The right of political asylum has brought to this country many a man of noble character and elevated purpose who was marked as an outlaw In his own less fortunate land. and who has yet become an ornament to our citizenship and to our public councils. The children and compatriots of these illustrious Americans must stand amazed to see the representatives of their Nation now resolved. in the fullness of our national strength and at the maturity of our great institutions. to risk turning back such men from our shores without test of quality or purpose. President Wilson concluded by saying that the object of the bill was restriction. not selection. Wilson was not the first to veto such restrictions on immigration. President Taft vetoed one in 1913. Mr.
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