It should come in the form of an amendment to the Chineseexclusion law. which was passed at the last session of the present Congress. It does not belong in this bill. which is general immigration legislation. and to attempt to put it in is to depart from the universal practice of Congress. which is not to mix up the two kinds of legislation. The amendment is evidently premature. The committee has not reported it. The committee is apparently divided upon it. When the Committee on Immigration had this question up in reference to the restricted admission of Chinamen in the Philippine Islands and in the Hawaiian Islands they decided not to let down the bars. As late as last spring. in the opinion of the Committee on Immigration of the Senate. it was thought better to delay the development of the Philippine Islands and the Hawaiian Islands rather than to let down the bars for the admission of Chinamen even under restriction. As far as that committee is concerned. therefore. it has already taken a position against such an amendment. and no evidence has been submitted to it to alter its opinion. I move.
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