I hold that the caucus has no more.right or authority to abrogate a plank in the platform or release a Senator from the moral obligation to keep a promise to his constituents than Congress has to abolish a section of the Constitution without referring it to the people for their approval.- It is a vain and false assumption that the creature should in any circumstance become greater than the creator. Thinking that way about it. I can not justify the feelings of indignation which the honorable Senator from Missouri. in the performance of his selfcreated office of censor. affects to feel toward those of us who have dared to vote for the consideration of the immigration bill. I need no suggestion or guidance by the caucus in the matter of carrying out the platform. and therefore 1 must decline to take orders either from the caucus or the steering committee. if their orders do not accord with my sense of public duty. I am always willinL. to confer with my D3mocratlc colleagues and to discuss with them matters of public concern.
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