The provisions of this bill do not prevent anybody from coming to our shores. We are not dealing with the immigration question. We simply say to them. "Come here and enjoy the blessings of this Government if you wish to. We open our schools to you. we give you every possible facility to fit yourself for naturalization and become a part of our citizenship. All we ask of you is that during the five years that you are living here qualifying yourself for citizenship you shall acquire a sufficient knowledge of our language to satisfy the court to which you make application. for naturalization that you make yourself able to understand our language." MLr. WM. ALDEN SMITH.
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