In the consideration of this bill I do not deem any comments necessary on the above. There is no evidence of bad faith on our part in the passage of this bill. The treaty of 1894 contemplates the continuation of an exclusion act and a change in the law from time to time. The treaty states that it is the desire of the Government of China to absolutely prohibit the emigration of laborers from China to tk3 United States. and article 2 of the treaty recites that a Chinese laborer shall be furnished by the collector of the port from which he departs with such certificate as the laws of the United States may now or hereafter prescribe. Assuming that we pass a law to expire with the treaty. what guarantee have we that China will ratify a treaty to take effect on the death of the present one? We had enough revealed to us of Chinese policy and Western diplomacy in our attempt to secure the ratification of the treaty submitted to China by the United States in May. 1888. which failed. and on the failure of which is based the attack on o ur present law to which I have referred.
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