We want a stroung ov en mnt. hbutl one ithat comenu ads the r~vspe a~ Cind rd. This Government must. be of the people end for the people. end one that tespcts and prota ts every worker and doer: but wve can not have this unie$M We cease to bb the durnng grond for the criminals and outcasts of the 01 a World. We welcome a] I. honest. industrious immigrants who can understand our laws. who can assimilate with our peeple. and who can love and defend our institutions. This p~olicy. with protection for and encouragement to oar home Industries. will make as a homogeneous people end an undivided end indivisible nation. I concur in asking theft the committee be dischargad frn s the further con sideration of the resolutions. for the reason that Congress has no rower tp legislate effectively in t.he premises. or to prohihit or regulate the employmont of armed guards or watchmen. whether belopgn to he Pinkerton or any other agency. that being a prerogative of each State. aud for the fnrthel reason that I can not dis cover that" the ampleyment of Pinkerton detectives has any connection with the present system of Federal taxation." and havw deemedl it my duty to answer that question directly. for the reason. princep ally. that the impression has gone out. in some quarters at least. that tb McKinley bill has resulted in a reduction of wages and consequent dis" apointment to labor. and that the troubles at Homestead were risultant therefrom.
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