The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-09
Says President Errs
as to Japanese
Urges Thatdarbor Monopoly Stopped

SACRAMENTO, Jan. SIN a mes
sage OF 10000 words. whose length
rivals the most extended official ut
terances from the White House. Gov
ernor Pardee made his farewell recon-
mendatiOns to the Legislature for their
guidance. he takes stands on such
important issues as the railroad COM
panies monopoly OF California har-
bors. making particular reference TO
the Oakland water front: to the Jap
abese question. revenue changes, good
roads and the direct primary law.
What he has to say on the direct pri-
mary subject and upon graft in San
Francisco is contained in another por-
ton Of this paper.
The message in part is as follows:
Executive Department. State of Cali
Sacramento. January Z, 1907.
To the Senate and Assembly.
Gentlemen. IL becomes my consti-
tutiOnal duty before retiring from the
Office of Governor TO communicate TO
you such knowledge as I have respect
ing the condition of the state. and TO
present such recommendations for your
consideration as appear 10 be necessary
for the public good.
The outlook for the future is now
Tar different from what il seemed last
June, when j called the Legislature
together in extraordinary session. At
that time the problem was to provide
State safely over a period Of impend-
ing distress, and the measures de-
manded and adopted We're those Of
pressing temporary eNpediency. Now
the dangers which threatened and
which were so ably met by the Legis-
lsture al that special session. have
passed away. and the Legislature can
again take the long look ahead and
frame its policies on the lines OF per
manence-
congratulate YOU. gentlemen Of the
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ideliverance Of the State from serious
perils, and bid YOU godspeed in the
important tasks you are called upon
10 undertake.
JAPANESE QUESTION
II is safe to say that the President.
when he penned that portion of his
annual message upon the opening Of
Congress in which he refers to the
Francisco schools. was not aware Of
the conditions on this coast, especially
IN California In common with the
people OF the East, who have had no
experience with the unassimilable peo-
pie OF Japan and China, the President
does not understand the racial differ
Chinese and people Of Caucasian blood.
Coming In contact only with g few
educated and intelligent individuals of
these two races. the people of the
Eastern States do not understand that
TO permit the immigration of only a
small fraction Of the whole number OF
pN them OF Sucn pursuits Is they may
engage in. This mOnOpOliZatiOn would
not initiate against the public good
were the mOnCpoliZers capable Of be-
ing absorbed into the body polite,
and. IN this generation. or even in the
next, becoming integral parts of our
cosmopolitan people.
Unfortunately. however, neither the
Japanese nor the Chinese appear TO be
capable Of absorption and assimilation
into the mass OF our people. Neitaer
farf ~
nounce allegiance 10 its mother cOun- I
Try and become. in the true sense Of
the word, citizens Of the United States.
. Our laws and customs regard inter-
marriage with them as miscegena ton. !
All their energies are bent toward ac-
qllrlng competency here TO enable
them to live IN comfort and af1uence
in their own countries. They collect
in colonies. either in the cities or in
the country, do only such business as
necessity COmpels with any but those
OF their own people. and have no close
relations OF any kind with our people.
Being able TO live on a small fraction
of what seems necessary TO support
Caucasian people; being, furthermore,
clannish in the extreme and evincing
neither desire nor ability TO mingle
with our people. the lower classes of
these two nations are not, in any sense /
or the word, desirable immigrants to.
much less citizens OF, this country
There are Chinese and japanese, es-
peclally the FORMER, who have lived
in this State many years, some Of them
half a century, and in no essential par
ticulars have they acquired our man
ners and customs.
Under these circumstances il is not
at all strange that there is an aver
sion to the mingling Of the children
OF the TWO races. And, therefore, Cali ]
fOrnia has decreed that, whenever Il
is so desired, the local school authOri-
ties may provide separate schools for
the Chinese and japanese children, in
which they shall be taught as Cauca-
sian children are, and by equally ca
pable teachers
aratiOn seems to be the more neces- /
sary, because many of the japanese
who desire TO attend our schools are
much older than the Caucasian chill
dren with whom, on account Of their
deficient learning. the japanese must
be enclassed. It is not at all desirable
that youths, even CaucasiOn youths, of
eighteen years OF more Of age, should
be associated ia the schools with chill
dren OF tender ages. The reason there