It is but natural that those who have been most troubled by the coming of Chinese laborers should be anxious and should magnify the dangers that confront them. It is perfectly evident that those who have the execution of this law committed to them have become unduly excited. and in the expression of their opinions they oftentimes resort to extravagance of statement in an effort to impress upon their hearers the danger that impends unless the laws are made more stringent than at present. A fair illustration of this was offered during the proceedings before the Committee on Immigration. The committee room was crowded. A large proportion of the committee were present. - The heads of different departments of the Federation .of Labor were sitting along the border of the room. There appeared before us the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. the law officer of that Bureau. Mr. Campbell. Mr. Dun. the inspector of Chinese immigration at San Francisco. a United States deputy marshal. a Government interpreter. and with this body of men there were brought in two miserable. downcastlooking Chinamen. I hardly know how to describe their appearance. They stood modestly at one side of the room with their heads dropped. They were interrogated by pretty much everybody. through the interpreter. and the impression left upon the minds of the committee when we were through with the hearing was that they were fair examples of those who were coining into America on every side. They came into America. as I understood. with certificates as merchants. fraudulently obtained in China through a certain house which has been engaged in obtaining fraudulent certificates for Chinese emigrants. These two Chinamen were entirely without counsel. They never had been inquired of whdther they wished counsel. but they were brought into the Capitol of the nation.
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