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SPEECH
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HON. CHARLES N. ] ELTON .
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. ~h~. ~en,1;1,te naying und~r consid~ratJp~.1 the bill (H. R. 6185) to absolutely,
proh1b1t the commg of ChmeRe persons mto the United States-
Mi·. FELTON said:
Mr. PRESIDENT: I first desire to say that tam in accord ,vith
what the Senator from Oregon has just said in regard to the im-
portance of passing serine measure at this time. It is evident
that very able Senato1;s upon this floor_ aiid ·.lawyers disagree as
to ~hether the existing law expires ·o; the 6th of next May 01·
two years there11fLer ; but .l in w) way 1gr,je ·,.1th tlrn Senator
froin Ore::,·oD iu . 1 ~1s last remark. I think it is better for all that
whatever legisiation we have at this time ought to be the best
legislation we can get that will exclude these people, and as an
evidence of why I desire it I p!'oposeto submit some remarks.
Mr. President, I approach this discussion with reluctance, con-
scioui, of the fact that there exists a sentiment amorig worthy
citizens who, having little•or no prac~ical knowledge of this
subject, are opposed to their exclusion, and as in past Con-
gresses, this question has been very ~bly discussed, I can hope
to add but little for your consideratio!l; · and, therefore, should
have remained silent, but for the fact-that I represent, in part, a
constituency who have siiff ered from the evils of Mongolian immi-
gration for over a third of a century, and who have learned by
bitter experience the great economic and moral objections to the
incoming_ of this.people.
l'his question is political, social, and economic. It is a ques-
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ti~n: of clyili~ation, a"'_u.· we of the Pacific coast would preserve
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ours, the Western type, and not submit to the Eastern, To pre-
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