It is legislation not only in line with public sentiment of this country. but with the established policy of this Government. And not only so. but in accordance with the concessions heretofore made by the Chinese Government itself. So long ago as November 7.1892. his excellendy Tsui Kwo Yin. then Chinese minister at Washington. in a letter written to the then Secretary of State of the United States as of that date. said: It is conceded that the Imperial Government has not encouraged immigration of its people from China to the United States. but on the contrary. in the negotiations between the countries on the subject. it has in the most friendly manner yielded to a suspension of immigration. Not only in this but in many other ways China has assented to the policy of exclusion. and has not regarded such policy upon the part of the United States as one of hostility toward the Empire of China. This bill in its entirety. as well as in its several provisions. can not be regarded as the embodiment either of the ideas or the workmanship. in its legal composition and construction. of any one man.
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