McKinley. who was elected President that year. in his inaugural address. in forceful terms declared himself in favor of the application df .a.n intelligence test by which those who were not capable of understanding and appreciating the responsibilities and duties of American citizenship might be excluded from our shores. In his first message to Congress in 1901 Mr. Roosevelt. in more direct terms than Mr. McKinley. dealing not with the subject generally. but dealing with the -specific proposition of an illiteracy test. gave expression to his views in no uncertain terms. After discussing the subject at some length. he said: The second object of a proper immigration law ought to be to secure by a careful. and not merely perfunctory. educational test .some intelligent capacity to appreciate American Institutions and act sanely as American citizens. In his message to Congress in December. 1902. Mr.
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