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Show RESOLUTION TABLED IN " SENATE Senator. Newlands Letter Read in Upper House of Nevada Legislature. Carson, Nev., Feb. 5. The senate of the Nevada legislature showed at its disposition on antiJapanese legislation legis-lation today when the Dodge Assembly resolution, asking for a war fleet In the Pacific and which also referred to the Japanese as "A menace to American Ameri-can peace" came up. The resolution passed the assembly unanimously add was reported favorably to the committee commit-tee In the senate, but when It waa placed on third reading, Woodbury (Republican) moved that the measure be tabled. His motion prevailed, without a dissenting' vote, the Democrats Demo-crats voting with him. The Giffen anti-Japanese resolution resolu-tion is held in the committee of Judiciary, Judi-ciary, and should that committee release re-lease the resolution ilL will meet the Barue fate as the warship measure. It was framed to table the Giffen resolution by a Republican member, but before he could take action . another an-other Republican, who had not been taken into his) confidence, referred the resolution to the Judiciary committee. commit-tee. That the resolution Is dead, it can be positively stated. This afternoon Senator Newlands' letter from Washington was read to the senate. The copy used was that sent out by the Associated Press and printed in a Reno paper this morning. morn-ing. As soon as the letter was read, the senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock;. |