to hear the Harvard Union debate last evening. The men were late in gathering and it was not until 7.45 that Mr. Dodge was able to call the meeting to order. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary and adopted. Messrs. R. L. O'Brien L. S., and H. Hudson '90 were admitted as members of the Union. Three questions were submitted for a choice for the next meeting:

Resolved, That the telegraph be under government control.

Resolved, That the taxes on spiritous liquors be abolished,

Ressolved, That the world's fair be held in New York.

The last one was chosen. The debate on the question Resolved, That it is a benefit to the United States to receive immigrants at the present rate was opened by Mr. Higgins, L. S., for the affirmative. His address had three points. That under the present rate of immigration no harm could come to our generation from the land being unable to support the people. That the country was not developed enough now so that all classes of industry could lead into one another where they were situated. That as it took courage and energy for immigrants to come they must on the whole be worthy people. He also said that objectionable people could not come as they had to show credentials.

Mr. Morton, '92 then spoke on the negative. He said that the immigrants were largely unskilled and illerate. That they came with false notions of our institutions, and that the tendency was by their large numbers to destroy our institutions rather than to be led into them. As a proof he gave that one class got into the country and then voted that another be kept out.

Mr. Torry, '90, spoke on the affirmative. In opening he showed that the illiteracy was not amongst the immigrants, but amongst the negroes and whites of the south. He spoke on the advantages of immigration under aesthetical, social and industrial heads, showing that many immigrants were artists; many were not more socialistic than some of our honored citizens; and that many were skilled mechanics.

Mr. R. E. Surbridge, for the negative, showed that very few immigrants in proportion to the whole number even knew a trade, and that skilled laborers were too few to number. He also showed that large numbers were now imates, of our alms houses and prisons.

A large number of men spoke from the floor. The voting on the question was as follows: On the merits of the question: affirmative, 20; negative, 30. On the merits of principal disputants: affirmative, 15; negative, 31. On debate as a whole: affirmative, 10; negative, 6.