Speech #480119009

I suppose the man or the corporation who might commit this offense would be subject to prosecution either at his or at its place of residence. or perhaps at such point as he may have transmitted the money. if the offense was that of prepayment in the case the Senator supposes. and so of a corporation. the offense might beheld to be complete at that point where the money or the consideration was parted with by the corporation alleged to have committed the offenseat the office of the corporation or at the residence of the individual or at such town or city as may have been the one where. so far as he was concerned. his act was consummated. It will be observed that from the language of the law one of the express purposes is to reach cases of the incitement to the assisting in the the consummation of the offense. It may be and perhaps is exceedingly difficult to reach this. butit is a difficulty that is. as I said before. inherent in the subjectmatter. in the evil which we are undertaking to reach and to prevent. which necessarily is consummated partiallyin our own country and partially in the foreign country. in our own country where the capitalist lives. in the foreign country where is to be found the immigrant. In order to reach the evil at all. the best provision has been made that occurred to me. but if the honorable Senator from Massachusetts who is so learned in the law. who I doubt not can make a great many useful suggestions in the way of the amendment of the bill. will do so. I shall be very glad for one to assist in those amendments being made a part of the act.