Mr. Speaker. perform their duty. there will be very few of that class of persons here. but I care nothing for that.provision of the bill. Isimply make these remarks in criticism ofitand to show thatthe effectof the section will be not to place a bar or restriction upon undesirable immigrants. but will be a hindrance and an obstruction to those who are desirable. and that the trend of the whole bill is in that direction. Why hamper immigrants? Why prevent the immigrants who .come here from becoming American citizens? What isthe matter with the laws you now have in force? If properly carried out they are adequate to protect us from any abuse of citizenship. The report itself says that there have been gross violations of the law in Boston and elsewhere. Because the officers of the United States courts. in the .instance cited in the report. have failed to do their duty. because forsooth in Boston..New York. and other large cities there may have been violations of the naturalization laws. either by corruption or!by negligence. are we to deny to the alien who comes to this country. intending to make it his home and to become a part of us. the right to become an American citizen? The provisions of thiszbill are a practical denial of that right on account of the burdensome. conditions they impose. When a man applies by petitionin the nature of a suit in court. in law. or equity. to become a citizen of the country. he is to allege. under the provisions of the bill. that he is! not an anarchist or a polygamist. that he -has not been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime involving. moral turpitude.
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