The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-11

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 10.-Yielding
to the pressure brought to bear by
President Roosevelt and Governor Gil
lett, the California assembly retired
from It's previous position on the anti
Japanese matters today by reconsider
Ing the former vote on the segregation
OF Japanese students in the public
schools and finally rejecting the meas
ure by vote Of Al to 81.
An effort by the supporters of the
bill further to reconsider was lost by a
tie vote and the assembly is now
clear Of any anti-Japanese measure
objected to by the national administra-
tlon.
The fight for the suppression OF
trouble was won only after many
hours of heated debate on the floor.
The struggle started at 1920 o'clock
In the morning. on tho presentation OF
a resolution by Assembman j. p.
Transue, Of Los Angeles, Affirming the
right Of the state to govern its schools,
but withdrawing the Japanese segre-
cation measure because of the presi'
dents objections to II. and lasted until
4 O'Clock in tho afternoon, when Grove
l.. Johnson's motion further tao re
consider, was defeated on a tie vote,
3S to, 3S.
The school bill is still TO be con-
sidered In the senate, having been pre-
sented there by Senator A. Camenetti.
but there is little chance that the
measure Y will be approved when
Il am highly pleased with the action
of the assembly today" said Governor
Gillett- "The east has been deeply
concerned in the measure pending
here and1 feared that, II the anti
Japanese legislation were pressed at
this time. 1t would have a disastrous
effect"
The antEJapanese forces In the as
sembly were led today by Grove l..
Johnson, author Of the segregation
bill. on swhichE..thes fight hinged, and
Louis w. Julliard, Democratic floor
leader, While tie opposition was direct
ed by Transue and Richard A. Melrose
Transues resolution opened the de-
bate and the fight was really made on
this measure, the reconsideration mo-
tion not being put until there had
been lengthy argument
Johnson repeated his defiance Of the
president and called on the assembly
to stand by it's guns" He was an
swered by Transue and Melrose. every
phase Of the question being reviewed.
Transue suddenly withdrew his res
olution and the fight centered on the
reconsideration motion, presented by
ralt I ~ al
was finally forced to vote and was
carried. 43 to "a. The roll call on the
bill itself Immediately followed and 1t
was rejected by vote of Al to 81.
Johnson was at once on his feet with
motion again to reconsider. which
was put to a vote and resulted 3S TO 3S
and the motion was lost
Governor Gillett said tonight that
the next matter to be taken up by the
assembly would be the proposed ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the compll-
ing Of a census Of Japanese in Califor
mia He said that II from the data
so gathered It were found necessary
to do SO, congress would be urged to
enact an Asiatic exclusion measure.
Under the agreement between Jap
an and our government" said Cover
nor Glllett, the former Is pledged to
restrict immigration so much as pos
sible II Japan had grounds for abro-
eating this arrangement and decided.
In View of unfriendly acts upon the
part of the California Legislature to
remove these restrictions upon the en-
igration of her people all our ports
would be open to the latter. If, then,
we went before congress and asked the
east for support for general Asiatic
exclusion law, the latter might ad-
vance the adverse argument that we
had the situation well In hand at one
time, through federal negotiation, and
lost our advantage by the acts of our
legislature against the wishes of the
president and secretary of state"