The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-05
TWO HOT ROASTS
FOR PRESIDENT
Washington State Federation of
Labor Takes Up Japanese
Problem Seriously.
THREATENING, DEMAG0GIC
LANGUAGE" CONDEMNED
Proposition to Admit Japanese
to Citizenship in United
States Condemned.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. Jan. a.-The
Washington State Federation of Labor
today passed. after much debate. two
strongly worded resolutions condemn
ing the position taken by President
Roosevelt on the japanese question. The
first resolution deals with the San Fran
cisco school question, the President s
language is characterized as threat
ening and demagogic. The conven'
tion condemns the ''necdlessly bonn
bastic iuhammatory language of the
President regarding his Willingness TO
use armed force against the citizens Of
our sister State y
The second resolution deals with the
President s proposal TO admit Japanese
20 citizenship, which is strongly con
demued. The convention favors admit.
ting the Japanese on the same basis and
to the same extent as the Chinese.
The full text of the resolutions Is as
follows:
Whereas, The President of the United
States. having taken advantage Of his
high Office. has, through his official mes
sage, declared his ontasouism to the ac-
dion OF the citizens Of California on the
Oriental school question. In threatening
and demagogic language: and
Does Not Know 1t ALL
Whereas, omnlsclence not being a hu-
man attribute and the President is ap-
parenty uninformed on. the particular
subject. his sources ot Information EVIL
IDENTITY prescribed and limited ana his
conclusions necessarily erroneous: and
Whereas. rhe action taken by The citi-
zens OF California is the result OF ripe
experience, and knowledge gained eyy
actual and long continued contact with
the question al hand. be Il
Resolved. That we express our conh-
dence in the judgment and fairness and
Ill
Of California and our belief that. 10 tho
best Of their ability. they are upholdlNG
the standard OF American citizenship. CIV
ilization and morality.
We further express oar approval ol
their action in scErcga ting their children
from the communicating influence OF the
Oriental moral status. as evidenced i'll the
undisputed fact that large per cent OF
all japanese women in the United States
are slave prostitutes. BE II further
Language Condemned.
Resolved. Tha, we condemn the need
lessly bombastic and ipnammatory lam
guage OF President Roosevelt regarding
his Willingness TO use tho armed forces ri
the United States against our sister State
as unwarranted and uncallcd for. unoe-
coming TO the delegated servant OF free
people. and better fitting the ukases and
edlcts Of unlimited sovereignty.
The second resolution on the Jap
anesc controversy is as follows:
Whereas. The President, OF tho United
States in his message TO Congress insists
upon equality of the two races. Caucasian
and Japanese. said equality going 10 th'
extent Of admitting the Japanese TO citi'
zsnshlp and insisting upon their equa
rights in our schools: and
Whereas. The coming OF tho Japanese
10 this country can only lead 10 growing
enmity here. an enmity which must In
evitably lead TO international complica
tions;
Resolved. by the Washington State Fed
Grafton of Labor in convention assem-
blea
Tha, for the best interests Of both Jap
anesc and Americans, II is best that rh'
| Japanese he excluded from th!s country
| I'm the same way and TO the same eXten
| that the Chinese are now excluded; anC
| further
| Resolved. That we recognize that thu
| japanese have the same right 10 eNclud,
| us as We have TO exclude them.