WASHINGTON, Dec. 80, 1915.
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The proceedings in the House To-.
day were not very momentous. Mr..
Douglass Of ILL.,, having the floor, led
off on the Naturalization Question; he
considered the constitutionality Of the
measure and argued that Congress
had nothing to do farther with the
subject, but that it belonged exclusive
ly to the several States. He admitted
the right of Congress to pass uni.
form naturalization Law, but this did
not guarantee the right of voting; it
simply made the protection of our
laws TO the foreigner and enabled him
to hold and convey real estate. Each
particular State could frame its own
laws on this subject whether more OF
less stringent than other States, and


Congress could not counteract, alter
! amend or abrogate any such enact