The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
ANTI-JAPANESE
BILL DELAYED
IN ASSEMBLY
Reconsideration of Vote Is the
Subject of a Prolonged
Debate
Speaker Stanton Takes Floor
and Points Out Dangers
of Stand Taken
JOhnsOn's School Segregation
Measure Is Referred to
Committee

osition was satisfactory to him, pro-
vided the matter be referred to his
judiciary committee. so that the attor-
ney general and others could appear
and discuss the legal questions in
Volved.
Wins GaIlery'S Applause
Oscar Gibbons, a young democrat
from down the coast, drew Patrick
Henry into the wrangle and won the
applause of the gallery by saying: I
am pledged to vote for any anti
japanese bill and would vote for a bill
TO place a bounty on their scalps-"
Charles Nelson Of san Francisco
brought the spirit OF 70 into action
and loudly proclaimed himself opposed
10 reconsideration
Richard Melrose Of Anaheim. Leeds
and Colonel Perine OF san Francisco
urged referring the entire matter to
tEe judiciary committee. Johnson was
momentarily disconnected when thus
taken unexpectedly at his own sugges-
tion. and finally voiced his opposition
on the score that he believed ii was
merely a move for delay.
!. ". Preston Of Ukiah dTd more
democratic politics and asked that She
bin be permitted to go on its way re
5oicing. saying that he knew. as did
The others, that II would never become
law.
". ,. Grifiths counseled considera-
tiOn OF the wishes Of the president. re-
marking. I'D sacrifice both children
and state for the national government"
StrUckenbrUck, Butler and Irwin op-
posed reconsideration.
Opposes Segregation
a. NJ Drew, whose anti-alien bill
was defeated. asserted that there was
no necessity 1Or the school segregation
bill. He announced his loyalty TO the
president and the governor, and added
that he would heed their request.
j. p. Trausue insisted that the cities
and school districts had sufficient DOW
or TO control the japanese situation in
The schools. He quoted from the gov
ernor's message TO the effect that the
bin was IN violation of the treaty and
urged delay
John Cronin OF Benicia made faces at
the big stick and pleaded with the
members 70 stand by their guns"
Greer favored reconsideration. and
Juiliiard opposed it.
Dangerous, Says Stanton
1t was at this stage of the debate
that Stanton took the floor and made
the speech which caused CONSERVATION
IN the anti-Japanese camp.
Tt had not been my intention TO take
the floor during this session of the
legislature unless events so framed
themselves that matters of such great
moment came up that 1 deemed il my
duty 10 myself. my party and the coun- |
try TO take the floor" said Stanton |
such a crisis has now arisen. / be- |
lieve this house should give this matter
further consideration.
We are treading on very dangerous
ground, and ] can feel the soil slipping
out from under me now. Consider
carefully the action you are now about !
10 take. in my judgment you ought TO
give this matter further consideration. /
and ] think you should continue 1t |
until next Wednesday, when the gov
ernor and myself may be IN a position
TO give you further light. ] am now
asking you to postpone this matter"
johnson Avoids Rout
4 strange calm was upon the as
scmbly The wild oratory Of the anti
japanese contingent had been robbed
Of its force. Johnson. realizing this,
seized the opportunity Of avoiding a
disaster.
The president does not know as
much about this matter as one of these
little pages sitting up in front here. |
but the speaker asks il and now am
willing to have the matter go over"
said Johnson.
The motion TO continue until
Wednesday was adopted without a dis
senting vote and the further considera-
tion Of municipal districting bill went
over until the same time.
Senator Csminetti today made sure
that the senate would have a chance
10 go on record on the anti-Japanese
school bill by introducing the Johnson
bin in the upper house.
May Blame Delegation
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-Although
not admitted either at the White House
or the state department, there is rea-
son for believing that the Japanese
government has taken cognizance of
the fact that z separate schools bill
has gone through part of the legis-
lature Of California, and has made rep
resentations thereon.
Figuratively speaking President
Roosevelt has not recovered his breath
so hard and unexpected is the blow to
his japanese policy by the school legis-
lation partly enacted yesterday. He
had nothing 10 say today on the sub
Ject. 1t is believed. however that
smarting messages went from the
White House TO Governor GiIlett and
10 members of the California delegation
in congress
the members OF the California dele
cation in the two houses Of congress
have been entirely frank with him in
their discussions of the anti-Jana pese
feeling in the legislature The presi-
dent got the impression that the ex-
ertions of himself, the representations
Of the California congressman and
Japan's objections had smoothed the
situation so well that he could safely
assume the school question to be
packed away. In moth balls. Now that
ii has been brought out he can think
of no explanation better than that the
California congressman failed to give
per Of their people and their law
ma kers.
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
A three weeks evangelistic cam
paign viii be insugurated in this city
tomorrow afternoon at the California