It is little enough to require in a case of this sort. in a case ofjurisdictional legislation which proposes to take from the States rights which they have exercised for a hundred years. and rights about which the American people are peculiarly sensitiveis it not little enough to require that this chief supervisor shall satisfy himself that these petitioners are citizens? Suppose one of these political managers. called bosses and hustlers. who have got to be a separate and distinct profession. unfortunately. in the United States. should conclude that he wanted this law applied for his political or personal purpose to a certain city or town. As a matter of course. the first thing he does is to go down into the most disreputable haunts and pick up a lot of people who have no interest whatever in the community. wlo are possibly foreigners. have never been naturalized even. but who claim to be or are willing to sign a paper claiming to be citizens of the United States. and. like the machinist who touches a knob or a button of his machinery. the whole works commence to move at once. Can it be possible that such a thing as that is seriotisly defended here? It is sufficient. it seems to me. for conservative legislators to understand that the abuse is probable.
Identified stereotypes
Foreigners are portrayed as easily manipulated and willing to sign false papers to achieve political goals.