Mr. President. both the bill as it came from the other House and the substitute proposed by the committee secm to me inadequate for the subject of immigration. but I recognize fully that in dealing with the question of immigration it is necessary to deal with it slowly and to take up one subject at a time. The bill as it came from the House put no additional restrictions on immigration. It simply provided for a method of enforcing the laws of the United States by consular inspection abroad in addition to the inspection of the Treasury officials !here which now exists. That hasseemed tome avaluable measure. I greatly regret that the committee would not agree to adopt it. But the moment that measure was passed the Administration. which had hitherto taken no apparent interest in the 9uestion of immigration. appeared by the Commissioner of Immigration and by letters from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Department of State in opposition to that bill and with a bill of their own. The bill of their own is that which is reported by the Senator from New York as a substitute passed by the House. It divides itself into two parts.
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