Chairman. I favor the amendment proposed by my colleague. the gentleman from Texas . and I think it a matter of considerable importance. If there is intermarriage between the white race and the black. or the Mongolian. in this country. it is important that this fact should be known. I fail to see the potency of the objection to it. The distinguished chairman of this committee. the gentleman from Indiana . suggests that it may be embarrassing to have some woman asked about the color of her husband. Why. the bill provides that each citizen shall be described by these enumerators as to "color." That. I do not suppose. means merely the complexion. but it applies to the race. and if a woman is asked as to the color of her husband or a husband is asked as to the color of his wife. I can not see any objection to the census enumerator reporting to us or to the department how many marriages exist in the United States between white and negro and white and Mongolian races. The enumerator gets the information as to color. anyway. Then why should he not state it in his report In reference to marriages?
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