I think the gentleman from New Jersey is exceedingly unfair in that statement. I have specially stated that I had no possible opposition to the passage of the bill. and was heartily in favor of the principles involved. that the bill should pass upon its merits. and if the bill reported by the Committee on the Territories is to fail. then I am in favor of the pasasgo of this bill at the present time. It is unjust. therefore. to say that I desired to permit the importation of alien contract laborers into Hawaii through any opposition I had to this bill. The gentleman also made a misstatement of my answer to the gentlemans question on the subject of contracts made before the passage of the bill. I stated the contracts were made before the bill was considered and reported to the House by the committee.
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