Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
ROOSEVELT
YIELDS THE
BIG STICK
Holds It Over Heads
of California
Officials
Japanese to Be Admitted
tOSchOOls at All
Hazards
Senator CuIberson Says President Has
Misstated the Situation In San
Francisco Repeatedly to
Gain His Ends
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-The ad-
ministration plan to settle the Cali
fornia-J Japanese situation was ap-
proved in the senate today by the
adoption of the senate committee re-
port on the immigration bill.
This report contained a provision
which authorizes the president to ex-
clude Japanese laborers from the
United States at his discretion. The
report will now 80 to the house for its
approval, which it has been stated is
assured
The entire day was devoted to de-
bate on the report. The opposition
presented as an alternative plan
resolution instructing the conferees to
bring in a provision positively prohib-
iting the entrance of Japanese labor
ers 1t was declared not in order and
on motion of Mr.. Lodge an appeal
from this ruling was defeated. 40 to
"a, being practically a party vote. The
conference report was then adopted
without a roll call.
In opposing the passport clause SEN
ator Culberson referred to the Cali
fornla-JapaneSe SITUATION.
Blames the President
''This situation has become acute"
he said, because the president in his
messages to congress has seen fit to
misstate the situation in California in
the interest of the Japanese. And the
japanese, taking their cue from the
president. assert a claim that great in
justice has been done to them on the
Pacific coast.
I'm each of his messages the presi
dent has misStated the situation to the
effect that the Japanese had been de-
MED the privilege of education when
the truth is that they had only been
denied the right to attend school with
white children"
The situation that will arise from
the adoption of the provision, Mr.. Gull
berson said, would be this;
1.-THE president will have authority
to exclude Japanese laborers and
coolies and he will hold that author
ity and the exercise of it in allegiance
and over the heads of the California
authorities and will keep out the la
borers and coolies provided the civil
authorities of California will admit
their children Unfortunately to enter
the public schools of San Francisco"
When Mr. Culberson asked If that
was the understanding. Senator Flint
replied
Flint Makes Denial
"As far as i am concerned. I know
of no agreement between the Califor-
MIA delegation and the president with
reference to the adjustment of the
school matter. ! have not been a
party to any such agreement nor at
tended any conference between the
California delegation and the secre-
tary of state and the president"
Senator Perkins said he wished to
make the same statement and added
that he believed the newspaper re-
ports of an agreement had been over
drawn.
The agreement. Mr.. Culberson said,
seemed to be with the mayor and the
school board of San Francisco and not
with the California delegation in con-
gress. 1t was, he contended, a sur
render of the civil rights of California.
He made an appeal for the enactment
of a positive provision excluding the
japanese.
Mr.. Carmack stated that he agreed
Rights Surrendered
81 believe that the effect is that n
foreign power has browbeaten the gov
ernment of the United States and
browbeaten a sovereign state into q
THE action of this government
toward California has been harsh and
turbulent and offensive to the last de-
gree. its attitude toward Japan has
been cringing, obsequious and almost
pusillanimous. One of the presidents s
aphorisms is TO speak softly and carry
a big stick.
HE seems to have interpreted that
in this instance so as to speak softly
to foreign nations arc carry a big
stick for the backs of his own people.
! object to this provision, because I
believe that 1t will and that 1t is in
tended to arm the executive with a
power to coerce the people of a SOW
ereign state into a surrender of right
to control their own affairs and this
is being done on the demand of a ma
tion made without a shade of reason,
without a shadow of right without a
shadow of foundation based on any
treaty stipulation or the constitution
of the United States
Senator Newlands' Version
Senator Newands declared Presi-
dent Roosevelt to be largely respon-
sible for the Japanese situation. "He
mas created movement on the Pa
cifc coast that Will not rest until II
ends In japanese exclusion" he said,
and predicted that the United States
would not be able TO retain the Philip
pine Islands unless 1--WE retain the
friendship of Japan"
Senator Lodge asked for ruling on
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