Speech #620269233

The gentleman in his utterances made on the floor had reference to an asylum for the insane. and he knows it. He undertook also to declare that 95 per cent of the foreign born do not know anything about Amer!canism in this country. Again the gentleman is grievously mistaken. I thought I had covered that subject fully last Saturday. when under general debate I held the floor. The gentleman perhaps ought to be pardoned for his serious error. I have computed the number of foreign born in his district from the census figures and find them just 212. I take it the gentleman can know little or nothing about the foreign born. Had the gentleman traveled broadly. had he gone on journeys such as Members of Congress ought to take. to become acquainted with their country and learn its people in the different sections of it. he would have learned that most of the foreign born have a realization of what American citizenship stands for. but that they come with lawabiding hearts and minds to dwell in peace and happiness. to build for themselves and their families. and that when they become enrolled into American citizenship they evince a patriotic love of country and are loyally devoted to our flag. [Applaue.]