If it were a bill pending before the House. it would be in order to offer this amendment. The gentleman from Wisconsin a mUoment ago assured the House that this gave the widest latitude to the House. Here is an amendmnent. admittedly germane to the bill. admittedly germane to the general proposition of immigration. but which I adnit is not germane to the more literacy test. but which is germnane to the matters involved in the bill and gerinane to the committee amendment. which proposes to strike out all of the Senate bill. and it seems the rule could have no purpose unless the purpose was to prevent the House from having t chance to consider proper provisions relating to immigration and to gag the House. I have heard my disi nguished colleague from Illinois . the exSpeaker of tie House. repeatedly state in the House that the majority of the House at any time could do anything it pleased. I wondered when I heard my friend from Wisconsin repeat that speech. because many times have I heard him in the House declare that the rules ought to give protection to the minority in the House. ought to give the House an opportunity to vote on questions in which the House is interested.
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