I decline to yield for a discussion of questions that have absolutely no reference to the bill before the committee. The question as to whether we punish people who commit election frauds is a separate and distinct question. The gentleman from Massachusetts ought not to expect that in a naturalization bill we are going to correct all the crimes and all the evils that may exist anywhere throughout the United States. It is not very practical to say that one crime is worse than another. and that because one crime may happen to be a little worse than another we ought not attempt to prevent the commission of the crime of lesser degree. We are dealing with the crimes against the naturalization laws. We are seeking to prevent them. We are seeking. in case they are committed. to provide for their detection and their punishment.
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