Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-08
URGES NATION
To DEAL WITH
RACE ISSUE
GREATEST OF.PRESENT DAY
PROBLEM SAYS SENATOR
NewIandS Of Nevada, Declares
immigration of All Save
White Aliens Should Be Pro-
hibited by Congress,

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Washington, u. G.. Feb - sena
tor NoMlands or Nevada IN Il state
ment tonight asserted that there
should be broad national legislation
covering the whole Japanese question.
Tho legislation proposed 10y the Pa
cific coast states intended To meet ccr-
tain phases OF what constitutes u ma
tional peril has been opposed by the
president as involving violation of our
treaty with Japan ana impcriling her
friendship" said Senator Newlands,
Whilst the western states will ia
all probability practically yield to such
suggestion there Is danger that their
abandonment OF such legislation may
be misundvratood by the eastern states
whose people are unfamiliar with the
economic ana social dangers attend
ant upon Asiatic immigration and
that they may think that we acquicsce
in the Wow that a great question of
national and domestic policy should
be turned over to the negotiation OF
diplomats
fThcre should be broad national
legislation covering the whole ques-
tiol and thus necessarily covering the
parts &c the question which state log
lsiation ia the west seems to cover"
Continuing the senator stated that
the Nevada legislature should In his
Judgment, as a substitute for all pend
ing measures. adopt resolutions maxi
ing The following declarations;
'1hat the race question Is now the
most Important question confronting
the nationi that already We have drift
cd regarding the black rnce, into n
condition which seriously suggests tho
Withdrawal ul the pDiitietl rights
heretofore nistakahly granted--the
mauenration OF humane national
policy which with me cooperation
ana the aid Of the southern states
should recognize that the blacks are
a race OF children requiring guidance.
Industrial training and the develop
meut OF SELF control aud other meas-
ures intended 70 reduce the danger
of the race complication formerly see
iiunnl but now becoming national
"That confronting ns ON the pacl-
fic lies Asia with population OF
! 00O 600. 600 people, yellow ann
rncca. who. If unrestricted, would
immieratc 20 our
.ountfy of unriyalcd resources. Of high
wages and almost unlimited capacity
10 support additional populations; that
prc-cminent among these people
stands Japan, strong, aggressive, high
fpirited qualities which the American
people admire but which If given
llay on American soil would develop
ne strongest form OF race nutngon-
SIN.
THAT therefore our duty to our
noe ana our institutions, and Tie
of Friendships with races
liffcring Ia color, alike dcmnnd that
vc abandon the attempted adjustment
If these questions by international
rcaty and pass a national law to take
'ffcct upon the expiration Of existing
roatics emphatically declaring that
,ur country is open to white immi-
,ration alone; that such immigration
hali be restricted to those of consti-
ution. character ana training that will
ultimately ft them for American citi-
.cnship ana that other races shall be
Excluded from immigration except for
purposes of trade, travel and educa-
ion "