Speech #560058581

I believe that the result of the action of the conference commit:. tee on the subject of the app)ointment of judges of the courts by the President is highly satisfactory. and that it impresses upon the bill an American feature. The rights of franchise. as given by the combined judgment of the House and Senate and as finally molded in conference. give full and free rights to the people. I very much regret that the provision on the subject of deporting the Asiatics from Hawaii was not also agreed to in conference. Nearly onehalf of the population of the Hawaiian Islands are Japanese and Chinese. and they will be a constant menace to this country as long as they remain there. The Chinese have for a long time been breaking across the border of Canada to this country. and many false and forged certificates have been discovered from time to time. I believe a law like the Chinese exclusion act must be passed to protect our labor from the Japanese. I very much doubt whether the provision in the bill providing that the Chinese shall not come from the Hawaiian Islands to this country will stand the test of the courts when the question comes up on the subject of the right. under the Constitution. to have a law of that kind passed restricting persons to a certain part of our country. But the general features of the bill. as finally agreed to and now before us. seem to be as good as under the present circumstances can be hoped for. while the bill as at first introduced contained too many Hawaiian traces.