The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-02-04
Nixon and Newlands 60
TO Conference With Pres
ident About Legislative
froth on Jap Question
WIRE CARSON THAT FUSS MAY
DEFEAT OIlIECT-tiIiAFT FOR
BIG COMPANIES MAY BE IN
THE MOVEMENT To EXCLUDE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 President
Roosevelt today sent for Senators
Newlands and Nixon, of Nevada, and
Borah, Of Idaho. entering into a
lengthy conference with them over
the japanese situation.
Yesterday the president felt that
he would not take any action rela-
tive to the work of the lower house
of the Nevada legislature denouncing
the japanese in a set of resolutions,
but despite the fact that the Nevada
senators refused to talk, 1t Is under
stood that they took away with them
today requests to at once get In
touch with members of the Nevada
legislature and stop further progress
of the resolutions before that body
passed by the lower house late last
night with the portion censuring
Roosevelt eliminated.
The fact that Newlands Is DEM
ocrat and Nixon a Republican makes
it possible that they may influence
the Nevada senate 10 such extent as
necessary to hold mp the resolution
that passed the house. Bora his visit
was for the purpose of telling the
president that he did not look for
action in his state similar to that
contemplated in Nevada
Following the conference, Senator
Nixon telegraphed the president Of
the Nevada senate and the speaker of
the assembly, suggesting that the OBJ
iect of exclusion may be injured by
puH teal nptfnn at this time
No other question is absorbing the
concern OF the administration at this
moment TO the same extent as are
certain phases of the anti-Japanese
agitation The president has been In
communication with many persons
who should be thoroughly informed
as TO conditions on the Pacific coast.
IL Is admitted that systematic agi-
tation has been In progress on the
coast. but a significant feature of its
lack of strength was the fact that
the labor leaders had taken no prom
inent part in II. II even has been
stated to the administration that the
handspring of the agitation was to
be found in some of the great corpo-
rations that had found their profit
able business of coolie transportation
threatened with destruction by the
success attending the efforts of the
administration to stop this class of
immigration.
For the fact is that. in the opinion
of the administration. the negotias
lions with Japan for practically
complete closure of American ports
TO the entry of Japanese laborers are
jeopardized by the extreme utter
ances of certain persons in Califor-
MIA and by the mere consideration of
such reasons as were entertained yes
terday by the Nevada legislature.
Even agreements already reached,
which are being carried out In good
faith by the Japanese government,
are regarded as endangered. in the
sense that the present agitation might
very naturally tend to ahate the in
terest of the Japanese officials in the
execution of their obligations 1t is
these considerations that have infiu-
enced the president to conclude that
everything possible should be done
TO prevent legislation by any state
that would discriminate against the
Japanese as a class apart from other
foreign elements entering America.
There is no objection whatever by
the administration to laws prohibit