Without such a system it will be as difficult to know and to protect the 105.000 Chinese now here as it will be impossible to prevent the unlawful coming and residence of those who are now in China. You first strike out the penalty by which Chinamen are punished for coming here unlawfully. and then you cut out the provision for registration. thus rendering it utterly impossible to distinguish or identify the lawful from the unlawful residents. Could the door for Chinese immigration be more widely and safely opened? But. sir. the last and the principal objection which we. the minority of the committee. urge against this bill is the tenyear clause. For over twentyfive years the Pacific States have been cursed with. the evils of Chinese immigration. the peace and order of society have been disturbed. the interests of good government jeopardized. the rights and comforts of honorable labor have been overthrown. and its worthy representatives driven into poverty and exile by an invading race. selfdetermined upon alien. sordid. and unrepublican habits. Will such a bill as this bring back peace and order to those burdened and excited communities ? Will it restore their social and industrial interests to their safe and normal condition ?
Identified stereotypes
Chinese are described as an "invading race" with "alien, sordid, and unrepublican habits" who disturb peace and order and overthrow the rights of honorable labor.