I can find no excuse for lihe proposed action of the majority. except it be political expeffiency. It is intended perhaps to clear the deck. so to sl)eak. and to relieve the incoming administration. which has blown hot and cold on this subject. of a vexatious problem. If the immigration bill is disposed of now. assuming that the Senate would also pass it. there will be divided responsibility. inasmuch as the House is Democratic and the Senate is Republican. This would enable our Democratic friends to wash their hands of the whole business and to avoid the necessity of assuming the burden at a time when they will have full control of all branches of the Government. It leas been argued. and with a great deal of justification. that after the people have decided on a change of parties in the Government no more important action should be taken by the old r~gimc. and no one is more zealous in the advocacy of this view than the gentlemen on the other side of this aisle.
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