Each of us is under an imperative duty to enlist in the great work of lifting up the human race to a higher and better life. and nothing. in my judgment. will so promote this work as will the giving of relief from the evils that flow from the whisky traffic. A republic. "a government by the people." can be no better than the average of the men and women who give it concrete existence. therefore it is right and proper that we. as legislators. having in view the best interests of our Nation. should remove as far as we can everything that debases. demoralizes. and depraves our citizenship. In my short service here I have favored measures to reduce the tariff. because the people have been robbed by iniquitous laws in the interest of the few and against the many. a measure to restrict immigration. in order that the great hordes of foreigners who have no true conception of our form of government and who have not been trained to respect law. order. and the highest ideals of civilization and Christianity. should be kept from our borders. a measure to abolish the cotton exchanges engaged in gambling and making an illegitimate profit out of the sweat and toil of the people of the great section of a Nation. measures in the interest of economy. because I believe that it is wrong to withdraw anything more from the pockets of our citizens than is absolutely necessary to defray. the expenses of the Government economically administered. and many others that look toward relief for the people of the Nation. but I do not believe that any measure before this Congress is as important as legislation looking to the overthrow of the whisky trade. This legislation is but a step in the right direction. It is a national disgrace that our Government should be in partnership with the whisky interests.
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Foreigners have no true conception of our form of government and have not been trained to respect law, order, and the highest ideals of civilization and Christianity.