The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-04

III DOSSlUl0 Remittance AoA
should accompany the notice.
HON. S. KIRKPATRICK STATES
HIS POSITION.
Mr.. Speaker, for the first time IN
the deliberations of the Sixty-thlrd
Congress l am brought face to race
with the expressed views Of the Chlet
Executive of our Nation relative to
the literacy test in its application to
immigrants landing on our shores.
NV objections to the presidents
veto is not based alone on objection
to the introduction of foreign lmml-
grants because of their inability to
tell who they are, where they came
from, or whittier they are going; sui
/ believe all these are essential ana
necessary elements that enter into
the composites constituting good cltl-
zenship. feel perfectly safe IN say
ing that all laws are more or less
used, and likewise, but Mr.. Speaker,
we can not live on tradition or that
which prompted or controlled our
forefathers more than century ago.
At that time SO per cent of our broad
acres were unoccupied. Then we
were turning the virgin soil with
wooden mold board pillow, and
.'single takers" had not been born.
The good Lord quit making land
long time ago, and no one knows
when he will resume this dlthcult
and arduous task. One hundred years
ago the demand for labor was the
rule. now it is the exception. Then
we were reaping down our fields with
a hand scythe, now the genii OF the
age are offering to cut, bind, thresh
and grind all for nominal sum, and
before proceeding further along
these lines permit me to say that l
am unalterably opposed to the use
and exercise of the veto power
am old enough to recall some
vivid impressions growing out OF the
frequent use of this privilege OF veto
by the predecessor of Zachary ray
lor, and in 1S4S this became an issue
Of the slogan type. Mr.. Taylor was
appealed to as to his position on this
grave question and said, Gentlemen,
your will, not mine.
No man has more exalted opln-
ion of President Wilson that nave.
In a legal sense it is in great mea-
sure artificial for lawyers to diner.
and it is akin and natural for all OF
us to do likewise. ! frankly said to
the president this morning that ! in
tended to vote again his veto. he
said in part that inasmuch as l had
been faithful in all other matters
affecting the welfare OF our people
81 grant that you are as honest in
your convictions as am in mine.
/ placed Mr.. Wilson in nomination
for the presidency in the nineteenth
century, and | am the first and only
original Wilson man in the United
States, or as l jocularly remarked to
Mr.. Wilson on one occasion, save
one. and that was himself. To this
he dissented, adding that at that
time he had not been born into the
kingdom of the emergency, dark
horse" or receptive caste.
'The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the SOUL" but l am aware
of the fact that there are some mem
bers who are strangers in the COM
monwealth of Israel have contend
ed for 40 years that the best and
safest protection for American wage
earners is to place some restrictions
on competitive labor. for as sure as
two and two makes four. if there are
two men for job the price for per
forming such labor will be material
ly reduced if not cut in two.
| desire to say that members who
continue to vote for high tariff and
free labor, and do SO from sense OF
habit, custom or environments, are
like the new convert who said, The
moon shines brighter, but the roads
damn sight rougher.'
If inconsistencies could be convert
ed and made to appear as jewels,
then some of you fellows would be
decked beyond recognition. This is
not new issue, nor is it dead or dy-
ing. 1t was threshed out under the
cleveland and Taft administrations.
Three millions of organized workers
of America demand it. The CONVEX
sion of Saint Paul was almost in
Simultaneous, but not along these
lines. Some have said there are 2O,-
100000 workingmen not yet heard
from. invite all such into the
arena of public expression.
5 The restrictions objected to are
not onerous, complicated, or difficult
to overcome To learn to read 80 or
40 words off our own or their own
language should be readily done, and
the man or woman will be better
qualified for better and higher ideals.
Thus having said what ! have said
and frankly voting as l believe, l
shall vote to place this bill upon our
statutes.
The official returns from the No
yember election have been compiled
Ly the New York Times from all the
states with the following results.