Speech #570042639

Among those who voted to abrogate that treaty were some of the most distinguished members of the Senate at that time. and I may say of any other time. I do not care now to read the names of the Senators who joined in voting to abrogate that treaty. but I recall very well that we were told that we would destroy our trade with China if we abrogated that treaty. Subsequently we made a treaty with Chinaand I am not now going into the details of this matter--but in 1894 we made another treaty. and. as stated yesterday by the junior Senator from Massachusetts . all the legislation upon the statute book was made prior to that treaty. and in that treaty China admitted this to be a proper position on our part. namely. the absolute prohibition of the immigration of the Chinese laboring classes and -the admission of the excepted classes on terms that we should provide and regulate. so that no other class should get in. I have gone over this bill with care. I have read every line of it.