I think it was the general impression among thinking men that the Geary law should simply be reenacted. I notice. in looking over the files. that bills substantially for that purpose were offered by a large number of Senators. for instance. by the Senator from Pennsylvania . the Senator from Massachusetts . the Senator from Indiana . the Senator from Nevada . the senior Senator from Vermont . the Senator from Oregon . and by the Senator from Utah . and. so far as I now remember. all of those bills were in effect to reenact the Geary law. I do not find. on examination of the record which has been sent in by the Committee on Immigration. that anyone who is now urging the adoption of the present bill urged it at that time. If I may be permitted to refer to the record. I will call attention to the statement made by one of the commissioners from California.
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