Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-14
FEDERAL OVER
STATE POWER
Advocated ByPresi-
dent in Special
Message.
THE JAPANESE QUESTION
Forms Basis---Metcalf's Re-
port-.-News Special Causes
Sensationin Washington

SHicdSU, III, DEC, Ia ulSpdtti
to the Record-H1erald from Washing
ton says A special message on the
Japanese question and the California
school problem supplementary to the
treatment of the questions by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his regular mes
sage last week. will be sent to Con
gress from the White House next
Tuesday. 1t is stated authoritatively
that this special message will be more
vigorous in, tone than the former com
munication and will not be calculated
10 cool the Indignation of the Califor-
mans.
Effects Of Message Will BE Far Reach
ing.
The special message, moreover,
aside from its local application, will
be one of the most notable and I'M
portant communications in the entire
list of those sent to Congress by the
present executive, 1t will bring to a
direct issue, the Capitalization scheme
of the government which is likely to
form a climax of this endeavor on
the part of the administration. The
administration is about TO take ad-
vanced ground regarding the doctrine
CT federal supremacy over state SOW
ereignty
Supremacy Of Federal Over State
Power.
The Japanese question raised in
connection with the school system oi
California has supplied the opportuni-
ty 10 give forcible expression to a
mighty scheme Of Capitalization that
is to be perfected if possible, 1t is
not possible to forecast in detail what
the President will say in his second
message na the japanese question.
Accompanying his message, which 1t
is understood will be an explanation
Of the administration projected poll
cy as to supreme federal control over
state power viii be report OF the
special investigation of the San Fran
cisco school question made by
Secretary of Labor and Commerce
Metcalf. Regardless of the nature of
this report, the President will adhere
vigorously to the position taken by
him in the regular message.
Japanese Badly Treated in California.
AS to Metcalf's report it has been
learned that its author found much
to condemn in the matter CT the treat
ment of the Japanese outside of the
school question.
Unions Tyrannize Japanese Working
men.
1t will show, it is understood, that
labor union tyranny over the Japan
ese which affects the rights held 10
be theirs by the treaty prevails in
even more pronounced manner man
anything connected with the school
embroglio. Matters of this nature IN
Metcalf's report will furnish the key
for the many arguments TO be- ad-
yanced by the President in his mes
sage.
Shepard Says Democrats Should Ae-
cept Issue.
New York. Dec. l4-Edward NJ.
Shepard declares that the Democratic
party should accept the issue OF the
Capitalization of power in the federal
government made by Secretary Root
in his address Wednesday night
81 think the existence OF the Demo-
cratic party is more necessary day ar
ter day Mr. Shepard said. And es'
pecially do | think so after consider
ing this speech of a man who may
truthfuly be called a trained states
man. although mis- idea of what our
government should be is abhorent to
ME. He proposes as policy what we
may call the destruction Of the state
and the complete and final subordina-
ton of the state power to the federal
power in Washington. The fight OF
the Democratic party against this idea
goes back to the days preceding the
adoption of the federal constitution,
and to that we owe the fact that the
federal and consolidated republic was
established"