Speech #540081253

So far as the second proposition of the gentleman from Missouri is concerned. that this bill has not been reported by the Committee on Immigration. I do not suppose that committee has any control over the business of this House or over points of order. and I do not know of any rule which makes a bill amenable to a point of order simply because it has not met the approval of the Committee on Immigration. The object of the Stone bill is to prevent foreign laborers from coming into the United States except under certain conditions. and it provides for a consular inspection. and it seems to me that my amendment is germane to that. because it prohibits foreign labor from coming into the United States. If the part of the amendment which makes an appropriation renders the bill amenable to the point of order. then I ask permission to strike out that section. so as to leave simply the question whether my amendment is not germane to the proposition of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. His bill seeks to make it onerous for a certain class of persons to come to the United States. while my bill prohibits them from coming. and therefore it seems to me that my amendment is clearly germane.