Speech #580069765

It repealed all former treaties as to the question of immigration to this country from China. They were the treaty obligations contained in the treaty of 1894. with which treaty it was contended in this Senate during the last Congress that the drastic bill reported from the Committee on immigration conflicted. The intent of that act was that the laws continued in force should not be inconsistent with the treaty of 1894. We tried to keep it down to the treaty of 1894. I do not think we succeeded fully. But whatever the law was when it was first passed and when the treaty of 1894 was in force. the law prevailed instead of the treaty of 1894 to the extent that it went beyond.