I present a petition of 60.000 citizens. residents of New York City and vicinity. praying to have Bedloes Island. upon which stands the Bartholdi statue of Liberty. converted into a free Government park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. The various requests constituting the petition were circulated in the leading exchanges. boards of trade. banking institutions. manufactories. shipping concerns. social and political clubs. and business houses generally in New York. Brooklyn. Jersey City. and adjacent towns and villages. Not a single objection was raised to the establishment of the park. and the widespread publicity given to the subject leads the petitioners to assert that public sentiment in New York and vicinity is unanimously in favor of the establishment of the park. I move that the petition be referred to the Committee on Immigration.
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