Wyoming Territory. has been so fully discussed and so ably presented by the President in his message. and his reasons are so ample for the proposed appropriation. that I shall be very brief. The Chinese problem is very interesting and very important. The trouble at Rock Springs and the information that we get from the States on the Pacific slope show that there is a hostile feeling between Americans and Chinese. and that there is almost an irrepressible conflict between our people and them. which in my opinion can not be stopped except by absolute restriction of Chinese immigration to this country. and I am in favor. sir. of going as far as the treaty between this country and China will allow us in prohibiting Chinese laborers from coming to this country. But the question before us for consideration now is the treatment of the subjects of China sojourning within the jurisdiction of the United States. It appears. according to all the evidence. that these harmless and helpless people at Rock Springs were in no respect guilty of violence. that they were in no respect injuring anybody at the time they were attacked and twentyeight of them killed and a number wounded. These Chinese were within the territory of the United States. and allowed to come here under a treaty. and the United States had agreed to "exert all its power to devise measures for their protection and to secure them the same rights. privileges. immunities. and exemptions as are enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favore d nation. and to which they are entitled by treaty. I do not know that I would be able to support this proposition of indemnity if it stood alone. but considering the relations between the United States and China and the necessity for further legislation and further treaty stipulations prohibiting Chinese immigration. I am inclined to support the bill. It appeals to us because it concerns our relations with a nation with which we are today upon friendly terms. and which. when we asked indemnity for inj uries inflicted upon American citizens in China. granted it to a large amount. having paid at one time $750.000.
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There is almost an irrepressible conflict between our people and them, which in my opinion can not be stopped except by absolute restriction of Chinese immigration to this country.