Show vA v A A MENACE CALifORNIANS CALifORNIAN'S PLEA Drew Drew T TOIls Tells ell llo How Little Brown BrownI M n Ar Land in m inan Bear and Could L. L Raise an Army Amy Them Tte of Drilled Sol Sol- Ir I- I r Should Arise 5 ft i SACRA SACRAMENTO x Feb Fel 3 T I I think I voice the senti- senti c t of a majority of the people of the state said Representative i e Drew in the house today when speaking in sup sup- port of his anti-alien anti bill when I say that conditions now fr prevailing are deplorable This is a la law against alien own- own of land in ill this state not against the Japanese alone and the president h himself informs me in a letter that I received received re re- re- re today that he be i is not opposed to the bill as it has Wen been amended I. I We Ve must keep Japanese out of this country and we e prevent them from owning la l in California Only The he the government at Washington has the power to keep them Way away flo from our shores but lUt it is for the legislature to say whether or not they shall own Oll property here bere It is as important for California to do her bel part to pro- pro I integrity of her soil as s it is for the national govern- govern ka to our racial integrity 4 11 touch tonch upon the tho national phase of th question because President Roose Roose- f nIt his has asked us not to paz pass these but bm I III Wi Irish ish to dispel the idea that ems to have gained wide circulation cb- cb Sit my bill blU was the tho result of union labor boor bor agitation When Wen I Introduced it two wo years ago I bad had never heard of the Asiatic E Exclusion league It was not ot done aone for any special interest but butI I for the good of all the people of the Is st hour for hearing of f the Drew alin n land laud Jill deba to ap approached Ibis mornin morning the th a galleries bo boo I i. i tame crowded with auditors members ga gave seats s ou on the floors to their wives wins and md friends The early carly hours 0 of the tha morning mornin Cession session were occupied hours ith routine business but buE there thero was an aD I It t of excitement over o the coming debate debato on tho Japanese ques tion lion Is Loaded Assemblyman Richard Melrose of Anaheim An completed early carly iu in in the tho day eby his compilation of statistics cs to be bo used in in I hi Ins speech pett opposing the Drew bill lIe Ho iad before him a n mass of fi figures ures showing show show- in ing ng the value of or property owned bv h I aliens in in California a rind and nd also numerous made by br Speaker Stanton and m other bou house c lea lers lers' Then ben in the land 1 bill was I Iben up and Drew was vas recognized ed the ther cakE r asked if the tho members wished to toW I ilm W ce any limit upon the time of debate I cine in no ohi objection to the of the thc regular rule giving ti each rr who wished to speak peak half an t oar r the the I debate was begun beun under those ions ns After fler touching on the national as- as J ds s of the question Mr Ir Drew quoted Iron On letter r received ed from front Hawaii and Bowing hown the large are increase in in t c numbers of Japanese there and conIs con con- t I Who i Is opposing this Ibis measure in ww i First are the commercial I interests tf Deluding the chamber of tOmmer of our two to 1 cities I lan fian co and Los Ance s. s Some of tb e vr i. i va are arc i large lare employers Japanese e labor Army Amy in Iu America v i. i J In casc case the e necessity arose he ho hoT 4 T r f said Japan could raise rais in Cali Call 4 iy fornia an army of of her 4 i i. i 1 own O subjects mf mot most t of whom 4 i. i 1 have served in the arm army v flOX man mam figures on the in in- I of f the Y yelloW v llo TaCOs into this coun- coun ry Tk Drew concluded r The iho are better off where he hey am lh should be permitted to I Como heio to take of our td c and to profit prot by bv I o it r but hut we Tre do not wants want for for- mail nW ownership Tk- Tk Thi j is a question of nf ir hir self cl I tien r a the line liDO he bc drawn drawn- fome Lere re lend i nd A f Jr we Ic 10 1 not draw it now 1 doll Of bo como Conic after us will have hao to I At th the conclusion of his address Mr plew considerable applause iron t th h crowded galleries and from his co I pan 5 o ou the tho Short before nOOn Richard I II jel- jel Cl I h e eb b his addre in opposition to NEVADA AD AND ij IDAHO Tt SENATORS RS AT CONFERENCE WASHINGTON Feb 08 velt today sent e t for Senators New NewS aDds and Nixon of Nevada evada and Borah Bomb I of lt ua Ht Idaho bo with and talked them over the tho Japanese You oil Th I i president ot y yesterday felt that he t t C la take an any actIon action actio relative to alia of the lower dwer house hous of f the Ne- Ne It flout inese turc in iii denouncing ne tb the tho Jap Jap- ut despite the fact that the thelen o ii-o len senators to would not talk it ith the they bey took with h ito ok awn awa away i. i to et in touch I t at nt once the c tom rn members of C th the Nevada Ne' s son son- n- n 0 lan nd to stop t fu further cr progress s of tbell the ll The he fact n now before belore tl that at body I that c Senator is a Ii D makes rat and Senator Nixon a Rep bli it to the th 0 CU cn t to the he cx extent ent of holding holin u up th br oue that has gone cone through throng Borah's Borab's visit was to tell the tl z I i 4 r i i l l i I SAN SAX SAN DIEGO Cal Feb 3 i In accordance with sudden orders orders or or- ders received from Washington I. i ithe r i the entire torpedo fleet which i has been in local waters the last several weeks t sailed today for Mare Island na nay navy yard These r orders are aro in direct con contradiction 1 oi v tion to those received a few Ie i d lays days s 's ago aso which provided for a 4 i practice north as far as 1 Port H Harford The cruiser Albany Al- Al AlI I ban bany also sailed H i iI I 1 fr 1 I i i H 1 i I r that president he did not look for at an outbreak R k In in his llis state such as that in n Nevada Nixon Sends Message After le leaving vini tho the white house bouse Senator Nixon nt the following telegram to the president ot of the Nevada onate senate an anthe and the speaker of the assembly The Inc Japanese question tion like the tho thel Chinese question is partisan non to all Nevadas Nevada's citizens 1 take it that the object of the lc now before tho the u No Nevada a Jc legislature i is a serious one ne a and anil d was introduced for the purpose of securing securing se se- se curing curine beneficial results Personally I have no desire to inject mv my v views views ew but after a with the president this morning 1 I feel that it is my du duty as a representative o of tho the people of Ne Nevada e eada e- e vada vada- to suggest to the legislature through you rou gentlemen that the very veo object of tho the resolution may may be injured bv by radical action at t this time The president assured the Nevada senators that his only desire in the Japanese ap Jap- anese e matter was to promote the general gen gen- cn eral welfare and ana he urged the necessity of avoiding a complications if possible PRESIDENT SLAPS BACK AT NEVADA LEGISLATURE CHICAGO Feb 3 The The Her lter aid today tells of the thc reception at th the white house of the th anti se resolutions reso in the legislature as follows follows- President nOo Roosevelt today administered adminis adminis- terr a n sound spanking to one one of the smallest members of tho family of states Matts Nevada 3 0 a was the victim She was en gien a good trouncing in for her hr temerity in attempting to reprove o the president of the United St States hs h's for his efforts to induce the California legislature legislature leg leg- to go to slow slon with lq legislation i lation adverse ad ad- verse erse to Japanese e residents re To visitors yesterday President Roo Roosevelt Roose- Roose c- c velt elt such h r resolution ns nl that introduced introduced in in- in the Nevada C leti legislature yc yes yes- t condemning the pr and aul trying to stir up trouble between this nation and anil a foreign n power po crime came with very en poor grace p from n a state zate which had so 1 recently and so si signally shown its incapacity to maintain n public order in its borders and md ha had l called upon the na nn nadon nation na- na tion don at large for police protection Idaho May Take Hand There i is is of course cours always the possibility pos pos- that the anti Japa Japanese anti eso feeling on th the Pacific coast many ma- stir tir up rac race riots or persecution of Japanese and such events 0 might create some sonic awkwardness awk k ss for national diplomats to dispose dispose dis dis- pose of This is what is more feared than nn any In formal acts ad of tho the legislatures of w western tern states ft notwithstanding that Nevada Xe in in a hoodlum Fort sort o of f fashion has ha row now entered the game ot oi of mi mischief making There are aro rumor rumors that Idaho laho is ie about to do the same thing On account o of 01 I these 13 rumors the tho president thought it wise wis wise today to con confer er with prominent men from Idaho and it is understood senators from that state are trying to use the their r influence with friends at home to avert nert tho threatened outbreak of anti Igi legislation in the legislature legisla legisla- ture turo uro at nt Boise Dos I CALIFORNIA FINDS IT HAS I STIRRED HORNETS HORNET'S NEST SAN SAX FRANCISCO reb Feb 3 With 3 With two nations stirred to a l fever Mer pitch over o the Japanese anti e measure measures of two states the people of California are arc beginning beginning be be- ginning to wake up and ask what it Is Ie all about Th The outburst of the tho Nevada legislature laturo was nas unexpected but it has not nol caused much comment in this With the exception of the tho Asiatic exclusion ex ox league no iio i if is engaging engaging en fn in in the thc fight But Dut these facts are not generally accepted nn as an indication indi cation that the cople of the tho aro not genuinely interested in the oriental II race problem Tho rho interest of the agriculturists is indicated by the bill hill to prohibit the j I ownership of property which was introduced in- in i by A. A M. M L Drew of Fresno tho the center of one of ot the largest arest orchard I and vineyard inC di districts of the state The Theother Theother other bills were introduced by bJ Grove Gro GroveL I L L. Johnson Sacramento valley where the Japanese e are aro regarded with considerable hostility h by people of all classes This feeling ha hns been heen intensified fied tied by bv the acquisition in iu I late te years bythe by bv bythe the J Japanese ne e of large tracts of oi orchard and aDd Jar garder er lands lauds I Misunderstood in la East The California papers generally complain com corn plain that the real attitude of the people peo peo- pie of this state is not understood in Lu the east Most of these papers regard th the tho exclusion of the Japanese to bo be b both and lna inevitable and the necessary express ex ex- press the fear that tho action of the tho state legislature will rill retard rather than advance this solution of the problem The San Francisco co Chronicle complains com corn plains that th the feeling eline against t California Califor Califor- nm nia in th the east is ha based d on two I main motives motin both sordid one ona one is isto isto isto to keep with Japan and thereby I promote the tho sale pale of cotton goods and kerosene no ro matter at nt what cost to the I unfortunate people of the Pacific coast I and the oth other r is 18 to force congress bS to toI tomake I make heavier ier appropriations for tho th 1 I army rind and mn navy nary The editorial ditori 1 predicts the exclusion I of Japanese Japan by domestic law aft at a the only onh I lo logical ical solution of the problem and arid it maintains that in this desire to keep I the Pacific coast a white man mans man's 5 coun country country coun coun- try two-thirds two of the people of tho the thoI country are with California I I In the trIo e Governor and anel Speaker Stanton of the assembly have o been sitting on the lid Both HoUI these officials officials of of- I ay say there will be bf no measures passed h but t the Ibo friends friend of the tho thoI I bills Lills arc certain J n that they that they will succeed in In P parsing parsing- lD t the tho o bills |