Whatever may have been his habitual conduct heretofore in this respect I am quite sure his conduct today has entirely disproved any such suggestion I might possibly have erroneously indulged in. because he had generously. completely. beautifully. and magnificently placed in the REcoan a table of figures which absolutely disprove the statement he made and absolutely prove the contention that I put forth. The gentleman started with his fundamental proposition that ninetenths of the men who work in the mines of Minnesota. particularly specifying the Mesabi district. were a comingandgoing crowd of individuals who did not stay tbere for a period of five years. I quote from the table which he has placed in the RECORD to substantiate his position. and I find that in the Mesabi Range from that record there were 13.289 American citizens [applause on the Republican side] born in America and only 17.310 of foreign birth. and I ask and Invite the gentlemans attention to the further fact that if it shall be considered those of the 17.000 who have been naturalized. more than 75 per cent are American citLens today swearing allegiance to the American flag. He said that not 5 per cent had been in this country five years. aid yet the table that he submitted shows that more than 12 per cent had been there for more than 10 years. practically dating from the time of the beginning of the development of that region. and that 32 per cent had been there for a greater pericd of time than five years. Furthermore.
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