I am in favor of the principle of this bill. but hope it will be so perfected as to leave no room for doubt that the rights of everybody will be protected who is a resident of the United States. whether already a citizen by virtue of a sufficient length of residence in this country or having but recently arrived with the intention of eventually becoming naturalized. During the debate of the Chinese restriction act in 1882 I put myself squarely on record by saying that I would vote to exclude my own German countrymen from this country provided they came here with such intentions and under such circumstances as these Chinese did. You will perceive.
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