Speech #760052086

Permit me. however. to suggest another and a controlling reason why the point of order made by the gentleman from New York cannot prevail. and that is because it comes too late. Under the precedents of the House. even though a bill has been improperly referred to a committee by the Speaker. if that bill receives consideration by the committee to which it was referred and is reported back to the House and placed on the House Calendar. it is then too late to raise the point of order which has been raised by the gentleman from New York as to the jurisdiction of the committee reporting the bill. The argument of the gentleman from New York was aimed largely at the merits of the bill and the reasons for creating the Immigration Committee and is academic so far as the practical point of order is concerned. Neither reasons why the Immigration Committee was set up. nor the advisability of the law. are involved in the point of order. The gentleman from Michigan has called my attention to a precedent found on page 401 of Jeffersons Manual which substantiates my position. to which I call the Speakers attention. The Speaker has the precedent before him and I am sure is familiar with it.