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Show POWER OF BIG SIM STILL li EVIDENCE President Succeeds in Blocking All Anti-Japanese Measures in California. SACTiAMlCXTO. Cal.. Jan. 27. Tho question of anti-Japanese legislation was temporarily put aside by the legislature legis-lature today as a result of an agreement agree-ment between President Poosevelt. Governor Gillett and tho leaders of both houses. Assemblyman A. M. Drew agreed after a conference with tho governor gov-ernor to amend his anti-alien land bill. Grove L. Johnson was not willing to posLpone action upon his anti-Japanese bills, but a motion to put all the measures over a week prevailed with little opposition. 1,'he governor received re-ceived the following telegram from the president this forenoon: "Whito House. Washington, Jan. 27. "Hon. J. N. Gillett. Governor of California: Cali-fornia: "I must again express from the standpoint of all our peoplo 1113' appreciation ap-preciation of the great service that you are rendering, i havo absolute ami entire faith in the judgment: and patriotism pa-triotism of tho people of the great slate of California, and I know that they will support .you. My letter is already ou its way to you and you may make it public whenever von desire. ' THEODO.RE ROOSEVELT. " Senator Mark Anthony of San Francisco Fran-cisco presented a joint resolution calling call-ing upon congress to ask the Mikado to recall the Japanese imperial consul general, on the ground that he had sought, lo block legislation against his countrymen by appealing to tho governor, gov-ernor, in connection with this, Gillett Gil-lett stated Hint congress might as well ask for the recall of tho minister at Washington when ho calls on the president presi-dent in regard to 11 diplomatic matter. |