I have not discussed all the questions that I should like to have discussed. Theycan not be discussed in a few hours debate. They have been discussed over this country. and they will be discussed somewhat in the future. and yet I have to find a man. a Republican. however prejudiced against this bill. who. when be was fully informed as to what the bill did and the merit of it. was not enthus.astic in favor of it. unless he was a narrow. strict constructionist of the Constitution of tfe United States. -[Loud applause.] I am ready to answer to my constituents and give them an account of my stewardship. and I want you gentlemen on the other side of this question to be prepared to explain to the laborers of your districts how you come to vote for a constitutional proposition that will. if carried into effect. give free sugar from Porto Rico. free sugar from the islands of the sea. and at the same time establish the Constitution there. making citizens of 10.000.000 Filipinos. giving them the right to come here as contract laborers. destroying the high wages and thrift of your constituents and mine. [Loud applause on the Republican side.]
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