Mr. Chairman. if the chairman of the Committee on Immigration would always be as pleasant as he is now. and unlike what he was when he answered the gentleman from New York. I am of the opinion that if he had been left alone to follow his own judgment there would not have been any trouble at all about this legislation. because he himself in his own heart believed that the 1890 census was unfair and unjustifiable. The gentleman from California . my beloved fighting friend. a little while ago stated that the committee had thoroughly investigated three or four years ago the question of immigration. I admit that they spent a great deal of time in the gentlemans State. and I will say it is a splendid State. I hope that the people. however. will be in a different state of mind from what they are In now. unfortunately due to the hysteria and prejudice that exists there against the Japanese and. in fact. against anyone who Is of foreign birth.
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Accusation of hysteria and prejudice against Japanese and other foreign-born individuals.