They did not know how to go about it under certain treaty obligations. so the Congress limited the number of Chinese that could be brought in on a single ship at a given time. But that did not solve the problem. President Hayes vetoed that bill. In 1881 there was a treaty arranged giving us the power to suspend the immigration of Chinese and to limit the number. but always they encountered that veto. Finally they did get out a bill in 1884. but there again it dealt principally with Chinese laborers. This whole effort was a throwback to that earlier condition which started as a result of gold being discovered in the valleys of California.
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