It does not differ materially from the bill pending except in one feature. It provides that all persons intending to come into the United States shall make their test and pass their examination before the consuls of their respective districts prior to going on board a steamship. I regard it as a hardship. and frequently it would be a very great hardship and inconvenience. that intended immigrants should come across the water and pass their examination only to fail at the port of New York or at another port in this country. Very frequently a person has what is called stage fright. and stage frightis sure to come when a person is called upon to read the Constitution of the United States after having reached the end of that long journey and in fear that he is going to fail. Let them make their tests before the consuls intheir respective countries. within a few miles of their own homes. I move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Immigration.
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