BoNYNoE" and. apparently. the committee in the supposition that the United States will not appear in 10 per cent of the cases. I think the observation and experience of almost every Member of the House is that where It is made a duty of the Government. or the Government is given a right to do a thing. it is the duty. and the Government does it. In these cases. if the Government has a right to appear and crossexamine a petitioner. it becomes the duty of the Government to appear. and if the Government fails in the duty. some newspaper. with a scare headline. tells how somebody is naturalized who is a scamp of some sort. and then the Department of Justice over here will have a fit. Congress will then be instantly called upon to make an appropriation to provide sufficient help. so that the district attorneys may appear in every court where naturalizations occur. It is just as inevitablethis processas the following of day by night. It is a sure thing that if the United States Government is given a right and the United States district attorney is given a right to appear in opposition or to crossexamineI will not say in oppositionthe petitioner. then district attorneys will exercise that right by force of public opinion. brought about by a few cases. at some time.
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