These arguments all proceed upon this line: irst. there are not many people coming. second. there is another provision of the bill that will exclude most of those who may come. and therefore there should be no legislation on the subject. Now. either these people are desirable or they are undesirable. If they are desirable they ought not to be excluded by any test. If they are undesirable as a class they should be excluded. so that all that you can say for the literacy test is that it reduces the evil. The Senator states that it is not of sufficient importance to solemnly legislate against Africa. We could pass an amendment including Africa in about five minutes if the conunittees suggestion of accepting the amendment were adopted.
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