Chairman. as I have said. I shall favor the bill which has come from the Senate. I believe it is well enough under all the circumstances for this Government to provide for the ascertainment and payment of this claim. but I am equally clear that it is the duty of the President and of the Secretary of State to sanction. and of the Congress of the United States to provide such amendments to the restriction act. as will effectually prevent the further immigration of Chinese laborers into this country. The remedy for this evil rests with us. Let us be just to our own people while we are generous to others. In conclusion. I desire to say that if the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will call up the bill to amend the restriction act and aid in passing it through the House at this session. he will have succeeded not only in doing something generous in the matter of indemnifying the Chinese. but he will also aid in doing what is right and just towards the people of the Pacific Coast who are suffering from the effect of this continued Chinese immigration.
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