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Both the Senators from Texas spoke on it. The present Republican candidate for governor of the great State of New York was one of those sitting on this side of the Chamber. and he brought to the support of that bill his great intellect. not simply by his vote. but by his earnest effort on this floor for its passage as it had come from the House. without being deprived of its valuable features. as was attempted by the Senator from Alabama. the Senator from South Carolina. and the two Senators from Texas. The Senator from South Carolina moved a substitute for the billa substitute which. with the concluding section (section 4). would have absolutely nullified the bill. would have rendered it innocuous so far as concerned the accomplishment of the purpose for which it was intended. and would have. opened the door for the importation of contract labor of nearly all kinds into this country. Such was also the practical effect of the amendment of the Senator from.Texas. Such wasthe practical effect of the amendment of the Senator from Alabama. who desired to allow skilled lab6r to be introduced under the contract system.