Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Illinois knows as well as I do that any community in the country seems to be glad to have a Federal appropriation for the construction of a public building in that community. but the city of Galveston does not represent public sentiment in the State of Texas on this question of immigration. The city of Galveston is made up of pushing. energetic citizens who do all they can to develop the commerce and importance of that city. and who In the face of adversity. almost without parallel. have made it the second port of the United States in the value of its exports and a commercial center of which every citizen of my State feels proud. But the problems which confront the city of Galveston are not the problems which concern the people of the interior. and they do things differently.
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