Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-12-28

illustrated by an epltome % their ar
xumcnt upon the public school Ques-
lion, That argument practically Is as
follows; The public schols OF California
Ilon. The state has the power 70 ahol.
Sh those schools entirely, and the Fed
eral government would have no right
to INT it's voice In protest. Upon the
other hand, the state NAV extend the
privileges Of It's schools to aliens upon
such terms as Il. the state, may elect.
and the Federal government has no
right TO question It's action In this re-
gard. Primarily and essentially the
public schools are designed for the edu-
cation Of the citizens OF the state. The
state Is interested In the education OF
its own citizens alone. II would not
Institution M "en. 10 n SdSeSse foreisesrs @ "s and
aliens who would carry to their coun-
tries the fruits OF such education, There
fore, II II should be held that there was
OF the treaty with Japan In the states
treatment OF Japanese children, or oven
u new treaty with Japan should he
framed which would contain on behalf
of Japanese subjects tho most-faVorcd-
nation clause, this could and would he
met by the state, which would then ex-
clude from tho use OF its public schools
all allen children OF every nationality
and limit the rights OF free education TO
children OF its own citiScns, for whom
the system Is primarily designed and
maintained, and IL the state should do
this the Federal government could not
complain, since no treaty right could be
violated when the children of Japanese
were treated precisely as the children
OF all foreign nations.
The feeling in tho state Is further
intensified, especially In labor circles,
Hawaiian islands AS contained In Bull
letin &c OF the Bureau OF Labor, Dc-
partment OF Commerce and Labor, The
claim is made that white labor has been
almost entirely driven from the Ha-
wailan islands. and that the Japanese
are gradualy forcing even the small
white traders out OF business,
Many OF the foremost educators In
the state, on the other hand. are strong
Francisco board of education. Japan
ese are admitted to the University Of
California, an institution maintained
and supported by the state They are
at. Stanford University. san Francisco,
so Iar as known. is the only city which
has discriminated against Japanese chill
dren. | talked with "a number OF promi-
nent labor men, and they all said that
they had no objection to Japanese chill"
dren attending the primary grades; that
they wanted Japanese ehtldren now In
the United States to have the same
nations, but that they were unalterably
opposed TO Japanese young men attend
ing the primary grades
"The objection to Japanese men at
tending the primary grades could very
readily be met by a simple rule limit
ing the ages OF all chlldren attending
those grades. All of the teachers with
whom l talked while In San Francisco
spoke In the highest terms OF the Jap
anese children. saying that they were
among the very best of their pupils,
cleanlv In their persons, well behaved.
studious. and remarkably bright.
THE board of education OF San Fran
cisco declined to rescind its resolution
of October IL. claiming that, having es-
tablished a separate school for Chinese,
Japanese and Corean children, the pro-
visions of section 1852 OF the political
code became mandatory"
Resume of Japanese attending public
schools in San Francisco as mentioned
In the foregoing communications:
Number of pupils .......,,.,........ 80
Number OF schools they attended. 20