rG S amendment strikes out words prohibiting immigration to our mainland of Chinese laborers who were in our insular territory when the same was acquired by the United States. Itsubstituteswordsresticting (under rules of statutory construction) the prohibition to Chinese laborers who have entered the islands since they became ours. When Hawaii was acquired the group had a large Chinese population. so large that Congress deemed it prudent to forbid Hawaiian Chinese to migrate to our mainland. The amendment would enable the Hawaiian Chinese of that time to enter our mainland. for it would operate as a repeal of the existin rohibition. m4hen the Philippines were acquired they had a large Chinese population. Governor Taft said in his recent testimony before the Senate Committee on Immigration that at present there are between 150.000 and 250.000 Chinese of the full blood in the Philippines and a great number of Chinese of the mixed blood. At the time of acquisition of the archipelago there were among the inhabitants more than 1.000.000 persons who were Chinese or of Chinese descent. The amendment would enable this immense population to pour itself into Hawaii.
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