Speech #590091613

Mr. Chairman. this bill will be out of the way probably in a few minutes. and the motion will be made to go into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to discuss the consular and diplomatic bill. I rise to ask the House to vote down that motion so that we can get at the immigration bill. Now. Mr. Chairman. the session is getting close to an end. and to go into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to discuss that bill and devote two days to making campaign speeches should not be permitted. Here is everybody saying that we want to adjourn quickly. We can not adjourn until we get the diplomatic bill out of the way. and there is a distinct movement to get us to adjourn before the immigration bill is out of the way. Now.- I want to read you a list of important bills. which are privileged. that are coming up here. and see whether I am not just in asking action on the immigration bill. Here Is the consular and diplomatic bill coming. the sundry civil bill coming. the general deficiency bill coming. If you I want to have campaign debates for two or three days put it on the general deficiency bill. after we have got rid of the main business. and not interject it in the middle of the session. Then comes immigration. child labor. naturalization. public buildings. and pure food. every one of them highly privileged. every one of them going to take time. Then there is the conference on the rate bill. the conference on the statehood bill. I hope. a conference on the Philippine tariff bill. and all that is going to take a long time. and they are going to try to beat the immigration bill out by not letting it come up. Therefore I say. Mr. Chairman. the way to treat this matter is to vote down motions to go into Committee of the Whole to consider this appropriation bill. because we know that we will have to pass It later. whereas if we pass these bills we can not get away without passing this important legislation. I do not want to oppose any older or wiser man on the floor of this House. but I wish to point out to you that the purefood bill has been through the Senate and is practically sure of action in this House if pressed. The immigration bill has not been through the Senate. and the sooner we can get action on it the better for us all. As for the appropriation bills. carrying as they do two or three days of general political debate. they can wait. They are bound to pass anyway. and then the general debate can be had on the last of them.