We succeeded. however. in passing a bill excluding Chinese laborers for a period of ten years. While this was a step in the right direction. it did not suit our people. They justly demanded permanent and absolute exclusion of all classes of Chinese. The working men and women of my city demanded as a right more stringent legislation. And in 1888 you gave us the Scott exclusion act. which received the sanction of President Cleveland. This was another step towards giving the Pacific coast the legislation to which its people were justly entitled. This law. now upon the statutebooks. was wholly inadequate to afford the necessary relief.
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