President. it will be said by some. and with a show of reason. that the means of exclusion proposed by this bill will be insufficient. that consuls will have neither the time nor the means to make an effective examination on which the enabling certificate may be based. and that. no matter how diligent they may be. many undesirable persons will be accredited. Conceding this to be true. is the attempt at selection to be abandoned entirely because. from the nature of the case. the examination can not be critically exact? From the extracts from consular reports cited it appears that there have been many emigrants from localities coming under their supervision whose coming to us they deprecate and against whom they would discriminate had they an opportunity. Would not the enumeration of apparently defective and delinquent persons be increased by a careful examination? Are there not many emigrants now landing whowould be discredited at a glance by the consul? The examination. no matter how cursory. would make it more difficult for the paupers. idiots. and the insane to get embarkation. it would be more difficult for convicts. for their reputation would be a matter of record. It would be more difficult for polygamous Mormons and their flocks. for the converts are known and the sources of supply.
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