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I think the gentleman is right about that as a matter of ethics and procedure. but those of us who have been trying to get legislation of this kind are glad to have it come from any source. and we shall make no question about that. The gentleman in the course of the discussion has expressed his admiration for proper procedure in- legislation and also expressed some gratification that woman suffrage and public ownership have not been ingrafted on this bill. In that connection lie also said the whisky amendment ought not to have been ingrafted on a revenue bill. Let me remind the gentleman that. in all probability. we would have today two saloons inl this Capitol. as we did have for many years. if it had not been that the law which drove the whisky out of the Capitol was not brought in on a separate bill but was ingrafted as legislation upon an immigration bill. and. as a matter of fact. was voted for in derision by a good many gentlemen.