The point of order. as the decision shows. was based principally upon the insertion by the managers of the following proviso: Provided ftrthor. That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign Government to its citizens to go to any country other than the United States or to any insular ossession of the United States. or to the Canal Zone. are being used or the purpose of enabling the holders to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein. the President may refuse to permit such citizens of the country issuing such passports to enter the continental territory of the United States from such other country. or from such insular possessions or from the Canal Zone. It is interesting to note that nowhere in the immigration bill whichwas in conference at that time was there any reference whatever to passports. It happens by a coincidence that this authority deals with passports. but that is not why I cite It. That bill was an immigration bill purely. The point is that the managers on the part of the Senate and of the House who. I think. were in precisely the same fundamental position as the managers in this case. found that in order to regulate and control immigration it might be wise to utilize the passport methbd. either directly or indirectly. In order to control the influx and outgo of immigrants. Although the passport method was not even contemplated in the bill as it passed either House. the conferees incorporated it. Speaker CANNON. in quite an elaborate ruling. sustained the authority of the conferees and overruled the point of order. Here we have exactly a converse casea passport bill incidentally including. by the action of the conferees. a provision relating to immigration. The rule is rather well stated. I think. by Speaker -Colfax back in 1865. found in Hinds Precedents. section 6421: The Chair understands that the Senate adopted a substitute for the House bill.
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