I voted with this administration on practically every one of their big measures. and I expect to vote with this administration on every measure which is progressive and in the interests of the people of this country. but I do not want to see this opportunity. that California and the Pacific coast have been waiting for for a great many years. lost. I do not question the sincerity of the gentleman from California . but I doubt his judgment in letting this matter go the way it has. And unless we get action this time the people of the West. the people who want protection from the Asiatics. will have had their last chance for a number of years. It seems strange that any movement. either by one of our sovereign States or by the House of Representatives or by the United States Senate. which has for its object the protection of our people from Asiatic invasion immediately stirs up a storm of protest on behalf of the Japanese Government. they contending that their national honor is being assailed. It is also strange that a number of the British possessions from time to time have had serious disturbances involving Japanese subJects. especially in the Province of British Columbia. without any talk of war being declared by Japan against England. and also the fact that another one of the British ColoniesAustraliahas a rigid Japaneseexclusion let in force without bringing about any serious international complications. But whenever our people even intimate that remedial legislation is desired the newspapers carry big scare heads announcing impending war.
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