Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-02
All Reference to Roosevelt is Cut
Out Before Vote is Taken. Conn.,
mendS California Legislature

After q careful trimming of all the
claws in the Giffen anti-Jap resoiu-
tion tnis afternoon, the house passed
the resolution to engrossment and
then adjourned
As originally drawn the resolution
was caustic criticism of the Presi-
dent. charging him with ignorance
of the real situation on the coast and
censuring him for his attempt to in
tcrfcre with the progress Of legisla-
tion in California.
These "whereasas" were eliminat-
ed with care and neatness. the word
nor never" changed to nor ever
the word this" changed to AN and
then the resolution was put to vote
and passed unanimously.
In its present form II calls upon
California to pass whatever Japan
ese laws 1t wants to pass, or what
ever anti-Jap laws it wants to pass,
/. rencws the declaration of states
rights by saying: Whereas. We view
with alarm an attempted encroach-
ment of the government upon states
rights" which without the reference
to the president is mild enough for
women and children to take inter
nally without injury to their system.
Folsom of Washoe, proposed the
amendments. which were simply
lamentations and consisted OF stick
enouts" until the necessary prunings
were accomplished. He explained
that he wanted to be courteous TO
the republican members. though
Dodge Of Washoe thanked him kind
~ and then proceeded to swat the
resolution by striking out the para
graph on states rights. but this fail
ed.
After ali the amendments had been
adopted and the cat was dead.
Church of Lincoln got mp and rid
himself OF q lot of bottled up pat
riotism that led him off the trolly
so that Curtin rose to a point of or
der and mustered the gentl aman
from Lincoln so that he sat down.
Speaker Giffen made another
speech in which he declared that he
for one would never stand for dom
nation of the Coast by the Japs, and
that the east is absolutely ignorant
Of The peril from Asiatic invasion and
Influence on the Pacific coast. .
Folsom then moved the resolution
40 ordered cngrossed. which motion
was carried. He then mover an ad-
iOurnment before any one could talk
any longer about the resolution. This
also carried and the incident was ov-
o..
As finally possed the resolution
supports the California Legislature
and gives notice that Nevada may
pass some anti-Jap laws of her own.
account.
Assemblyman f. r. Dodge, of
WashOe county introduced another
resolution bearing upon the Japanese
a..air this morning.
This resolution like that of the
Speaker introduced yesterday, recog
nizes the fact that the Japanese are
undesirable citizens and says:
WHEREAS, Citizens of various
Asiatic countries whom We cannot
successfully assmlate and with
whom we cannot mingle and compete
on terms conducive to our interests
are rapidly becoming a menace to
peace and prosperity for want of ade
quatc and proper naval protection in
waters of the Pacific ocean, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that our sen
ators and representatives be request
I'd to and urged to forthwith eXer
all proper efforts to secure imme
diate and permanent assignment tC
service in Pacific waters of a fleet o
war vessels cquai to that in defense
TO those maintained in Atlantic wat
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