Speaker. that this House had the power to go behind the records. that it has the power to take up the question. is such a man legally entitled to cast a ballot? Bat the majority seem to think differently. They say of the naturalization paper: " It is fair upon its face. and we have not the power to challenge it. Concede we do that this man was not entitled to it. by rank perjury and a fraud upon the court it was procured. Still. since we find no precedent for rejecting.we will not make one. and fraudulent naturalization papers are to hold good in determining the question of the citizenship of the voter." I say that no majority can afford to do this. and it seems to me incredible that any lawyer will stand before the House and make an argument in favor of the position of the majority. I cannot congratulate my friend from Illinois [Mr. S vn a an that he has changed his mind upon this question.
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