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I want to go further than he has. however. and say that I agree with him on nearly all questions save this one. I was interested in his remarks. not because of what lie said about conditions in Belgium. and so forth. but because -of the State which he so well represents on this floor. I remember the time when Representatives of the great State of Texas stood upon this floor protesting against the National Government undertaking to regulate the question of immigration. for the reason that while conditions in the Northin New York and Pennsylvania and the other crowded sections of the countrymight justify legislation to exclude foreigners. such justification did not exist in the State of Texas. and .for that reason they expressed a preference for the sovereign right of the State to regulate a question of that kind according to its own sweet will. and while it is true that the question of immigration is national. yet the Representatives from that great State at that time made the argument that the National Government was .doing something against which they were bound to protest on account of the conditions existing in their State. What might suit New York might not and did not suit Texas. they said. and because of the difference of conditions they demanded different treatment.