The San Francisco call., 1907-03-11

President discretionary powers in the
matter of excluding aliens.
Tveitmoe continued that while he
thought the Root amendment was FUN
damentally wrong, he believed, when
it was taken into consideration that
the President had promised the Mayor
to procure the passage of bona fide
exclusion law at the nrst opportunity,
the Mayor really had accomplished
some good and therefore should be
thanked officially by the league.
Walter Macarthur was the first to
open the question Of whether or not
Schmitz and the Board of Education
hid accomplished anything worth while.
He said that they in reality had COM
promised the people Of this city and
of all California by agreeing TO the
Presidents proposition to modify the
order of the Board of Education segre-
eating Japanese school children Sew
eraI vital principles were involved and
jeopardized in the Root amendment
Congress gave up it's right to exclude
foreigners from this country and vested
that power in the President. In other
words, he said, Congress had handed
California a gold brick, or rather a
brick without any gold In it-just a
plain. ordinary brick. such as one might
pick up almost anywhere in the burned
district. This was a fact well. known
everywhere except in California, and
he wanted to know how long it would
be before California would discover it.
Another disgraceful feature OF the
amendment. Macarthur said, was the
omission of the word Japanese" This
indicated that the President feared to
affront Japan by chasing that nation
with China and Korea Macarthur re-
ferred to the past attitude of the Presi
dent in the matter of exclusion and
pointed to the fact that on the new
immigration Commission, which was to
Investigate conditions and report TO the
President, had been placed Professor
jerks OF Cornell University. Several
years ago, he said, jerks, as a dele
gate to an immigration conference in
New York, had fought for the intro
duction into the platform OF a plank
inviting all the people of China to
come to this country.
In conclusion, Macarthur said that
the act of Congress was clear evasion
of the vital principles at issue, and that
he was in favor Of continuing the agi-
tation for the enactment of concise,
thorough exclusion law.
Macarthur's resolution was seconded
by former Senator Frank MCGOWAN,
who, in a fiery speech. declared himself
in favor of making this white mans
country at any cost. He denounced the
action of the conference which had re-
suited in a compromise being effecteds
and declared that the people of the Pa
cific Coast were the best judges as to
how their schools should be regulated.
He said the agitation had been begun
by the league to bring about the ex-
clusion of undesirable aliens; that 1t
had later developed into school ques-
tion and was assuming more gigantic
proportions, as involving the rights of
-
1t was at the conclusion Of Nc
Gowan's address that P. Fl. Mccarthy
got the floor and introduced his amend
ment to the Macarthur resolution vot-
ing thanks to the Mayor and the board.
He praised Schmitz and the members
of the board, saying that to them must
be awarded the palm for having ac-
complished the first definite good In
the work of the league.
Macarthur said he wanted to warn
the Mayors friends that if they per
sisted in thanking the Mayor and the
fash was sent over the wires to Wash
ington that 1t had been stated at the
meeting of the league, as Chairman
Tveitmoe had asserted, that the Japan
esese would not go back to the white
schools, Schmitz and the board would
again feel the big stick and be placed
in a very tight hole
Police Commissioner Hagerty, Elec- |
ton Commissioner Gallagher and 9TH
ers spoke in favor of McCarthy's reso- |
luton. Hagerty drew picture of the |
Mayor in a chariot. leading behind him /
on one hand the President and on the /
other a Japanese, which, he said, he 4
had heard was presented in the form 4
of cartoon in one Of the Eastern /
newspapers.
Mccarthy fred a parting shot after
the passage of the resolution He 1
made a reference to it's opponents 1
which brought Michael Casey to his !
feet in an instant. Casey told the I
chairman that he was as good a union +
man as any other in the house and /
he did not relish the insinuation that /
he was not.
Chairman Tveitmoe raped hard with 4
his gavel and assured Casey that no /
offense was intended, and the meeting
broke up.