Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-02
SENATOR RAYkER On
JAPANESE QUESTION
UpboIds Inherent Rights
OF States Against
Treaties

est was MANIFESTED Ill tne SENATE to-
day when Senator Rayner delivered a
speech on the japanese question. He
commended that the inherent rights of
a state could not be violated by treaty
any more than they could be violated
by Congress. To support this he cited
many cases adjudicated by the Su ,
preme Court and arrayed long lines
of eminent authorities.
Rayner also gave the cases and au'
thorities on the other side to the prop.
osition. He was interrupted many
times I'm his argument by Senators
who wished to bring out specific
points. He spoke for more than an
hour.
Caustic criticisms of President Roo
sevelt's position on the japanese ques.
ton prefaced Rayner's discussion OF
the constitutional questions involved
II the military and civil forces of the
Federal Government were to be used
by the President. Rayner said, II be-
came very important to know the eX'
act power Of the President In the mat
ter
Continuing, he said
II il quite n serious matter In view
of the great calamity that has lately
befallcn the city of San Francisco, for
the President to contemplate the BON
harding Of the city at this time and to
declare war against the Board of Coun
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II there is no justification or pretext
upon which such ferocious proceed
ings can be undertaken.
The President Is exercising u great
many MISUNDERSTANDING. executive
and judicial, lawful and unlawful, con
stitutional and unconstitutional. II
he Is possessed Of the idea that he
is supervisor of all the public schools
OF the various States OF the Union
and he seems to be impressed with
this idea. because In the very last par
agrapb of his message he recommends
the establishment of shooting CALLER.
les In all of the large public schools
of the country-we must either dis
.buse his mind of this fancy or we
must Iet him know that we agree MS
IN the omninotencc of his Jurisdiction
If he can to;o possession of the NIB
liz schools or California and compel
tho s,,,o IN oaui, IN than Jan,nes,
student. contrary IN tho laws az Cal;
f,,n,, ba could with eouoI nronriety
,.,td ~, nm amendment IN the s,nto
nom,ng, treaty and demand the al
mission or tho negro children or San
m Domin,o in,o IN. white schools n,
sou,b Coro,,no mr. any other State n,
tho Uniop
Or course n the neople have come I,
tho c,pcIusio, Tim, everything that th,
Precedent recommends is right, ther
there is hardly any use in contestin,
any of his PROPOSITIONS, and instead o
comforting upon him the power TO Civ,
Congress information of the state o
the Union we might confer upon hin
the function of furnishing his own pc
culiar views upon the entire state o
the universe and recommending an!
improy ements or changes In the gen
eral plan of creation that he may deem
cXpedient from the Grade to the grave
In fact. the President, upon pag
twenty-nine OF his message, antici
pates the cradle ana makes recon-
mendalion upon the state OF the uniol
that tends to place III MS hands the es
adjustment OF the birth rate OF tn
country NOW u we can only supple
hleh' inns iunc''o" ny si''hs MN eo'i'
plele JURISDICTION over the aeath rat
we VIII nave RUE On which MS uoiV
MY ID nhcircumscripea ana whose ui