The remarks of my colleague misrepresented my position on this question. It is true that some months ago I did state to a correspondent that what was called the Belmont bill was not sufficient to prevent Chinese immigration. That bill has not been reported to this House. There was introduced into this House in April a bill by Mr. BELMONT. but a few days later I introduced one myself. and a few days after that a bill was introduced in the Seiate by Senator STEWART. We had several conferences and compared the three bills and took such provisions from each as we supposed to be necessary to execute the provisions of the treaty. and that bill was the result.
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