I was entirely convinced. I must say. by the statements and arguments made yesterday that under the term "passenger" tourists could be included. and not only tourists. but citizens of the Dominion of Canada and of the Republics of Cuba and of Mexico. who come back and forth over the border for business purposes. but have no intention of remaining. It seemed to me a very important change when we made it read alien immigrant." I confess that the proposition of the Senator from Ohio with regard to the favorednation clause had not occurred to me. but when he called my attention to it I saw at once that it was absolutely valid. that we could not possibly discriminate in favor of the citizens of certain countries as against other countries. and that if we retained the clause the bill would become nugatory. Now. it places no burden upon the citizens of Cuba or of the Dominion of Canada or of the Republic of Mexiconot the slightest. no more than it does on the citizens of France or of England. It places the same burden on the alien immigrant from those countries as upon the alien immigrant from all other countries. and it ought to be so. It could not be otherwise.
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