The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-17
'ANTI-JAP LEAGUE
CfNSUR[S SOLONS
Legislators Scored for Votes on
Nipponese Measures at
Sacramento
Administration Officers Are Re-
elected by Body for Coming
Year

Those San Francisco legislators who
the recent session in Sacramento were
hayed at the annual meeting of the
Asiatic exclusion league yesterday aft
ernoon, and former President Theodore
Roosevelt was denounced for welding
the big stick" in behalf of the Nip
ponese.
Mayor f. r. TAYLOR, Supervisors Paul
Bancroft and j. p. Booth Supreme
Court Justice Max c. Sloss, w f. Her
rim and Patrick Calhoun were charged.
with many others, with having Asiatics
in their employ; and; in accordance
with Harry Odell's resolution, an inves-
tiga ton will be made by the secretary
treasurer of all the alleged offenders,
so that the names of the employers of
Asiatics may be/reported to the labor
bodies.
Vice President E. B. Carr demanded
that Odell tell how he got the informa-
ton about Taylor. Odel1 replied that
he had seen a Chinese servant draping
the American flag in front of the Tay-
lor residence just before fleet week.
and had seen him about the premises
many times afterward. A. j. Gala
CHER questioned the charge against
Booth, and that was left in uncertainty.
WILL PUNISH RECREANTs
Chastisement for those office seekers
who betray the league in future by
breaking their pledges was agreed
upon in the form of resolution by
Charles F. knight. as follows:
whereas previous to the last election in this
state many candidates voluntarily gave certain
pledges to this league that they would support
legislation in opposition to Asiatics in this state
and. 7.
many cases violated by certain members of the
legislature; therefore be 1t
Resolved. that the secretary of the league be
and is hereby instructed Immediately to notify
the officials of all political parties, all clubs or
other organizations and the public. through the
press that il any person who thus violated his
pledge is nominated Endorsed for any public
office or position that this league proposes vgor
ously TO oppose his election or appointment TO
any public position.
OF the 81 legislators in this city Sen
ators Lester Burnett and D. j. Reilly
and Assemblymen Charles A Nelson
and Henry n Beatty were the only law
ma kers to accept the invitation TO be
present yesterday. They gave an ac-
count of their actions at Sacramento
and proved by the records of the legis-
Iature that they had voted to suit the
league on Japanese matters. Nathan G.
Coghlan, Dominick Beban. r. j. Callan.
Fred Gerdes and George Perine, all San
Francisco assemblymen, who voted con-
trary to the wishes of the league. were
ominously referred to during the meet
ing.
President O. A. Tveitmoe, Vice Presi-
dent E. B. Carr. SecretaryTreasurer A.
T. Yoell and Sergeant at Arms John c..
Williams were reelected without OPP
position. The following executive COM
mittee proposed by the nominating
committee was accepted:
James Bowlan. G. B. Benham, George
M. Fisk, j. Gorf x. j. Doyle. Charles
IF. Knight. F. H. Pattison, P. II. Nc
Carthy. James D. Graham. r. A A.
Summers, w A. Cole, Frank MCGOWAN,
Frank Steffen Charles Markley. Charles
Steckmest H. A. Mcmahon, Fred
Brands. Charles Parker, Theo. Weiss,
William H. Lange. P. ]. O'Shea, Dan
Stewart, j. Williams, Thomas Keough
and W. j. Maloney.
REVIEW OF RESOLUTIONS
In the fourth annual report of the
executive committee it was shown that
there were 23S affiliated organizations
and that anti-Asiatic resolutions had
been adopted by 1919 labor bodies not
including the 542 local organizations in
California and 1000 local councils of
tile Junior Order of American Me-
chanics. The report dld not deem IL
wise to take up the proposition of
systematically boycotting the employ
ers of Asiatics. as that was not con-
sidered to be the purpose of the
league.
The report reviewed Assemblyman
Harry PoIsley's anti-Japanese legisla-
ton at Sacramento and gave data re-
garding miscegenation, the cases of
| Dorothy Russell daughter of Lillian
Russell and Helen Emery, both of
whom married japanese not being
overlooked.
Francis Drake and Fred Spring of
Los Angeles. Secretary Fred II. Pratt
of the Alameda county building trades
council, George B. Benham. f. w.
Brands. representing the San Jose
branch of the league; George Krimp-
hoff of the Anti-Japanese laundry
league, w. A. Cole of the carpenters
and joiners, Andrew Furuseth and
Frank MCGOWAN made speeches 1t