There were two positions taken by the opponents of those two measures. and we fought it out upon those two positions to a finish. and we did finish. and the crystallized result is seen in the public opinion of the people of the United States today. What were those two positions? The first was that the act violated the treaty with China known as the Burlingame treaty. That treaty provided for a reasonable restriction as to Chinese laborers. The bill that was introduced and was under the control of the Senator from California. Mr. Miller. now deceased. provided a restriction upon Chinese immigration for twenty years. The position was taken that that was an unreasonable restriction and violated the treaty. and the present occupant of the chair moved to strike out that provision and insert ten years. That was the first objection.
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