I wish also to call the attention of the House to one further fact. and that is that the considerations which were urged upon Congress at the time the sale of liquor was prohibited in the navyyards. the immigration stations. and in the Capitol are not the same as the considerations which we must regard in this case. I think every man will agree that it was a wise thing to abolish the sale of liquor in the National Capitolnot that I believe any considerable number of legislators would allow themselves to get under the influence of intoxicating liquor. but there are a great many visitors. many constituent visitors. and the time consumed in social pastime would have derogated seriously from the value of the services of the legislators. So. too. there can be no earthly justification for the sale of liquor at immigrant stations. and Congress acted wisely in abolishing the sale there. Neither can there be any justification for its sale in the navyyard.
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