Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-17

of Mr.. Gardner ct Mars and Mr.. Butler
OF Penn. on this occasion are OF interest
as showing tho hood feeling of even
those who felt forced to oppose the
large appropriation 20. special Yoasons
As 4" matter Of fsct the Senate has re-
fus.G 10 concur in ;he reduction and In
sists upon the s1.S0H This matter will
therefore con.H W again for vote in
| the House anH It ie hopcd that the fun
slI.oM wil, 10 ailowed.
MIR GARDENERS SPEECH
! Mir Gardner Of Massachusetts MI
| speaker. | am Very sorry that this ques
/ ton of the appropriation for the immi-
| grafton commission has been confused
with so much acrmony in debate | sup
/ pose If there is anybody In this House
who has a right to be acrimonious Wit
regard to this Immigration commission,
! il is mVself. | opposed IN" creation Of
| that commission. was voted down ar
ter one of the closest fights ever had in
| this House and | was taken Off tho CON
ference committee because my nosition
| in reporting the bill did not agree with
| that of the ma iority of the House I
opposed that commission because the pay
agraph Great ting it was used for the pur-
pose of supplantng the educational test
by amendment That by no means meant
| that the commission would not he use
| full objected to it because it post poned
| the question of the educational test. ! OBJ
i jected to il because ii was used % defeat
, the educational test. but that has no
| thing to do with the question now. That
com mission, in my opinion. has done most
| VA In 10 hay frt
years In the committee on immigration
with the gentleman from New York tMr,
Bennep. My colleagues on that commit
tee. one and all, will bear witness to the
fact that the gentleman from New York
| tMr. Bennett has made a profound study
of immigration questions. has devoted
more faithful and laborious work to il
than any other man on earth Applause
on the republican sde.) Now, Mr. Speaker
let us not pursue 4 penny wise and
pound foolish policy. This commission
has expended Ss75.0 an anormous sum.
it is true and now they ask for $l2h, noh
more with which to complete their most
valuable work: $la, 600 more. not for trips
10 Europe, though IL another trip to Flu
rope were wanted by Mr.. Bennet l should
| favor il with all my heart tapplause on
the republican side, because think
every minute of time ne spends there l.,
| worth this nation its weight in gold IL
| time can be said to have weight in
| gold. But there are to he no more trips
to Europe; there is no more salary for
any member of the commissions there Is
no question of more field work. II now
remains to put the report in shape, where
legislators ana the press and tho public
can use this vast mass OF valuable facts
that have been acquired by this com
mission after the most dilis-nt work,
after work the part Of no
man SO dilisent as thu sentlemsn
from New York (Mr Kenneth
Now Mr. SPEAKER, as an opponent of
this commission, AZ a man who probably
mad more mortifying experience than
any man on the floor or this House
when that immigration hill was under
consideration. when was, for sound
pariia mentary reasons, removed from the
conference committee. feel that can
advocate this expenditure without mis-
constr. elton As one Of tho strongest re-
strctionists in this House. feel that
can as well or better than anyone. do
fcnd This commission which l so Vshsm-
emily opposed. The expenses OF lis EN-
ropcan trip were S.O.,S66 81 and no more.
II any gentlrman in Or out OF Congress,
SAYS or implies that these expenses
were in excess Of that sun ! shall mke
the liberty of rising to a. question or per
Sonal privilege for the purpose OF deny
ing the accuracy OF his iniorma ton The
cost of the trip was s2o.65fhl There were
xye SEQ or nearly siN-seNenths of the
vboia .>n.,d.d for tho collection and
,.h,n.tior of material. for tn. general
r.l, ,o,,, .nd clerical force. with 10:
,i.ld .,.r,a and $40 clerks employed. It
ma, .ar,la,n,u had taken tho trouble to
-, d',.n to the Malthy building, wher,