The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
DEFINES POLICY
OF GOVERNMENT
President Sends Telegram to Cali
fOrnia LegisIator-First
Holds Conference.


of the administration is to combine
the maximum of efficiency in achiev-
ing the real object which the people
of the Pacific slope have at heart,
with the minimum of friction and
trouble, while the misguided men
who advocate such action as this
against which protest are following
a policy which combines the very
minimum of efficiency with the maxi
mum of insult, and which, while total
ly failing to achieve any real result
for good, yet might accomplish an In
finity of harm" In this language
President Roosevelt, in a long tele-
gram to Speaker P. A Stanton of the
California assembly, set forth the gov
ernment's view of the anti-Japanese
school legislation before that body.
The telegram to Speaker Stanton
was sent only after conference with
Senator Flint and Representative
Kahn of California and F. X. Lane of
the interstate commerce commission
To Speaker Stanton the president
sent the following:
Il trust there will be no misunder-
standing Of the federal governments
attitude. We are zealously endeavor-
ing to guard the interest of California
and of the entire west in accordance
with the desires of our western peo-
pie. By friendly agreement with ia
pan we are now carrying out a policy
which, while meeting the interests
and desires of the Pacific slope, is yet
compatible not merely with mutual
self-re spect, but with mutual esteem
and admiration between the Ameri-
cans and japanese.
"The Japanese government is loyal
ly and in good faith doing its part to
carry out this policy, precisely as the
American government is doing. The
policy aims at mutuality and obliga-
ton and behavior. In accordance
with it the purpose is that the Jap
anese shall come here exactly as
Americans go to Japan, which is in
effect that travellers, students, per-
sons engaged in international bust
ness, men who sojourn for pleasure
freest access from one country to the
other and shall be sure of the best
treatment, but that there shall be no
settlement in mass by the people OF
either country In the other.
During the last six months under
fhfc T1OliOv mora Vononaoo hawo laff
the country than have come IN, and
the total number in the United States
has diminished by over 1000. These
figures are absolutely accurate and
can not be impeached In other
words, IL the present policy is con-
sistently followed and works as well
in the future as 1t is now working,
all difficulties and causes Of friction
will disappear, while at the same
time each nation will retain it's self
respect and the good will of the 9TH
er. But such bill as this school bill
accomplishes literally nothing what
ever in the line of the object aimed
at and gives just and grave cause for
irritation; while in addition the Unit
ed States government would be
obliged Immediately to take action In
the federal courts to test such legis-
lation, as we hold it to be clearly a
violation of the treaty.
"On this point I refer you to the
numerous decisions Of the United
States supreme court in regard to
state laws which violate treaty obli-
cations Of the United States. The
legislation would accomplish nothing
beneficial and would certainly cause
some mischief, and might cause very
grave mischief. In short, the policy
of the administration is to combine
the maximum of efficiency in achiev-
ing the real object which the people
of the Pacific slope have at heart,
with the minimum of friction and
trouble, while the misguided men who
advocate such action as this against
which protest are following policy
which combines the very minimum of
efficiency with the maximum Of liz
suit, and which, while totally falling
to achieve any real results for good,
yet might accomplish an infnity OF
harm.
'If In the next year or two the ac-
ton of the federal government fails
20 achieve what II is now achieving,
then through the further action of the
president and congress 1t can be
made entirely efficient. / am sure
that the sound judgment Of the peo-
pie of California will support you, Mr..
Speaker, in your efforts. Let me re-
peat that at present we are actually
doing the very thing which the peo-
pie Of California wish to be done, and
to upset the arrangement under
which 1t Is being done can not do
good and may do great harm. II In \
the next year or two the figures OF
immigration prove that the arrange
nent which has worked 30 success
fully during the last six months IL no
longer working successfully. then
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