Show JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT 00 The writer heard the remark theother the theother theother other night that of all aU men who were mentioned for candidates the most impossible man was Hyrum Johnson Difference of opinion stimulates stimulates argument and the statement should read that if there is really any person who is strong enough to be termed a presidential candidate that man is surely Senator Johnson Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Underwood is a good second to Johnson but outside of these two men the others or either hand picked and ring boss trained or else they are Lillie fingered lingered The two men above dare to fo think for and if a public question arises they ther express themselves themselves them them- selves upon such qu question without consulting anyone Over in the West section of Iro Iron n County large tracts of land are being g conveyed to a corporation which 1 in n turn intends to lease or possibly to sell the land to a colony of Japanese This is not the overflow of orien omen orientals orientals talc from front California but is largely made up from the ranks of Japanese residents of California but who have left said state because of its anti anti- alien land law Utah has no such statute California had no such law during the first Wilson administration tion but while Johnson was Governor the Legislature of Californian passe passed such luch a law and it will be recalled that President Wilson had William J. J ryan make a trip to San Francisco to prevail upon the California executive executive executive tive and Legislature not to pass sue suea such sucha a law and end it will also be recalled that J Johnson and the other officials official refused to heed the appeals of th the then Secretary of State The law was passed and received executive sanctions function and approval r regardless o othe of I the fact that most all other men the thein then in high public life sat back and gasp gasp- gasp j ed Thousands of legal minds pro pro- law this law law unconstitutional unconstitutional o al i In n the m mean an time the State of Washington passed f n a similar law lawo to o test ont oat the fallacy fallacy or soundness off ff this law A case case was made to tolie th the lie Supreme Court of the United States and after full argument the court ourt speaking through Mr Justice Butler on November 12 1923 declared the he law and similar laws constitution constitution- ala The aliens urged that it violated violat violat- ed the due process and equal pro tee tee- Ion on clauses of the fourteenth amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment to the Constitution but bat the court held that the due process and equal protection clauses of such rr amendment do not take away from a state those powers of police that were reserved reserved at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and that in the tho exercise of its police p powers a state t has wide discretion in determining 4 its own public policy and what measures meas meas- ures urea are necessary for its own pro pro- protection and what is necessary to promote promote pro pro- mote the safety peace and good order or- or I der of its people and in the absence of any treaty provisions to the contrary con con- 11 may deny to aliens the right ii to own land within its border Tha I s. s i 1 i court found there were no treaty provisions to the contrary between Af this country and Japan and hence the tho law was upheld This is only one Instance instance in in- J stance from many which can be cited 1 from the public life of Senator Johnson John John- t son eon which go to prove that he is a i k kman ft man who has sound jud judgment ent and andis andis is absolutely fearless harless aBy IBy I j By the action of California in passing passing pass pass- t ing this anti-alien anti law the way for r rF f Utah is made clear and in order to check the inflow of the orl orientals who are ineligible to citizenship it itis is necessary only to pass the same lame law here as exists in California and 1 Washington P. P GEORGE B. B HANCOCK 2 00 vo |