As the Senator has kindly allowed me to interrupt him. permit me to say that I think perhaps he misunderstood me when I spoke about the illiteracy test. I did not mean that the Illiteracy test had not been agitated and was not a constant subject of discussion. but it did not become the law until we passed the bill carrying the illiteracy test over President Wilsons veto in 1917. I happened to be chairman of the committee that reported the Immigration bill in 1896. which was vetoed by President Cleveland. Another bill was vetoed by President Taft on account of the illiteracy test. Another was vetoed by President Wilson. and then Congress passed it over the veto.
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