Speech #610096979

In.4he matter of wrongdoing he stands upon the same plane that the humblest human beings that ever breathed the breath of life occupy. An election to Congress no more makes a man sacred than does the simple election of a man to the office of justice of the peace endow the justice of the peace with a full and complete knowledge of all the law of the land. whether enacted by legislatures or parliaments or other lawmaking bodies. including the courts. The Information that I predicated my speech upon the other day was furnished me by the secretary of a secretary of an immigration league. and I want to say that. in my judgment. a thousand per cent more Congressmen of the other House and of this have been indicted for felonies. convicted. and have served times as felons than have immigration secretaries. And that being the case. I respectfully refer the history of the case to the gentleman from New York . and ask him if I could not afford to use the facts given to me by an honorable secretary of an immigration society. in view of the fact that none of them have ever stood trial for felony. that none of them have ever been indicted. while Congressmen have been both indicted and convicted. Now. Mr.