Speech #530023291

I speak in the interestof citizen labor. I speak in the interest of the American workingman. and in behalf of that State which was fitly termed by Thomas Starr King " Gods own country." and in behalf of her sister States on the slope of the Pacific: I do not propose. sir. to discuss the question whether the Geary act of May 5. 1892. has been enforced or not. I believe that the President of the United States has been and is in favor of the due execution of the law. and I deem the opinion contained in his message of October 1. 1888. at the time he signed the Scott exclusion act. to be the last authoritative expression of his views on this issue. I agree with the gentleman from California that the Treasury Department can not be accused of laches. and the appearance of the United States district attorney for the northern district of California [Mr. Garter] in the circuit court of the United States on the 11th day of September. before Judges McKenna and Morrow. when he opposed the granting of a warrant for the arrest of Jim Lee.