I do not see anything objectionable about it. I think it ought to be enforced. and therefore I am in favor of taking away from the Department the right to sanction a compromise at all. Now. there are some other differences of a material character. one of which is that the bill under consideration makes no provision for any consular examination. or the giving of a certificate to persons intending to emigrate from other countries to this. I was at one time in favor of absolutely requiring that. but I have modified my views. icr the reason that if you absolutely require a consular certificate. in thoo countries where military conscription is rigid and harsh. and young men who are valuable acquisitions to this country escapa from it as they do in some cases. if you were to require as a prerequisite a con o r certificate. it would practically prevent that class from coming. whilh I think ought not to be done. But this difficulty does not satisfy me that there ought to be nd such thing as a consular certification. Therefore in the bill I reported prvision is made in the fifth section that any alien desiring to come to this country may obtain such a certificate. may apply to the consul nearest him and satisfy that consul that he is a proper person to come to this country. and that his coming would not be in violation of an7 of the provisions of our immigration laws. Such a document would be a certificate of character. It would be beneficial to the immigrant himself. far exceeding inits results any trouble that it would involve him in to obtain it. and on the other hand. the inquiry would necessarily be made in the inspection as to whether he had such certificate. If he had it not. our inspectors would be much more vigilant and rigorous in their examination to see whether there was not something wrong. It would be persuasive that a man who had such a certificate was a proper immigrant and a desirable one. Therefore. I think that such a provision as the fifth section contained here ought to be embodied in any bill wo pa-.
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