Mr. President. the Committee on Immigration left out this provision as contained in the bill as it came from the other House because in the opinion of the committee it did not belong in the measure. I will not at this time enter into a discussion with the Senator from Arkansas regarding the propriety of prohibiting the sale of liquor in the Capitol. but I am willing. for the sake of the argument. to agree with him in all he has said and to promise him that if he will introduce a separate measure to accomplish his purpose I will vote for it. The Committee on Immigration did. however. go as far as was .proper and pertinent to the purposes of the present measure in inserting a provision prohibiting the sale of liquor at immigrant stations against the recommendation of some of those engaged in the administration of the law in connection with the Immigration Bureau. I think that provision of the bill has entirely satisfied the advocates of temperance and of the prohibition of the sale of liquor in connection with Government buildings as being all that could be reasonably asked. because it is all that is pertinent to the purpose of the measure. I hope. therefore. the bill will not be embarrassed by the insertion of a provision which does not pertain to the bill and regarding which there is a diversity of opinion.
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