That bill went to the House of Representatives. If the Democratic party were so vigorous and so ready to secure some stringent prohibitory legislation. they had the Speaker of the House. they had the committees of the House. they had the control of the floor. and why is it that they did not exercise that great power which they had. because in that Congress they had more than 40 majority while in this one they only have 16. and there might be some excuse for saying that the majority was so small that they could not bring this up. but here they were in the vigor of their power. in the plenitude of their influence. and yet they allowed that bill to die. In view of these facts I say that it does not lie in the pathway of any proper or just criticism of any Republican for any Democrat to stand in this Chamber and arraign the Republican party or any member of it for hostility to the principle of prohibition of Chinese immigration. ir. President. I have said all I intended to say upon this subject. and I would not have said a word but for the second interruption of the Senator from Missouri after I had made a motion to adjourn.
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