Mr. Speaker. a matter has been referred to by the gentleman from Kentucky that needs a little explanation. It is a deficiency created In the Bureau of Immigration. This House and the Senate have passed four acts establishing immigration stationsone at Charleston. one at Mobile. one at New Orleans. and the other day. just a day or two ago. one at Boston. The comptroller holds that these are special appropriations and have the right of way over the absolute current expenditures in the bureau and in the department. and there is a large amount of money that has been diverted in that way from the head tax that should have gone to the support of the bureau. and the bureau is not to blame any more-
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