The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-26
INSULTING SAY
FRISCO PEOPLE
CITIZENS AT MASS MEETING SAY
MEAN THINGS ABOUT ROOSE-
VELT'S MESSAGE.
INTERFERENCERESENTED
In Resolution, Scoring the President
For Mixing National and State
Affairs in Regard to the Jap
arese Question.

San Francisco, Dec, 25.--Resolr-
tions denouncing President Rocs
velt's message TO Congress on the
japanese situation in San Francisco.
resenting his interference in the do
I nestle affairs ef the state express
ing want Of confidence In Secretary
/ Metcalf, and declaring hat his report
20 tho president on the aJpancse
schrol question as being utterly un-
worthy Of credence II any particg-
lar" and containing numerous mis-.
statements and misrepreE entation5.
obviously one-sided and grossly ex-
aggerated" were adopted al mass
meeting held this afternooa at Wal
ons Pavilion under the auspices Of
the aJpanese and Korean Exclusion
League.
About . 500 people we're in attend
lance.
Among the speakers who discu sell
the situation were Mayor Schm;s,
Walter Macarthur. e,ltor Of the
Coastmen's Journal. and other proa
| nent labor leaders.
Mayor schmtz said that he was
willing to lay down his life by the
side cf his fellow men In fighting the
Japanese hcrdes IF naturalized as
proposed by President Roosevelt" he
aid, they would come to California
n such numbers that hey would not
only soon control the state by their
votes hut would make threads into
the prosperity Of the country"
viii Defend Their Rights.
Walter Macarthur said that the
"people Of California will defend their
state rights against the assumption
o fthese latter day feIeralists, and
raised by the presidents message has
superseded the issue of the sesrega.
tion Of the Japanese children
The other speakers addressed the
meeting along similar lines In defend
ing state rights. and characterized
the Presidents attitude as "meddli-g
IN the affairs of this state.
Rescluti,ns termed reply to the
President" were adopted, Of which
the following are a part:
Resolved That We insist upon
and shall 10 the limit Of our power
ma tain our rights Under the Con
stitution of the United States AMI
he constitution Cf California. and as
matter of practical aecassiy aud
mental well being OF our people to
segregate the pupils in the schools in
such o manner as reason and expert
ence shall dictate, and 10 adopt AMI
enforce such other regulations as may
he deemed wise and expedient in the
conduct Of cur educa ional a~d other
state or muuic pal affair.
Says It's Insulting.
! Resolved That we resent the
I Dresden S threats Of compulsiCn ly
-rmed force in matter clearly within
| he view OF the municipal ana stare
/ authority as Insulting to the state
fnI as an intolerable reflection uDo1
/ rs righ as p sovereign con ututcn'
+ Tho rui'ed states.
Res lyed. That we are opo~s"d 70
'hc Pres dents recommendation that
/ ~ act be passed specifically pr1vi T.
ug for be naturalization Of the Jan
Ia1ese end hat the power, cf tho F.
/ eral Gcvcrnmc-t be enlarged for tn
-rpose Of subvcrtins the pr per 9u.
horlty of this and other states. fur
Z Their
Re clvcd That the powers vcs'-
ad in tFc Federal government by ta7
-asrecIvp states are desigue7 f1r rse
~ protecting the latter in the cFe--
-'se of their reserved rights and frn~-
'ions: consequently any attemu' ~
'hreat 90 use these mowers ~ nT--
lent or ol1s'rnct the freest nossib'n
avorci cs of the rights AMI f1-cfio~s
''~' f'f' 'f-'tfFa'-'ff f@ Pc Aft tNt N-.fTtr-
.f.n. --nnarfug he f-ae10-r ~ fha
'-~sr'crn neo~'e. en7anrr~irE tha
---~rgast efahfi'v - American ins'i-
'i-rs a~1 dov7qnairr tho stro7v~ss
-oesfhie 0-0'eSt on tho part Of pa-
.-'a4ic rif- znu-."
ro0'i0~'ng fhe resolutions re-9.
"Pes0're1. That the revert Of Se--
-afarv Naicalf is utterly nn~a-fhv r.
any na~firula- thp s4~1a 1.ninr OBJ
-'o''sl~ ona-si4ad and rrossiv Gag
rated proseu+ ALTON r i-r'denfs
--hich eo far IS thev esisi ai al. besr
10 sie-ifcance 70 the question At Is
r~a between the government Of The
IN ted safes and of lansu or ho-
tween ire safe Of California and
President RcoseTch."