I extend it to the people. especially to the laboring people. of the West. tle mechanics and workingmen of every class and degree in the West. There can be no doubt as to what the people will demand. It will be the.exclusion of Japanes6 laborers and coolies from the United States and its colonies. That and nothing less. If they demand that. and the President shall execute this provision in the spirit of that demand. then offense Will inevitably be given to the countries whose passports are challenged and whose citizens are excluded. because it mnust be. atd it is undeniable from the careful wording of this provision. that it is neither the intention nor expectation of the Executive of the United States to use drastic measures to exclude the subjects of Asiatic governments from our shores. That is shown from the very nature of the authority that is given. It is ill to depend upon the judgment of the Executive. first. as to whether passports to other countries or to our insular possessions were originally obtained to gain entrance into this country.
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