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The Chinese problem is not how to keep Chinese laborers out of California, but how to keep Chinese politics out of Congress.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “The Chinese problem is not how to keep Chinese laborers out of California, but how to keep Chinese politics out of…”
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Hoar discusses the importance of keeping Chinese political influence out of Congress rather than excluding Chinese laborers.
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