Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

Flint replied: $50 far as am concerned
know of no agreement between the Cali
f0rnia delegation and the President with
reference to the adjustment of the school
matters OF San Francisco. / have not been
party to any such agreement nor attend
ed any conference between the California
delegation ,and the Secretary Of State or
the President"
Mr. Perkins said he wished to make the
same statement and added that he believed
the newspaper reports of an agreement had
been overdrawn.
The agreement Mr. Culberson said,
seemed to be with the mayor and school
board of San Francisco, and not with the
California delegation In Congress. 1t was,
of California. He made an appeal for the
enactment of positive provision excluding
the Japanese.
Senator Clark of Montana voiced the same
sentiment.
Mr.. Patterson regarded it as impossible
for the President to exercise the discretion
given to exclude persons without giving
serious offense, which might even lead to
war.
Mr.. Carmack's Plain. Speaking.
Mr.. Carmack, stating that he agreed with
what Senator Culberson had said. con-
tinued:
II believe, speaking in plain words, that
the effect is that a foreign power has brow
beaten the government of the United States
and brow-beaten a sovereign state of this
Union into surrender of its rights to con-
troll it's own affairs.
California has been harsh and turbulent
and offensive to the last degree. Its atti-
tude toward Japan has been cringing, OBJ
sequious and almost pusillanimous. One
of the Presidents fayOrite aphor1SmS has
been to speak softly and carry big stick.
He seems to have interpreted that in this
instance so as to speak softly to foreign ma
lions and carry big stick for the backs of
his naODla I object this nrOViSiOu
because believe that it WILL and that 1T Is
intended to, arm the executive with power
to coerce the people of a sovereign state
into surrender of right to control their
own affairs, and this is being done upon
the demand of nation made without a
shadow of reason, without shadow of
right, without shadow of foundation based
upon any treaty stipulation the Consti
tuition of the United States"
Senator Newlands declared President
Roosevelt to be largely responsible for the
movement on the Pacific coast that will not
rest until it ends in Japanese exclusion"
he said.
Mr. Newlands predicted that the United
States would not be able to retain the
Philippine Islands unless we retained the
friendship of Japan.
Although not liking the manner of bring
ing in the legislation Senator Mallory of
Florida said he should vote for the confer
ence report.
Senator Lodge at this point asked for
ruling on his point of order against the
resolution instructing the conferees to
bring in a provision positively excluding
japanese laborers from the country, offered
yesterday by Senator Culberson
The Vice President sustained the point,
and Senator Carmack appealed from the
ruling of the chair.
A roll-call was had on the motion, which
Mr. Lodge at once made to lay the appeal
on the table The vote was 45 to lay on the
table and "a in the negative the chair be-
ing sustained by practically party vote.
Senator McEnery of Louisiana voted with
the republicans, and Senator LaFollette
with the democrats.
The conference report was then adopted
without roll-call.