Eighteen hundred and fiveof these people went iback. The illiteracy test in this bill would havesent something ilike .2000 more of them back. Now let us take just a little thought.about it. Who was the authorof the amendmentin the Senate? The gentlemain from Illinois said it -was.a wonder that theSenate did -not raise the amount - of the head tax -of the immigrant to $100.000. but he overlooked the fact that in the Senate this amendmentwas offered by the Senator -from Missourl . who opposed :the illiteracy test more vigorously and more actively than any other man inthat .body. That is -where it originated. Mr.
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