Show ANESE 1 BILL ILL I California Assembly Fails to I See the Point Urged by Drew of Fresno GROVE JOHNSONS CLIMAX ACTON ACrON OF LOWER LOWaR HOUSE OF THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE o Cal Feb Feh S After a de I extending from 11 this until 6 G p Po m tn the UtI th af s re A M Drew bill drawn by the tr td l purring barring aliens from Irom ownership af of f land r california alifornia by ayote of nt t 48 IS to 28 The 01 bi 1 had been b fl at thIS the request of Boot Root nt ana Secretary that the clauso applying it to Jap f it k only was eliminated making reaRing to t all aliens but the measure luro d such a storm of Cf opposition that before the debate was closed by Ion on ions that the ji t 1 Drew it was apparent i la ure would be defeated In substance the objection to tv t was vas was that it would drive at least of capital out of the state tate and night ight jeopardise the present friendly relations with Japan ThE of the bill contended II Ut Itt t the state stale was being overrun by byI thrifty I Japanese who werd were gradually impregnable position as gaming gaining an I gid v ners and whose government governments California re I ua II s trying tr tc t dictate to jarding legislation 1 Grove Johnsons Speech T sensational speeches were verl made fur for and on ont one against the measure A Grove Gro I L of ofHa Ha and an au author thor of f four bills segregating Japanese I n I and in IT W t AIA aliens e oi 1 being g member member of tp made an ap apI I tat al for the enactment a of the Drew bill billU billt U t his climax he lie walked backward fi m his seat to the lobby rail and andi i in in his arms arnas a girl if t 3 i h held ld her aloft and aud declared that lit it was wal in Ia favor of tills this as opposed to the Japanese menace to our institutions ton Nathan athan C Coghlan of San Francisco V ho was elected with the endorsement of f the Union Labor party opposed the th Drew bill on the ground that it was in conflIct t with th the constitution that it Jt was i t that it was 3 not net Vred national i tron administration which h Iw hl saM saki was dealing with a delicate d problem and should hould be supported by the people of i alifornia Dramatically confronting Ass Assembly man Drew he said If Jf President P os v lt should sod end throw open the t th doore doon of this as chamber ana al andy laying his hig hi hand r n your our shoulder should s request for far f r nasons of state Ut you withdraw this bill you jou ou Mr Drew as 8 a patriotic i of the United States would ae ac without a murmur This sally sany was received with great relt I Ii i l Drews Argument ArgumentI In I n reply pI Mi loft lr w closing his i nit nt It for the bill declared that he hf had bad hadI I ed a H letter lett r from the pt in I much hith he hp h stated that he was not op opi v i ed pd to th the bill as it had been d l at his request In hi his opening remarks this forenoon Tr Tw w made matIe the statement that already tirre tre re were in California Japanese Japan eM i int of nf whom hom belonged to the Japanese n m who could be mobilized at a mo 11 nt a notice in case of hostilities 1 Melrose of Anaheim who had statistics in opposition to the i hill n declared thea were not more than 1100 oj Japanese l e In California He U Ii from statistics complied compiled by the Asi iti Exclusion Ex League Le tue to the effect that H Ur tOrp were not more than I t property owners In the state Mr 11 Melrose who spoke for Governor i Nett litt Speaker Staton and leaders lenders in th branches of the legislature coun lied delay to enable the state labor to take a census of the Japanese Mr Stanton introduced re ti at the request of or the governor 1 bill appropriating for such a as adma dma s and as soon as the other anti antl measures measure are disposed of or this bill hili a ii ll be J rushed to passage and the a or bureau burau will 1111 begin its task The 1 jE t is i to obtain all the statistics pos poe Mc k tn to ti be submitted in the form fonn of a rf n Port at the next session Before adjournment tonight Ass Asem m l man Johnson asked that his hIli bills be bp taken takE up the first thing In the morn mom iff Ilg g limiting the debate to thirty min mm df nn each ach side This was minted by b Ih I if house Action in Nevada t taron aron arn eV Feb 3 IThe The assembly or o the Nevada legislature at Its after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon session today passed the anti antl resolution as amended The Thea amendments a eliminate all nil reference to dEral Interference but urge the state Of A to pass stringent measures Continued on Page 2 BILL DEFEATED Continued From Page 1 to exclude Japanese There Thele was bu but butone one vote against the measure that o of Assemblyman Church Republican member from Lincoln county A telegram received from Senator Senate Nixon axon in the morning m and read in the senate was read to the assembly this afternoon In answer the assembly tel telegraphed hed to him the resolution as amended It Is likely like that the resolution will be delivered to the th senate tomorrow Should that body take teke up the measure moo sure It will further amend It and It Is said that its wording will be so changed that tha the assembly scarcely will recognize It ft The assembly resolution No 2 h asked that a fleet of warships be bek kept p I in the Pacific was passed without question or amendment |