Speech #630424191

lr. Speaker and gentlemen. If the Democratic Party were going to remain in power indefinitely there would be no occasion to restrict immigration. The Democratic Party always has restricted immigration. and for a splendid reason. and that reason is that when the Democrats are in power there is no work In this country for the laboring man. whether he be foreign or domestic. The Republican Party was divided in the last presidential campaign. However. notwithstanding that division. I want to make this observation. that if President Wilson had gone before the American people with the statement that there would be a bill such as this before the American Congress. and that it would pass both the House and the Senate and that he would veto it. he never would have been President of the United States. There never would be a man elected President who was opposed to restricted immigration if the people knew his position prior to the date of election. They say that they qualify quickly in this country. that they learn to read and write quickly. I see no reason why a man. if he is competent. can not qualify just as quickly in some other country as he can after he gets here.