Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
NO CONFIDENCE IN METCALF
Declare That There Are Many Mis-.
statements in His Report.
RESENTMENT OVER THE THREAT
Conditions Demand an Earnest Protest
From the American People,
It is Stated.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 24-At a
great mass meeting in Walton's Hall yes
terday afternoon resolutions were unani-
mously passed denouncing President Roose-
welt for his attitude on the japanese ques-
ton and Secretary Metcalf for his report
on the conditions here and indorsing the
action of the San Francisco board of edu-
cation in segregating Oriental scholars. The
resolutions were in part as follows:
We insist upon, and shall to the limit of
our power maintain, our rights under the
Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of California, and as matter
Of practical necessity to the moral and
mental well-being of our people, to segre-
gate pupils in the common schools in such
manner as reason and experience shall die
tate, and to adopt and enforce such other
regulations as may be deemed wise and ex-
pedfent in the conduct of our educational
and other state municipal affairs
We deplore the tenor of President RoOse-
velt's message as mislea ding in it's state
ments of fact, unwarranted in its infer
ences and conclusions, and unworthy the
dignity Of the high office whence it ema-
mates.
We resent the Presidents threat of COM
pulsion by armed force in matter clearly
in the purview of municipal and state au-
thority as insulting to the state and as an
1ntolerable reflection upon its rights as a
sovereign constituent of the United States.
The powers vested in the federal govern
ment by the respective states are designed
for use in protecting the latter In the exer-
else of their reserved rights and functions.
Consequently any attempt or threat to use
these powers to prevent or obstruct the
freeSt possible exercise of these rights and
functions must be regarded as act Of
usurpation, menacing the freedom Of the
American people, endangering the stability
OF American institutions and demanding
the strongest possible protest on the part
OF every patriotic citizen.
Condemn Metcalf's Report.
The resolutions dealing with Secretary
Metcalfs report declare that it contains
numerous misstatements and naisr oresen-
tations, that it is utterly unworthy Of Gre
dence and that its author has sought to be-
tray the interests of California. Lack Of
confidence in MetcaIf is expressed
The meett&E was enthusiastic from be-
ginning to end. 1t was presided over by
Q. v. Tveitmoe, president of the Japanese
and Korean Exclusion League, and one Of
the best known labor leaders in California.
Walton's Hall was crowded and probably
ninety-nine out of every hundred persons
present were members of labor unions. The
proceedings were quite orderly. When the
names of President Roosevelt and Secretary
Metcalf were mentioned by the speakers
there was no sign of hostility except COM
plete silence. 1t was not until Mayor
Schmitz, who was one of the speakers
mentioned Judge Dunno that those present
broke out with hissses and groans but the
applause with which every point made
against Japan and the japanese was greet
ed was significant and ominous.
Tveitmoe, who is a Norwegian, declared
in his speech that the Oriental INVASION
threatening the American people land not
est issue before us today" He discussed
the japanese from what he called the bio
logical side" and said that if Americans
and Japanese married the result would be
"a nation of gaspipe thugs and human
hyenas."
Walter Macarthur, another labor leader
said: IF we must have war, we will see
to 1t that We bear ourselves we'll When
the smoke is cleared away the white mans
flag will float triumphantly over the field"
The applause that greeted this sentiment
was deafening. There was also great CHI. err
ing when Macarthur declared that IF the
Asiatics try our patience too much there
will be violence
Senator McGowan's Speech.
Senator MCGOWAN described the Japanese
as inferior in every way" President
Roosevelt he described as "our presiden-
tial Vesuvius,' and he declared that the
sacred confines of our public schools shall
not be contaminated by Asiatic hordes"
p H. Mccarthy. president of the Building
Trades Council, made warlike address
in which he said that California and the
states west of the Rockies alone could whip
Japan into a jelly Enthusiastic applause
When Mayor Schmitz arose to speak
there was an extraordinary scene The
entire audience arose and literally howled
with enthusiasm. If there was any one at
the meeting who imagined that Schmitzs
popularity with the men who elected him
had been impaired by the recent disclosures
he must have been quickly disillusioned
Schmitz, tall, handsome man, well dress
ed and well educated, is not much of a
speaker but he has that ndeinable quail
ity of personal attraction that is worth all
the eloquence in the world. Every sentence
was cheered every commonplace the mayor
uttered somehow hit his auditors.