Then. in 1894. the present treaty was made. in which the Chinese say that they are anxious to keep the cooly from coming to the United States. they are anxious. so they have got no right to kick. The treaty of 1894 continues until 1914. on the 8th of December. unless one country or the other gives the other six months notice prior to the 8th of December. 1904. that it is coming to an end. so the longest that treaty is certain to run is the 8th of December. 1914. and the law expires on the 5th of May. 1902. Now. the representatives of these great trading concerns say. "We want to keep these coolies out. we are just as anxious to as you are." Their attorneys declared before the Senate committee that they stand on identically the same platform as Mr. Gompers. the president of the American Federation of Labor. who really wants to keep the coolies out. but they simply want to keep them out by a fiveline law. extending the law as it now is. That would seem fair on its face. would it not? At the very same time. however. they have three suits pending in the Supreme Court of the United States attacking the validity of the law of 1888. and it is the supposition of most people that it will go by the board. and here is the predicament you will be in if you do not pass the majority bill or the minority subistitute. That is. you will go through the performance of continuing the laws that are in existence. and the Supreme Court will declare them all bad. and in three weeks they will import 100.000 Chinese coolies. and there you are. Now. one of two things will happen. If they ever get here in large numbers they will drive the American laborers out. or the American laborers will kill them. mob themone or the other.