I was saying that I will not ask for a yeaandnay. vote. but if one should be ordered I will vote "nay" on the passage of this bill. I am in favor of practically all the provisions of the bill. except the one against which I opposed myself this afternoon. An amendment was offered by the Senator from North Carolina . providing that immigrants shall be able to read and write 25 words of the Constitution of the United States. I think that was substantially it. Why pick out 25 words of the Constitution of the United States and ask an immigrant to read it in any language? What. does it mean? Is there anything to it?
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