The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03


semblage by the executive committee
of the japanese and Korean Exclusion
League at meeting held last evening
at the headquarters In McAllfster
street. The committee decided to make
no appeal to Sacramento at the present
time to aid in the campaign for Japan
ese exclusion, nor is the Legislature
to be asked to consider the question
of segregating Japanese pupils from
whites in the public schools.
That the legislators would not serve
the people in good faith was the
opinion of the committee, and 1t was
not thought worth while to bother with
them any further. A resolution was
introduced before the committee by
Walter Macarthur reviewing the crit
ical situation now existing between this
country and Japan and pledging the
league to do everything in It's power
to secure an amicab1e adjustment of
the difficulty. But 1t was insisted that
the rights of the United States and
California to make laws for themselves
should not be infringed upon.
This resolution will be presented to-
day at a meeting of the Japanese and
Korean Exclusion League, to be held in
Bent's Hall, Twenty-second and Folsom
streets, at 2 o'clock.
President O. A. Tveitmoe presided at
subject for discussion was the proposal
to take before the State Legislature
the exclusion and school measure
which the league had prepared for sub
mission. Andrew F'uruseth urged that
the matters should not be brought up
at this time. He declared that they
would receive scant courtesy, owing to
the fact that President Roosevelt had
requested that the State exercise mod
Grafton in dealing with the Japanese
question. Furuseth said that it would
be better for the cause not to suffer
defeat before the State Legislature,
for such loss would hurt the move
ment In the Eastern States.
Former State Senator Frank McGow-
an favored putting the Legislature on
record at this time, view which was
not Joined in by the other speakers.
Macarthur declared that the LegisIa-
pected to act from honest considera-
tions on any question affecting the
people.
Tveitmoe expressed the sense of the
meeting when he put the rhetorical
question: What is the use of going
up to Sacramento when we know be-
forehand that we will not be favorably
receivedT
The trip of Mayor Schmitz and the
considered at length, but 1t was decid-
ed that the position of the administra-
ton should not be embarrassed by any
hasty act by the local organization.
NOT vASSAL NATION
At today's meeting the same men
will speak. In part, the resolution to
be adopted reads as follows:
Resolved, By the Japanese and Korean Ex-
cmslon League, in regular session assembled,
FEBRUARY 3, 1907, that. while we favor and will
cooperate in all possible measure for the speedy
ana amicable and permanent adjustment OF the
question at Issue, we adhere to the view that in
asmuch as that question involves the exercise
OF right that inheres in the United States as a
sovereign nation and in California as sovereign
constituent Of the United States, we viii not
concede to any other nation any degree Of right
TO determine that question so as to surrender our
national sovereignty and to acknowledge our
be it
Resolved. That we insist that representa-
tives in every capacity shall maintain the dignity
and defend the rights Of our country to determine
Tor itself all questions Of immigration and inter-
nal administration further be 1t
Resolved, That the unreserved recognition by
all other nations Of our right in the premises as
herein set forth should be regarded as condi-
tion precedent to any negotiation between the
representatives of the United States and those Of
every other nation.