There presides over one of these departments at infrxquent occasions a gentleman who frequently ran upon a national ticket and upon platforms which have declared for an amendment of this character. I shall refer first to the platform of 1900. when William Jennings Bryan was a candidate for President. He was a candidate several times. as some here may recall. but upon all occasions when he was the standard bearer of the Democratic Party the platform contained an Asiatic exclusion plank. This plank of 1900 reads: We favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion law and its application to the same classes of all Asiatic races. In 190S the Democratic platform declared: But we are opposed to the admission of Asiatic immigrants who can not be amalgamated with our population or whose presence among us would raise a race issue and involve us in diplomatic controversies with oriental powers. Now is the time to adopt an amendment of this character. And I again predict that if the Members do not vote upon this occasion for an exclusion amendment that during this session of Congress they will not again have an opportunity.
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