The language of the bill describing the functions of the Commissioner is plain and explicit; and yet out of this language, so guarded and so utterly inoffensive, the Senator from Iowa has conjured a phantom to frighten the Senate from its propriety.
Sumner defends the clarity of the bill's language against misinterpretations that could mislead the Senate.
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