Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
NEWPORT NEWS, vA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is 1907

S"iu All. iiHHiail. But 10 and be-
Eold and exigency has arisen on the
racine coast; tiHat strenuous individ.
Na!s are ut work to accomplish a
certain cnI. The able man who
Eiesides over the State Department
drafts an amendment to a law pass
Cd last May by the Senate and last
June by the House and which
had been in conference ever since.
The conferees take the distinguish
ed man INTO their confidence ar
the Senate is notified that this bill
must go through.
Why" speaking in plain terms,
keep the Japanese out OF California?
But there Is u two fold objection
involved in the measure. The first
of these is intenedd to keep Jap
ancse laborers off the Pacific coast
and from getting into this country
and the conferc2s in furtherancc of
~ policy which looks to sectional
advantage. have Incorporated pro.
vision which changes the law in
regard to contract labor which will
Keep the little dribble which have
Started this way IF these two pro-
visions Mnked together are to be
driven drought Congress, the South
is ignored; the Pacific coast is
'>''N~h Nsa Z VI. MI. lliiIllstl COIL
tended that this procedure must la
in pursuance of settled policy and
made strenuous objection TO It..
Continuing MIR. Tillman said, 81 will
vote for an exclusion act, which
VIII keep the Japanese out. do
not see why there should be pre-
JUDGE against them yet I am will
ing to keep them out If 1t brings
war"
Senator Lodge arose at the last
remark ''If." he said in low tone,
we are going to discuss that ques-
ton | think we oughs TO do so
behind closed doors"
Il am perfectly willing TO 20 be-
hind closed DOORS" Mr.. Tillman re-
sponded promptly. perhaps can
get heart to heart talk with some
people who mill not stay here and
listen, but who have got orders
from the White House that this
report has got to go through"
IF the man at the White House
had not taken 1t upon himself to
NEEDLE with everything in the Unit
ed States we would not have this
issue here said MIR. Tillman.
Stating his objection to any sys-
tenn of contract labor TO be as strong
as uIidl vi lilly SHe, MI. lilllliutl
said he would favor the proper
encouragement of desirable wiz
immigrants to the South and he b.
lieved the government would do well
to spend one hundred miif.cn doll
airs fer that purpose If the South
was TO be Disseminated against. he
maintained, because the Senator
from Massachusetts had a. large
number of highly respectable con-
stituents who were opposed to the
Southern States getting Immigrants
unless they get them from tG,.
slums of the Northern cities. the
South did not want this sort of
scums and riffTaff."
What the Amendment Means.
Mn Lodge WAS questioned closely
to ascertain just what me construed
to be the effect of the change.
Does it mean that Il State agent
cannot go abroad and secure i'm
migration," asked Mr.. Tillman?
1T means he cannot Use other
than State funds for that purpose"
answered Mr.. Lodge.
Suppose the State should Fay the
passage of an immigrant and then
some on should come along ana
reimburse the State" asked Mr.. Till
man.. there are more ways than
one way to beat the devil about
the stump and the Senator from
Massachusetts, knows just as we'll
as anybody else How to do a.
''1'hat might be one way an
swered Mr. Lodge with added EN-.
phasis, 81 think it ought to be
done"
MIR. Tillman then turned his at
tention to the Japanese provision
and maintained that in placing the
provision in the report the confcrees
had exceeded their authority.
Mr.. Tillman continued: IL want to
know why it is" he said, that the
President of the United States has
been permitted-if this bill becomes
a law, and | know 1T will-to dicker
with labor unions. to make bargains
with labor unions, why should the
interest of labor on the Pacific coast
make it possible for the President to
issue an executive order to prohibit
the landing of certain class of
immigrants? We ought to have a
law to regulate such a thing. 1t ought
not to be left to executive discretion.
There ought not to be any bargain
in here for political purposes.
I'VE have heard that in the last
Presidential election an understand
ing was reported by those whom had
charge Of the campaign that If the
Mormon vote went certain way q
certain colleague of ours would be
cared for, and we have heard 1t talk
ed too that the chief executive, who
was the beneficiary Of that vote.
though he did not need it-has ex-
erted himself to the utmost to carry
out that agreement. and is using his
influence to stave off a vote and pro.