As the inquiry in relation to the naturalization of foreignborn persons has no practical importance. so far as I know. outside of the limits of my own State. I may perhaps be pardoned for saying a single word in behalf of the people I represent. I want it distinctly understood that I am not opposed to making this inquiry. All that we ask is that it shall not be made in this unsatisfactory and inconclusive manner. If. as I apprehend. the results of this inquiry are to be used hereafter in determining the extent of the abridgment of suffrage in my State. for the purpose of affecting its representation on this floor under the second section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. we certainly have a right to demand that the inquiry shall be made in such a manner as to secure accurate results.
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