The honorable Senator from Montana spoke scathingly and ably and I think justly a day or two ago in regard to what appeared to him to be great laxity on the part of the courts in California. but there is one point he seems not to have understoodthe figures as stated in the report of the committee in regard to the number of men that have been taken off on writs of habeas corpus. He thought it strange and that the statement was incorrect that there were over 7.000 taken off on writs of habeas corpus during the year 1888. and that only 1.992 had been taken off on writs of habeas corpus since October 1. 1888. I would explain to the Senator from Montana that this great difference. which amazed him. is due to the operation of the last exclusion act. which went into force October 1. 1888. as he will see on page 274 of the report. I desire to call attention to the testimony of T. J.
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