The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-11
ALL ANTI-JAP
AGITATION OVER
CALIFORNIA HOUSE RECONSlD-
ERs AND KILLS SCHOOL Seq
REGATiON BILL.
ROOSEVELT POL ICY WINS
ONLY Measure Left is Proposition Gov
ernu Census of Japanese in Cal
ifornia-Giiet Highly
Pleased.

Sacramento, Cal. Feb 10.-Yield'
ing to pressure brought to bear by
President Roosevelt and Governor
Gillet of California, the assembly re-
tired from its previous position on the
anti.Japanese matters today by recon
sidering the Former vote on the seq
regaion of Japanese students in the
public schools and finally rejecting
the measure. II to 81.
The efforts Of the supporters of the
bin further to reconsider was lost b.
tie vote end the assembly Is now
clear Of any anti-Japanese measure
objected to by the national admins
tration.
Tie fight fer the suppression Of the
bill was won only after many hours OF
heated debate on the floor. The strug-
gle started at 1890 this morning, on
presentation of a resolution by Assem-
biyman Transue, of Los Angeles, AZ.
firming the right of the state to gov
ern its schools but without with
drawing the Japanese segregation
measure because of the presidents
objection to it, lasted until O'Clock
this afternoon, when Grove l.. John
sons motion further to reconsider
was defeated on a tie vote of 3S to 3S.
The school bill is still to be consil-
cred in the senate, having been pre-
scented there by Senator Caminetti,
but there is little chance that the
measure will be approved when
brought no.
Il am highly pleased with the ac,
tion of the assembly today, said Gov
ernor Gillet. The east has been
deeply concerned in the measures
pending here and | feared that if the
anti-Japanese legislation We're press.
ed at this time it would have a disas
trous effect"
The anti-Japanese forces in the as
sembly were led today by Grove L.
Johnson. the author of the segregation
bill on which the fight hinged, aud
Louis W. ,Juillard. Democratic floor
leader, while the opposition was d.
rected by Transue and Melrose.
Transue's resolution opened the de.
bate and the fight was really made
on this measure, the reconsideration
motion not being put until there had
been a lengthy argument Johnson
repeated his defiance of the presiden;
and called upon the assembly TO
stand by its guns. He was answer
ed by Transue and Melrose, every
phase OF the question being reviewed. |
Transue suddenly withdrew his res
oltion and the fight centered on the |
reconsideration motion presented by
Walter Leeds, of Los Angeles. This |
was finally forced to a vote and car
ried. 43 to "a. The roll call on the |
bin itself Immediately followed and !
1t was rejected Al 10 81.
Johnson was at once on his feet |
with a motion again to reconsider
which resulted SS to 3S and the mo.
tion was lost
Gillet said tonight the next mar1er
10 be- taken up by the assembly would
w 'H' llbloefh dpiil bl8l idAibu bl Sl's-
000 for compiling a census Of the JAP
anese in California. He said if from
the data so gathered it were found
necessary TO do so. congress would be
urged to enact an Asiatic exclusion
measure.
Under the agreement between jap
an and our government" said Gillet.
the former Is pledged to restrict i'm
migration as much as possible If
Japan had grounds for abrogating this
arrangement and decided in view of
unfriendly acts upon the part Of the
California legislature to remove these
restrictions upon the emigration o.
her people. all our ports would be
open 10 the latter. If then we weni
before congress and asked the east fo-
support a general Asiatic exclusion
law. the latter might advance an ad-
verse trgument that we had the situa-
tiOn well in hand at one time. through
federal negotiations. and lost our ad-
vantage By the acts Of our legislature
AGAINST the wishes OF the president
and the secretary Of state.