Speaker. that out of the 162.000 voters on the Pacific coast 90 per cent. are workingmen. men who labor with their hands. Their unanimous appeal comes to you today. They turn to this grand party that for the last twenty years has fought the battles of the downtrodden and oppressed. they turn to this party that always keeps its promises. this party with its grand and noble record. and as their last hope they say. "Give us this bill. remove this obstruction from our progress. invite European immigration to the Pacific coast. but do not allow us to be overrun by Asiatic immigration." Mr. Speaker I once heard a conundrum-" Where is the best place to have a boil 1" And the answer was : On somebody elses nose." So it appears to be the principle here with gentlemen from the East. that the best place to have Chinese immigration is on the Pacific coast. In the East they do not want it. If 10.000 of these Chinese laborers were in the city of Boston today there would be a riot in fortyeight hours . if 25 000 of them were. in the city of Philadelphia there would be a riot en twentyfour hours.
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Asiatic immigration will overrun the Pacific coast.