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I repeat. Mr. President. that the statement made by the Senator from New Hampshire as to the contents of the report of the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration will not be borne out by the report itself. and it is an intelligent comprehension of that report which I ask. and which can only be had by other Senators. who have not had the same opportunities for information as the Senator from New Hampshire. who got the first of the advance copies of the report. This report of the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration puts an entirely different light upon this question from that presented by the report of the committee as made by its chairman. the Senator from Massachusetts. and I have asked. not in the sense of being jocose. but in the sense of never being more serious in my life. upon a subject which demands the attention of the Senate of the United States. that the opportunity to do that which I ask shall be afforded. I have added to that also. Mr.