Mr. Speaker. :it is with some reluctance. respecting them as I do. that I rise to speak against the majority report of this committee. I am asked by the majority of the committee to annul the willof the majority of the people of this district in Indiana by unseating the sitting member. who received 2.500 plurality of its votes. I am asked. as I consider the case. to imperil and cast a shadow over the rights of hundreds of thousands of the naturalized citizens of the United States by my vote in this case. It is therefore. Mr. Speaker. a vote to me of the very highest and gravest importance. and one which demands the exercise of my best reason and careful consideration and in which lam to be swayed alone by my conscience and my sense of honor as a man and a Representative.
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