The Senator from Alabama kindly yields to me for a moment. I wish to make a brier statement on a matter personal to myself: I was not present when the vote was taken upon the Chinese exclusion bill yesterday. Before leaving town last Wednesday I had arranged a pair with the Senator from Indiana . I desired to vote "yeaI upon the motion to reconsider the passage of that bill. The Senator from Indiana. I understand. was to vote "nay." By some mistake. for which I blame no one. the Senator from Indiana heing absent yesterday. a pair between him and some other Senator was announced. and I did not appear to be accounted for.
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