The nontaxpaying Indians in many of the States today are voting for Members of Congress. and as the Constitution now stands they can not be enumerated in determining how many Members of Congress there shall be from the States in which they reside. There has also been presented by the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Hocu] an amendment to the Constitution which will exclude another class of people. the noncitizen aliens. from enumeration when we are considering the apportionment of Members of Congress to a State. and considering that proposal as likely to become the Constitution. when that proposal comes before the House for consideration it is my intention to have removed. if I can. the exclusion of Indians not taxed. This law we are now considering should be so written that nontaxed Indians can then be counted when in the future we take out of the Constitution the words requiring them to be excluded.
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