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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Total So 81
Turner. Mrs H-House and lot II.
Morgan City square IL.
State tax l.5O, interest PC 80. l.62
District levee tax 80 interest
2Oci...... ..... ..... ...... 30
Costs. ..... 49,. ... =. 80
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Tarlton, Clara and Samuel---House
and lot, north. Magin, east, Main
street. south. Gonseran, west, Lane.
State tax 6Oc interest SC %
Parish tax soc interest Sc $3.50 W
Costs sN
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Talbot. .Jo>eph---House and lot'
north. Nos. IL and IA, east, Norgress,
south, Lewis Ave. west, Frederick.
State tax 240 interest l9c --- 2S
Parish tax 3.Ga interest 29c 49, 3.@
Costs z.U
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Hunt. Nalinda ct aIs-House ' ana
,"t' NORM Hector; east, Hunt: south
La, Avenue: west, Plum street '"'
State tax | - interest &c 90
Parish tax l.So interest DC ~ -
'....,. 80
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

IOtaI W.W
Sumner, Allen---House and lots
% and %, north, Penny, east, Luke,
south, Hanson street: west, Third
street.
State tax l. 80 interest l5c - l.95
Parish tax 30 interest pc 2.&
Costs go
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Total s3l2
Robertson, Mrs. Peggy-House and
lot, north. La. Ave-. east. TAYLOR
south. Willow street, west, Gooch.
State tax 6Oc interest sc Is
Parish tax 90c interest Sc 1850 ,9S
Costs go
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Alpha. Est. Independence-f lots 10
and II. f OF S. w. / Section 8, T. II
:. r. s f..
State tax 60c interest &C. .. IS
Parish tax 90c, interest Sc ..... 90
COSLS ....--........... 10
Total 1898
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Total %. rs
Signorilla, Nicolo, Morgan City,
House and lot. north fractional part
of S. square ,.
State tax 80. interest 12c. ... l.62
District levee tax 80. int. 2Oc.. 30
Costs. ............. ........ 80
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-04-21

Total 1872. 81
Dumesnil, Est. of T.-32O acres S
Sec 81. T. II S.. r. 9E
State tax 3.8i, interest Bic -. 415
Parish tax 5.76, interest 46c . 622
Costs :. ..-..-... ...... 2.30
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Violates Treaty Rights

Therefore. IL it should be held that
there was discrimination operating
in violation of the treaty with japan
in the States treatment of Japanese
children. or even if a new treaty with
japan should be framed which would
contain on behalf of Japanese subjects
the .'most-favored- d-nation" clause. this
could and would be met by the State,
which would then exclude from the use
of it's public schools all alien children
of every nationality and limit the
rights of free education to children of
its own citizens, for whom the system
is primarily designed and maintained.
and If the State should do this the
Federal Government could not com
plain. since no treaty right could be
violated when the children of Japanese
were treated precisely as the children
The feeling in the State is further
intensified. especially in labor circles.
by the report on the conditions In the
Hawaiian Islands as contained in bull
letin 66 of the Bureau of Labor. De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. The
claim is made that white labor has
been almost entirely driven from the
Hawaiian Islands and that the jap
small white traders out of business.
Many Of the foremost educators in
the State, on. the other hand. are
strongly opposed to the action of the
San Francisco Board of Education.
Japanese are admitted to the Uni
versity OF California, an institution
lIldiuldluSu anu supported DE the
State. They are also admitted to. and
gladly welcomed at. Stanford Univer-
sity- San Francisco. so far as known.
is the only city which has discrimi-
mated against Japanese children. I
talked with a number OF prominent
labor men and they all said that they
had no objection to japanese children
attending the primary grades; that
they wanted Japanese children now in
the United States to have the same
school privileges as children OF other
nations. but that they were unalterably
opposed to Japanese young men at
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19

very strong against Japanese young
men attending the primary grades
Many of the people were outspoken
saying that they would take exactly
the same stand against American young
men of similar ages attending the prl-
mary grades. I am frank TO say that
this objection seems to me most rea-
sonable one. All of the political par
ties in the State have inserted in their
platforms planks in favor of japanese
and Korean exclusion, and on March Z,
1905. the State Legislature passed
joint resolution urging that action be
taken by treaty or otherWise e to TO- iiinl. mn.
of Japanese laborers into the United
States.
The press of San Francisco pretty
Board Of EDUCATION. OF the attitude
of the more violent and radical news
papers it is unnecessary to speak fur
ther than to say that their tone s, IS the
hordes." and the burden of their claim
is that japanese are no better than
%cs 6,ese5 en mat fbe of ths
Chinese call for the exclusion of the
Japanese as we'll.
The temper and tone of the more
conservative newspapers may better be
illustrated by an epitome of their ar
gument upon the public school ques-
tion. That argument practically is as
follows: The public schools OF Can,
institution. The State has the power
TO abolish those schools entirely, and
the Federal Government would have
no right to lift a voice in protest. Upon
the other hand, the State may extend
the privileges of it's schools to aliens
upon such terms as It, the State. may
elect. and the Federal Government has
no right TO question its action in this
regard. Primarily and essentially the
public schools are designed for the
education of the citizens of the State
The State is interested in the education
of its own citizens alone. 1t would
not for a moment maintain this ex-
pensive institution to educate foreign
ers and aliens who would carry to
their countries the fruits of such edu
cation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Assaulted Customers

s. Imura. proprietor OF the White
Star restaurant, $50 Third street, cor
roborated the statements made by
George Sugihara and H. Sugiyama as
to the breaking of windows and as
saulting of customers. .Kobayashi.
restaurant keeper at 20 Ellis street,
stated that his restaurant was boy
cotted for three days only. I. Hawai-,
restaurant keeper at 1913 Folsom
street. stated that his restaurant was
boycotted for twenty-one a,,t days. M;
that his restaurant was boycotted for
three weeks. Y. Noda of 1905 Geary
street stated that his restaurant was
boycotted for about month G. Nishi
of 1925 O'Farrell street stated that his
restaurant was boycotted for four days
r. Tamura of 705 Larktn street stated
that his restaurant was boycotted for
two days, and O. Matsumodo of 1859
Ellis street stated that his restaurant
was boycotted for two days.
These restaurant keepers were all
examined by me at the Japanese con-
that they were not assaulted by the
boycotters, but that the efforts of the
boycotters were mainly directed toward
their places of business. The restau-
rant keeper who was struck with the
stone said that he did not think the
stone was thrown at him, but that it
ing the windows and frightening his
customers.
It appears that the Japanese restau-
rant keepers of San Francisco have a
union of their own, of which s. Imura
is president. They made application, SO
they say, to the Cooks and Walters
Union of San Francisco for admission
to membership in that union, but their
application was denied. After the boy
colt had been maintained for a few
days the Japanese restaurant keepers
held a meeting for the purpose of dis
cussing the boycott and of devising
nf ST. dfc-
cussed first the obtaining of an injunc-
ton and appointed committee. This
committee visited the Japanese-Ameri-
cisco and asked the association to con-
suit a lawyer They were informed
that test case would cost $500 and
that If the test case failed 1T would
cost each restaurant keeper $500 for
f,ia
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Detail Police Guards

saw the Chief of Police, as also
H. H. Colby, captain OF police in charge
Of the district in which most OF the
was informed by both of these officers
that as soon as their attention was
called to the disturbances on Third
the Japanese restaurants at each meal
hour and that the 'oflcers were in
structed to arrest If any violation of
the law was committed and that after
the officers were so stationed there
were no disturbances or violations OF
the law.
every effort would be made by him TO
protect the Japanese restaurants in
San francisco, and that all violators
of the law would be promptly arrested
|. San Francisco also assured me that he
would cooperate with the police de-
partment of the city. and would see
that everything possible was done to
protect Japanese subjects and prevent
L am satisfied, from inquiries made
by me and from statements made TO me
by the Japanese restaurant keepers.
ing of windows was not done by the
men pfcketinE the restaurants, but by
young men and boys who had gathered
in front of the restaurants as soon as
the boycott was instituted.
Assaults have from time to time been
made upon Japanese subjects resident
in the city of San Francisco / was in
formed by the chief of police that upon
receipt of a communication from the
Japanese consul he at once instructed
captains of police to make every effort
to stop these assaults, and, If neces-
sary, to assign men in citizens clothes
to accomplish the purpose.
These attacks, so I am informed
with but one exception were made
when no policeman was in the imme-
diate neighborhood. Most of them
were made by boys and young men;
many of them were vicious in char
acter, and only one appears to have
been made consequent to the fire and
earthquake in San Francisco. and my
attention was not called to any as
saults made prior to the 18th day of
Anri 1Qn6
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19

were present at the time this check
was paid S. Imura, G. Sugihara and
some members, so Imura said. of the
bank, probably clerks. The balance of
$3.50 agreed upon was to have been
paid on Monday. October 29, but the
man Stevenson did not cali for the
money and I was informed that IL
had not been paid up to. the time of
my departure from San Francisco. The
boycott stopped with the payment of
the money.
All of the restaurant keepers united
in stating that their business had
fallen off at least two-thirds during g
the period of the boycott.
There have been number of boy
colts of white restaurants in San Fran
cisco. Oakland and other cities in
California in the past five or six years
growing out of labor disputes. These
boycotts have been maintained for
weeks at a time and during their
mafntenance threats have been made
and acts of violence have been COM
mitted. Pickets have been stationed
in front of the restaurants and the
names even of customers entering the
restaurants have been taken down and
yanorfaH
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Prescribe Age Limit

The objection to Japanese men at
readily be met by a simple rule limiting
the ages of all children attending those
grades. All of the teachers with whom
! talked while in San Francisco spoke
in the highest terms of the japanese
children. saying that they were among
the very best of their pupils, cleanly
IN their persons. well behaved, studious
The Board OF Education Of San Fran
cisco declined to rescind its resolution
OF October IL. claiming that, having
established q separate school for Chit
the provisions of section 1852 of the
Political Code became mandatory.
"A boycott was maintained in San
Francisco from October to October
"a by members of the Cooks and Wait
ers Union against japanese restau-
rants doing business in that city
ganizations In San Francisco inter-
viewed on this subject disclaimed anv
knowledge of any formal action being
taken Tor the boycotting Of these res
that there was q decided sentiment in
the unions against patronizing jap
anese restaurants and that that senti-
ment was created and fostered by
speeches in union meetings and by per
sonel action Of the different members
with the object of not only preventing
union labor men, but the public as well
from patronizing these restaurants
The secretary. as also the business
agent OF the Walters Union Local No
20, headquarters at 1875 Scott street
san Francisco, said that no resolution
against Japanese restaurants had been
passed by their union. but that II was
urged IN their meetings and by diff
ferent members OF the union to them
serves retrain and TO keep the public
as well from patronizing such restaII-
rants that for three weeks in the early
part OF October men were employed bv
in front of Japanese restaurants or
Third street and distribute match boxes
on which was pasted label as fol-
lows; White men and women, patron
ize your own race: that this was not
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Stevenson Got Check

A second meeting or the Japanese
restaurant keepers was then held, at
which the matter was again discussed.
The impression seemed to prevail that
even If an injunction was obtained it
would take too long. cost too much
money and be ineffective. They then
determined to pay money to the boy
cotters and appointed committee for
that purpose. The committee con-
sisted of S. Tmura. G. Sugihara, Y.
Kobayashi and Mr. Nakashima. The
sum of $3.50 was collected by this COM
mittee from the restaurant keepers in
amounts ranging from 1880 to $25.
An arrangement was entered into with
the leader of the boycotters. whose
name was only known to S. Imura. for
the payment of the. sum of $3.50 for
the purpose of declaring the boycott
off Imura declined to give the name
of the man to whom the money was
paid claiming that he had promised not
TO do so. but If necessary he would
furnish the name to the Japanese
Consul.
Before leaving San Francisco the
Consul informed me that w. s. Steven
son was the man to whom the money
was paid. One hundred dollars was
paid by check at the Japanese Amerf-
can Bank on, Sutter street in San Fran
cisco. the check being made payable to
the order of W. S. Stevenson. There
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Sentiment Not General

While the sentiment Of the State of
California, as manifested by the pub
lie utterances of the Japanese and
Korean Exclusion League by articles
in many of the leading newspapers in
the State. by declarations of the polit-
lcal parties in their platforms, and by
the passage of joint resolution by the
State Legislature on March Z, 1905. is
in favor of the exclusion OF Japanese
coolies yet the overwhelming senti-
ment in the State is FOR law and order
and for the protection of Japanese in
their persons and their property.
The chief of police of the city of San
francisco, as also the acting mayor of
the city, assured me that everything
japanese subjects in San Francisco.
and they urgently requested that ali
9ases of assault and all violations of
law affecting the Japanese he at once
reported to the chief Of police.
impressed very strongly upon the
acting mayor of the city, as also upon
the chief of police. the gravity of the
GERS charged with the enforcement of
the law and the protection of property
and person, you looked to them to see
that all Japanese subjects resident in
San Francisco were AFFORDED the full
protection guaranteed to them by our
treaty with Japan. I also informed
them that If the local authorities were
not able to cope with the situation. or
X they were negligent or derelfct in
the performance of their duty. then the
entire power OF the Federal Govern
ment within the limits of the constitu-
tion would be used. and used promptly
and vigorously. to enforce observance
of treaties. which, under the coustitu-
tion. are the supreme law of the land.
and to secure fit and proper treatment
for the people of a great and friendly
power while within the territory of the
United States.
If, therefore, the police power of San
Francisco is not sufficient to meet the
situation and guard and protect Jap
anese residents in San Francisco, to
whom under our treaty with Japan we
guarantee full and perfect protection
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19

by young toughs and heodlums. DR..
Omori was also assaulted when visit
ing Eureka, Cal. Neither of these en-
inent gentlemen made formal COM
plant of these assaults, and both wish
that no official recognition be taken of
them.
I know that these assaults upon the
Japanese are universally condemned by
all good citizens of California. For
months the citizens Of San Francisco
and Oakland have been terrorized by
numerous murders. assaults and rob-
berries both at day and night The
police have been powerless. The as
saults upon the Japanese. however,
Were not made, in my Judgment, with
a view of robbery, but rather from a
feeling of racial hostility. stirred up
possibly by newspaper accounts of
meetings that have peen held at diff
ferent times relative to the exclusion
of Japanese from the United States.
The police records OF San Francisco
show that between May 6. 1906. and
November 5. 1906. 2S0 cases of assault,
ranging from. simple assaults to as
saults with deadly weapons and as
saults with murderous intent. were re-
ported to the police OF San Francisco.
OF the number so reported seven were
for assaults committed by Japanese
and two complaints were made against
Japanese for disturbing the peace. The
Japanese population in San Francisco
is about 5000. The total population of
San Francisco today is estimated to be
between $500 and $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Given Equal Facilities

The ages Of the pupils attending the
public schools on the day when the
order went into effect ranged from Z
The number of schools in San Fran
cisco prior to April Is was seventy
six OF this number twenty-eight pri-
mary or grammar schools and two high
schools We're destroyed by fire, and
Dne high school was destroyed by
earthquake, leaving forty-nve schools
Since April is twenty-seven temporary
the total number Of school buildings al
khepresent time seventy-two-
The Oriental school. the school set
apart for the Chinese, japanese and
Korean children, is in the burned sec
ton. There is only one japanese stu
6ent attending this school at the pres
ent time. and there are no Japanese
children attending any of the other
bubffc schools / visited the Oriental
school IN company with the Japanese
Consul and found IL 10 compare favor
ably with many OF the new Temporary
course OF instruction is exactly the
same as at the other public schools
and competent teachers are assigned
The pupils attending this school have
10 be taught the English language.
An examination OF the map attached
hereto will at once clearly srynsSsa snow that sat
children >residing in the remote Sec
IONS OF the city to attend the Oriental
Bchool The conditions In San Fran
rseco are such. owing to the great con-
farratfon. that IT would not be pos
rii,ie for even grown children living at
renote distances to attend this school
h the action OF the board stands. then,
srd n no schools are provided In ad-
1ifion TO the one mentioned. IL seems
nat q number Of Japanese children
rfIl be prevented from attending the
tzrbltc schools and VIII nave 70 resort
10 private instruction
found the sentiment in the State
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19

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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Recalls Ornori Incident

DIR. r. Omori of the Imperial Uni
versity of Toxic, one of the world S
most distinguished scientists, and, as
stated by Professor George Davidson
of the University of California, one of
the greatest living authorities in seis-
mography, sent to San Francisco by
the Japanese Government to study the
causes and effects of the earthquake.
was stoned by hoodlums in the streets
of San Francisco Professor. T. Naka-
mura. professor of architecture in the
Imperial University of Toxic was also
stoned in the streets of San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
League Influenced Acts

The action Of the board in the pas
sage Of the resolutions Of May s. 1905.
and October j, 1906, was undoubtedly
largely Influenced by the activity of the
Japanese and Korean Exclusion
League. an organization formed for the
purpose OF securing the enactment by
law extending the provisions of the
existing Chinese exclusion act so as
% exclude japanese and Koreans The
league claims a membership in the
State of California Of 7s.500, three
fourths OF which membership is said
% be IN the city of San Francisco.
entirely Of members Of labor organ
izations. Section 2. article 2, of the
constitution Of the league is as follows
The league as such shall not adopt
any measures of discrimination against
any Chinese. japanese or Koreans now
or hereafter lawfully resident in the
United States"
Yet on October %. 1908. at a meet
as reported IN the San Francisco Chron-
lcle Of October %. 1905. a resolution
Its executive COMMITTEES TO appear be-
fore the Board OF Education and Pc
tttfon for separate schools for the Mon
golian children of San Francisco
Prior TO the action of the league the
Board Of Education. as I am informed
received many protests from citizens
of San Francisco whose children were
attending the public schools against
those schools. These protests Were
mainly against japanese boys and men
ranging from 16 to %. % and "a years
Of age attending the primary grades
and sitting beside little girls and boys
OF z and years of age. When these
complaints became known to japanese
residents. ] am informed that some OF
the old pupils left the primary grades
On the day when the order of Oc-
tober IL went into effect, viz. October
Is. there were attending the public
schools Of the city Of San Francisco
hinety-three japanese pupils. These
pupils were distributed among twenty
three schools of the primary grades
There are eight grades in the public
schools of San Francisco, the first
grade being the lowest and the eighth
the highest-Eraduates of the eighth
grade going into the high school. OF
this total OF ninety-three pupils. sixty
eight were born in Japan and twenty
FIVE IN the United States. Those born
In the United States would. Of course
under section ] of article XIV of the
constitution Of the United States, be
citizens Of the United States and OF
the State wherein they reside, and as
such. subject TO the laws of the nation
as well as Of the State