Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-04
ASSEMBLY REJECTS DREW'S
MEASURE, 48 TO 28
AMENDED TO SUIT ROOSEVELT,
BUT ARoUsEs PROTEST
Stormy Opposition Due to Claim Ex-
cusion Of Aliens Would Keep
Billion Dollars from
California
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Japanese do not come here in over
whelming numbers l cannot see where
the danger to California lies"
The speaker then took up the gen
eral question of barring aliens, and
declared that foreigners had invested
many millions of capital in the state
that would be withdrawn if the bills
were enacted into laws.
In San Francisco, he said, about $780,
100000 of foreign money was invested,
and the prosperity of Los Angeles, he
declared, is largely due to aliens.
Thirty per cent of the citrus fruit
Industry of Riverside is controlled by
aliens he declared
Wben you swat the little Japanese
who doesn't amount to a hill of beans
you also swat every other nationality
on the face of the globe. Is it wise for
you to do that?'' he asked.
John r. Cronin of Solano said: "Mr.
Melrose says there is nothing pressing
about this matter of putting the Jap
aneSe out. In my county the Asiatics
own some of the finest land in the
richest valleys, and 1 believe some such
action as proposed by Mr.. Drew should
be taken at once"
w. B. Griffiths of Napa, P. f. Cogs-
we'll of Los Angeles and T. d. johnson
of Contra Costa also made arguments
against the bill.
Louis w. Juilliard of Sonoma, floor
leader of the minority, said the Demo-
Gratis would vote for all measures, de-
signed to discourage Asiatic immigra-
ton to this country.
c. c. Young of Alameda said the
japanese government realized that in
order to retain it's present advantage
Gus trade arrangements with America
1t would have to restrict immigration
OF coolies. If it were not for this un-
derstanding, he said, the Pacific coast
would be flooded with Japanese and
the enactment of the bills under con-
sideration would imperil the white labor
of the state as well as it's commerce
Grove l.. Johnson of Sacramento,
author of the measures segregating
japanese in schools and residential dis
tTlctS, made a vigorous speech in favor
of the Drew bill. He said in part:
Every party man in this assembly,
and that means all, is bound by his
party platform to vote for the exclusion
Of all Asiatics.
Nov, I am in favor of this bill, not
because it affects Japanese, but because
l believe every country has the right to
own its own land.
Foreign capital takes too much
money out of this country. Mr. Mel
rose said that Los Angeles owed its
prosperity largely to alien capital But
there are other sections of the state
where the crops come from the ground
and not from foreign tourists.
Anything but Asiatics
Il would rather that every foot of
land in the state should go back to it's
native wilderness than that the ac-
cursed foot of the Asiatic should be set
upon it to menace our institutions
Two years ago when we attempted
to pass the segregation bill the presi-
dent sent a frantic request for delay.
We were told that if we put the matter
off for two years more the national
authorities would settle the whole
matter by diplomatic negotiations. We
believed and we were fooled.
Now 1 am in favor of the white
man.
Here Mr.. Johnson backed up the aisle
to the lobby rail and picked up a
golden-haired girl aged 8 years. Hold
ing her up he shouted:
Il am in favor of this
The Sacramentan's speech was loudly
applauded.
G2. L. Beardslee of Stockton declared
he would vote against the bill simply
because he had faith in the president
John j. McManus of San Francisco,
w. w. Greer of Sacramento, F. NJ.
Rutherford of Nevada and Nathan c.
Coghlan of San Francisco also opposed
the measure. Mr.. Coghlan declared
that section IL, article l of the state
constitution would render the Drew
bill null and void, even if it were
passed He also stated that, in his
opinion, the bill was directly opposed
to the interests of union labor In
conclusion he said:
Calls 1t Bugaboo
LET US get down to real hard work
that will uplift this state and leave
to the national government the task of
brushing aside this little bandy-legged
bugabOo from across the Pacific"
Leaving his desk and confronting
Mr.. Drew, Mr.. Coughlan said: Mr..
Drew, if President Roosevelt should
throw open the doors of this assembly
chamber, and, coming to your side.
should lay his hand on your shoulder
and say, I ask you for reasons of state
to withdraw your bill, you, as patri-
otic citizen of the United States, would
consent without a murmur."
Mr. Drew, i'm closing, reiterated the
president was not against his bill as
amended.
Nov is the time to enact anti-Jap-
anese laws. Japan is in no position to
strike back. She cannot borrow more
money. Don't let's wait until there are
100000 Japanese on this coast who viii
own u per cent of the land as they do
in Hawaii"
The roll call on the passage of
Drew's bill was:
Ayes-BaXter, Beatty, Black, Callan,
Collum, Cronin, Cullen, Drew, Gibbons,
Gillis, Hopkins, Irwin, Johnson of Sac
ramento, Johnson of Placer, Juilliard,
McAuley, Maher, MendenhaH, Nelson,
O'Neil, Polsley, Preston, Pugh, Stuck
enbruck, Teller, Webber, Wheelan, Will
son-2S.
Nays-Barndollar, Beardslee, Beban,
Bohnett, Butler, Cottell, Coughlan,
Cogswell, Collier, Costar, Dean, Feeley,
Fleisher, Flint, Greer, Griffiths, Har-
mon, Hanlon, Haus, Hawk, Hayes,
Hewitt, Hinkle, Holmquist, johnson of
San Diego, Johnson of Contra Costa,
Kehoe, Leeds, Lightner, Mcclellan, Nc
Manus, Melrose, Moore Mott. Otis, Per-
inc, Pulcifer, Rech, Rutherford, Sack
EFT, Schmitt, Silver, Transue, Wagner,
Whitney, Wyllie, Young, Speaker
Stanton-4S.
Absent - Flavelle, GerdeS, Odom,
Wyatt (the last named having been ill
since the beginning of the SESSION..
The banking bill, creating state de-
partment of banks, as suggested by the
legislative committee appointed two
years ago, was passed by the senate
today.
The Estudillo free text book consti-
tutionai amendment was defeated.
Senator Caminettis joint resolution
providing for investigation Of the ad-