The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
TO CONGRESS
FOR ANTI-JAP BILL
Burnetts Memorial Passes AS
sembly and Is Only Real
Measure
Committee on Federal Relations
Reports Resolution and 1t
Goes Through
Especial Dispatch to The CALI

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, March 23.-Only one real anti
Japanese measure has passed the legis-
lature, and that. is Senator Burnett's
resolution memorializing congress tc
sion treaty TO apply to all Asiatics
which passed the assembly this after
noon.
After the assembly had killed the bill:
to prevent japanese. from owning lant
in the state. from attending schools ant
from invading all residential districts
Burnett. prepared resolution embody
/ ing the substance of various incendiarl
measures introduced in the uppe
house. This resolution was adopted b,
] the senate to show that the republican
party stood for reasonable Legislation
against Asiatics.
When the resolution reached the as
sembly, however. Speaker Stanton, wh'
still felt the soil slipping from unde
his feet as result of his fight agains
the anti-Japanese bills earlier in th'
session, had the resolution referred L
/ himself as committee of one, seekins
| thus to bottle 1t. Big wig republican
4 counsel Immediately compelled him Il
refer it to the committee on federal re
lations of which John Mott is chairman
Mott reported the resolution today ant
lit was unanimously adopted. The reso
luton reads as follows
Whereas, the progress, happi
ness and prosperity of the people
| of a nation depend upon homo
geneous populations;
Whereas, the influx from the
| overpopuiated nations Of Asia OF
| people who are unsuited for Amer
| lean citizenship or for assimila-
tion with the Caucasian race has
resulted and viii result in lower
| ing the American standard of life
and the dignity and wage earning
capacity of American labor;
Whereas, the exclusion OF the
Chinese laborers under the exist
ing exclusion laws of the United
States has tended to preserve the
economic and social welfare of the
people;
the proposed repeal of such exclu-
sion laws and substituting there
for of general laws;
Whereas, the interest of Califor-
MIA can best be safeguarded by the
retention of said exclusion laws
and> by extending their terms and
provisions to other Asiatic people;
Whereas, the people of the east
ern states. and the United States
generally. have an erroneous inn
preston as to the real sentiment
of the people of the Pacific coast
relative to the Asiatic question;
Whereas, we think 1t right and
proper that the people of this
country should be advised as to
our true position on that question;
therefore be it
Resolved. by the senate and as
sembly jointly, that We respect
fully urge the congress Of the
United States to maintain intact
the present Chinese exclusion laws
and. instead of taking any action
looking to the repeal of said ex-
clusion laws, to extend the terms
and provisions thereof so as to
apply to and include all Asiatics;
Resolved, that our senators be =
instructed and representatives in
congress requested to use, all hon.
orable means to carry out the fore
going recommendation and re-
Resolved. that the governor OF
California be and he Is directed TO
transmit a certified. copy of this
resolution to the president and
| speaker. respectively. of the SEN
| ate. of the house of representa-
| tives of the United States and to
! each of our senators and repre-
| SentatiVeS in congress-