Printed on the same page and subsequent pages of the record is the memorial that was sent to Congress by the convention I have already referred to. in which it is said: Pursuant to a call officially issued by the city of San. Francisco. there assemblod in that city on the 21st day of November. 1901. for the purpose of .erpressing the sentiments of the State of California on the reenactment of Chineseezelusion laws. a convention composed of State officers. representalives of county spervtsors. city councils. trade. labor. commercial. and civic organizations to t lie number of -t0. and without dissent it was resolved to memorialize the President and the Congress of the United States as follows. etc. In stating what the operation of those laws had been the memorial uses this language: The effects of Chinese exclusion have been most advantageous to the State. The 75.(M9 Chinese residents of California in 1880 have been reduced. according to the last census. to 45.610. and whereas the white settlement of California by Caucasians had been arrested prior to the adoption of these laws. a healthy growth of the State in population has marked the progress of recent years It appears. therefore. Mr.
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