The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-11
ASSEMBLY KILLS
ANTI JAPANESE
SCHOOL BILL
VOTE STANDS ~ TO 81 AND
PRESIDENT RoosEvELTs PRO-
TESTS PROVE EFFECTIVE
WILL COUNT JAPANESE.

\ SACRAMENTO, Cal, Fec. 1.-THE
California assembly yesterday reject
ed the bill segregating japanese stu
dents in the public schools by a vot
of Al 10 81 The assembly reverse 4
Its previous position in accordance
With the vigorous protests made
against the measure Dy President
Roosevelt. An effort Was made b.
the supporters OF ,he bill 10 have a
Jeconsidered but this motion Ms lost
ty vote of IS TO So
The fght for Inc suppression OF IN
bill MAS Won only di,er many hougs
az healed debate or the hooy. The
ktruggle started AZ 1880 N the morn
ing or tnc presentation by Assem- d.
'aasp J. y. fIansge. or Los Angeles.
isffrming TIE rlgnt OF the state To-
loverL .ts schools, bat witndgawing
itac Japanes~ segregation measure be-
cause or tGe pIesioent obJe1 ton u
~. alc lasted until Ia the Afternoon.
i,.hen Grove l.. JohnsoA motion tur
A ther to reconsider his defeated school
aggregation bin vs. defeated.
Tne school Oil lie still 10 be ,Cnsid
G eli IN The senate, having been PIE
,ssIisi ta.rs %! senator \. Cam!net,
ibut there is ii;tie ynsnce tnaJ tat
measure wll J- approved wheI
brought up.
4 Il am nighl, pleased VIII The az
,tion or tue assembly. said Gov.
ltsilletl The east nas been deepss
soncerned ia the measures pend.ns
here. and ! feared thar Il The ant-
tjapanese legislation was pressed a
Tails time i would have disastrous
EFFECT
The snti.Japanese forces IN the as
Gembly were lea steIday by Grove L.
Johnson, author OF The school segre
ixation nil on which the fight hinged.
land Louis w Willard. democratic
] sloor leader. while the opposition was
! directed by Transue and Richard Me
rose. Transuc's resolution opened the
(; &C bate and The fight Was really mad"
ECn this measure The reconsideration
Imotion no; Delng put until theIe ha'
been lengtuy argument
I johnson lepeated his defiance OF the
(. president anu called on the assembly
Ito stand ~ rs Guns he was al
IswereG by TranSue and Me'rose. ever
base OF the question being reviewed.
Transue suddenly withdrew his ieso-
luton and the night conferred on the
Reconsideration motion, presented oy
Walter Leeds. Of Los Angeles This
was finally forced 10 vote and was
carried 43 TO "a The roll call on the
bill. itself Immediately followed and :
was rejected by vote OF Al 10 81.
Johnson was at once on his feet with
q motion again TO reconsider This
Tn "A an
2S TO 3S. and the bill was dead.
Gov. Gillett said the next matter
TO be taken up by the assembly would
be the proposed appropriation OF $40
O0c for the compiling OF a census of
Japanese in California. He said tina
IL from the data so gathered II were
found necessary. congress would be
urged to enact an Asiastic exclusion
measure
Under the agreement between ia.
pan and our government said Gov.
Gillett. the former is pledged 10 re-
strict emigration as much as possible.
III Japan had grounds for abrogating
this agreement and decided in view OF
the unfriendly acts on the part OF the
I. California legislature 10 remove these
restrictions on the emigration OF her
people. all our ports would be open.
10 the latter.
IF, when We went before congress
anc asked the east for support for
general Asiatic exclusion Law. the lat
, ter might advance the adverse argu-
ment that We had the situation well in
rhand at one time. through federal me-
gotiations, and lost our advantage by
the acts OF our legislature against the
wishes OF the president and the secre-
tary q, state"
An exceptionally fine photograpA