Are we ready to take that step? That is the greatest question of all involved in this billthe right of political asylum. Bear in mind that if we had had this bill as a lawin years gone by not one of the eminent refugees that have come here in the last century could have been admitted. Garibaldi. Sigel. John Mitchell. the grandfather of the present mayor of New York. Carl Schurz. every distinguished refugee from a foreign country who had agitated for political freedom would have been excluded if this act had been in force. If we put this law upon the statute books finally. we have abolished that right which has been so diflicult to maintain. In behalf. therefore. of the 1.000.000 Socialists of this country whom I represent I petition you.
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