The steamship companies want them to come for the profit of -transporting them. The political bosses in thelarge cities where .the ignorant eleivent congests itself use the Ignorant foreign element to carry on the nefarious work of machine and corporate domination over the people. I for oneknow that the great majority of the laboring people and :thefarmers of this country do not want this great flood of foreign immigration pouring into the United States. The people who study this question seriously realize what a menace .unrestricted immigration is to the Republic. Someof the.gentlemen whohave addressed this House today appear to be more solicitous about the welfare of the people of other countries than they are about the people of our own .country. .Gentlemen. I stand .for America first. :I consider It: .my duty to my constituents and to my country :to look out for: and protect our people. It is my judgment that the :best interests of our people and of our Government demand that we pass this bill with the -literacy test in it. I voted for this bill on former occasions. and I shall vote for it every !time it comes before this House. How can this Republic stand if we continue to permit all the scum of creationthe anarchist. the :blackhand. and the bomb throwerto come here from every portion of the world to undermine our institutions. destroy society. and overthrow the Government? :If my voice and vote will shut the gates against them. they slall not come here and endanger and despoil fair.
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Foreigners are the scum of creation, anarchists, blackhands, and bomb throwers who undermine institutions.