Mr: Speaker. in. view of the fact that I have at all times voted against all bills which might be designated as porkbarrel legislation. I. presume that- I will be permitted to. state that I am pleased to hear from the gentlemen who now feel the same way. and agree to act in the future as I have acted in the past 8 or 10 years. namely. to oppose every proposition that might in any way be considered as porkbarrel legislation. As I understand it. this appropriation for the immigration station at Charleston was passed in the Fiftyninth Congress. I was not then a member of the Immigration Committee or a Member of this House. but I want to say for the Immigration Committee that since the Sixtieth Congress we have. recommended the appropriations for two Immigration stationsone for Philadelphia and the other for Baltimore. I am pleased to say that each and every member. and everyone acquainted with the conditions in those two ports. will admit that there was imperative need for the stations. I agree with my colleague from Illinois that frequently we appropriate for buildings. thlat are not needed* and are not necessary.
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