Seven hundred thousand of them appeal to you from the great State of New York. men with calloused hands. and men who know what labor is and .who know what it is to be driven out of their positions by that .influx of foreign people. to pass this bill. [Prolonged applause.] You understand this bill. Thousands who are urging you into opposition to the bill do not. A few days ago Cardinal Gibbons wrote to Mr. Epstein. stating that foreigners who were fairly educated in their own language would be excluded by this bill. Prof. Jenks. a member of the Immigration Commission. wrote him. calling attention to the fact that It is only necessary for them to read 30 or 40 words of their own language or dialect. and Cardinal Gibbons at once wrote him the following letter:
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