There are a number of bills on the Calendar and in the committees that a vast number of our fellowcitizens are interested in. that the laboring people of the country are petitioning you to legislate about. They are asking you to consider a law regulating the hours of labor of Government employees. They are asking you to consider what is known as the " antiinjunction bill." They are asking you to consider a bill regulating immigration coming into this country. to protect them against the hordes of pauper labor that is pouring into our ports from Europe in competition with American labor. and pulling down American standards of life and living. They are asking you to consider a bill to prohibit the employment of Chinese on American vessels in competition with American sailors. They are asking you to promote the safety of American travelers by compelling the railroads to strengthen their coaches and other equipment.
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Immigrants are described as 'hordes of pauper labor' pouring into the country.