No man who goes to their temples of worship and sees their inmages there set up can ever believe that such a people. after they have been away from China for twenty years and are still attenling their Joss houses ant paying their devotion to their images. can become Christianized by their contact with the people of this comuntry. In one of their temples was placed the image of the devil. not for the purpose of worshiping him. as I am told. but in order that they might pay him proper respect. so that he might be induced not to do the .any harm. With that kind of civilization growing up in the city of San Francisco and other portions of the Pacific coast. it is not surprising that the people of the Pacific States feel sesitive about the presence of the Chinese and want a limitation put upon their immigration to this country. The time specified in the bill during which there shall be a suspension of immigration may perhaps be a little too long. It is. however. one of those features that can be corrected hereaftr by legisatio. if it shoul d he fod to be so. The. Ihlieve. suspends immigration for twentyyears. If hereafter it shall be found that that period is too long I suppose it would be competent for Congress to reduce the time by subsequent legislation. I would be willing. however. to see that feature nodifie now so as to try it for ten years.
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Chinese people cannot be Christianized and worship the devil.