Acting Secretary of the Treasury. desires me to state that in his opinion at least $100.000 ought to be appropriated for that work. instead of $60.000. With that evidence before the committee the knife was put in as usualthis chronic hereditary knife from Indianacutting down even the appropriatioh recommended under the old law from $60.000 to $50.000. Then follows the action of this House with its tremendous Democratic majority. planting bayonets and resorting to every possible means for the purpose of restricting the immigration of Chinese -protecting the laboring interests of this country which from shore to shore cry out against the importation of the Chinese. And now. with this information from the Secretary. showing that $160.000 is needed. the gentleman from Indiana still stands upon technicalities and would defeat this amendment which the House is called upon in thunder tones to adopt. I leave the matter with the House. but I do my simple duty by warning it that the country will not be deceived. that the laboring men of America will not be deceived by this kind of truckling with great and mighty interests.
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