Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-09

BILLS HELD UP
IN LEGISLATURE
ARRIVAL OF STANTON AND HIS
ADVICE AWAITED
ANOTHER RESOLUTION HITS AT
ASIATIC INFLUX
Sanford Wants Appeal Sent to Con-
gress to include Nipponese in
Provisions of Geary
Act
IBy Associated Press.1

CJ ACRAMENTO, Feb. S.-Aside from
a brief but spicy debate in the
~ senate on the Question of anti
Japanese legislation, and the intro
duction in that body of a resolution
aimed at the Cartwright anti trust bill,
business in both branches of the legis-
lature today was of a routine nature.
1t had been expected the senate would
take final action on the report of the
committee on executive communica-
tions, advising against anti-Japanese
measures at this session, but despite
the efforts of Marc Anthony of San
Francisco, the matter was postponed
until Thursday, the day after the as
sembly is to take up the motion for
reconsideration of the vote by which
the school segregation bill passed that
house.
The deepest interest is taken here
in the reports from Washington that
President Roosevelt has sent another
communication to Speaker Philip A.
Stanton, dealing with the anti-Japa-
nese bills but even the most trusted
lieutenants of the speaker declare they
have no knowledge of the letters from
Washington and reiterate that they
will be compelled to await the return
of Stanton from Los Angeles for any
new light on the situation.
j. P. Transue, assemblyman from the
speakers own city, who has been in
communication by wire with his chief
since the latter left the city on Friday,
said tonight that he did not know the
contents of the first letter from the
president, and knew nothing whatever
about the second.
New Anti=Japanese Bill
Senator ]. B. Sanford, Democrat, in
jected a new anti-Japanese measure
into the senate controversy today by
the introduction of a resolution calling
upon congress to include Japanese in
the provisions of the Geary act eX-
cluding Chinese, and Senator Anthony $
bill providing for the submission Of the
question of Asiatic immigration to the
voters at the next election was favor
ably reported out by the committee on
labor and capital.
The committee on labor, capital and
immigration reported favorably on the
bill by Anthony, providing that thirty
days prior to the state general election
of November. 1910, the governor shall
issue his proclamation calling upon the
qualified electors to signify their will
as to the continuance or prohibition OF
Asiatic immigration
Sanford's resolution was as follows:
Whereas, The recent attitude Of
some California officials and others in
authority has given the people of the
eastern states and other states a wrong
impression as to the real sentiment of
the people of the Pacific coast relative
to the Japanese situation at hand.
Whereas, We think it right and
proper that the people of this coun-
try should be advised as to our true
position on the question, therefore be it
Resolved, That by the senate and
by the assembly Of the state Of Cali
fornia, jointly that we are unalterably
opposed to further Japanese immigra-
tion and urge our representatives in
Congress to extend the provisions of
the Geary exclusion act, so as to in
clude Japanese, Koreans, Hindus and
all other'Asiatic races.
''Be it further resolved, that we con-
denim the proposition to naturalize the
japanese and extend the elective fran
chise to the alien born of that race as
being inimical to the welfare of the
American people.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be transmitted to our repre-
sentatives in congress by the secretary
of the senate"