He made this statement : Comparing the month of February. 1905. with February. 1906. our expenditures were In the former $62.609 and in the later $28.683. Now. In February. 1905. we had a large deportation. while now we are deporting scarcely any. so that our expenditures at the present moment are what might be termed merely the running expenses. maintaining the service. paying the. salaries and incidental expenses of the Chinese service. with very few returning to China. for which. of course. the larger amount of the fund is used. Now. gentlemen. what folly it is to maintain such a law upon the statute books if the administrative officers of the Government are determined not to enforce it. What folly it is to expend nearly $400.000 for the maintenance of this branch of the service. when the head of the Department solemnly informs Congress that he has received instructions. which he intends to obey. that he shall not deport another Chinaman. that he shall not execute the law which the money is to be appropriated for.
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