The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-10
ANTI-JAP LEGISLATION IS
! NOT ALLOWED AT OLYMPIA
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
SECURE PROMISE
OF PEACE.
House Has Hot Fight After
the Question Is Set
o. tied.


olNMPlA. Feb. no. Legislation
IN favor % the Japanese was Tea.
. ture ~ tho house session TODAY
NE1rly this morning Acting Governor
Hay received "a telegram from Act.
lns Secretary OF state Roger nAcor
etatinE that the japanese Umhassa-
Dor had Received "a cable from Iauar
stating that the Washington leEia.
lature had under consideration bult
providing that any Japanese whs
visited the A -N.-h exposition would
have 70 give bonds that De- would
leave the country Tor his home lm-
mediately after the close ~ the FAIR
Bacon asked for facts Governor
HAY az once sent the Telegram and
> special message a. the house call-
mg Tor Information. This started AN
e2rnc&t discussion.
Palmer Starts II.
on motion "a Palmer 90 King
sounty resolution wua adopted proc
xiding that any bills having such an
AieCt as Indicated IA the telegram
) Mould be- indefinitely postponed
and also that no discriminatory leg
siaticn directed particularly az jap
ancsc should De passed or cousid-
ared- This was adopted unaui-
Hously.
- Speaker Mrlgs. also asked ID any
member had any such bah No ro-
tponse came from anyone tmma-
Stately following ihis. the house TOOK
~ house bill Ne. $50 by Bell Of
Pierce.
Against Foreigners.
-.Thss olu provides that no foreign
srs may b. employed on public
works During the discu Mlon which
Followed charges we're made openly
That this bll was 90 discriminate
against The tRps Client 90 kins
eounty supported the measure
Campbell % Snohomish said ID 4,
would keep JNps and chinese OF
rubiie works be would support BE-
tArnsworth pleaded for equal rights
Tor the Jap Edge % Spokane be- a
long speech said the bin could NOT
be 80 considered. as it was not par
REGULARLY aimed az the japanese. and
hat the japanese had no objection
- any h.ll whlch treated al foreign
#3rs alike In ghe course ~ his ad-
49, Edge scored Palmer ~ klna
fiiteriy tie said that nc VAS core
p9mtlon representative. that he had
deliberately misconstrued the biiL
Hanson Gets IN.
Later on Hansou az King also TOOK
q shot al Palmer lie said Palmer
was always found shouting Tor tht
taxpayers but In reality working
against them a molten was made
T. Indefinitely postpone the bilE bat
this was defeated. 30 for 20 8.
against
There were a number of new buh
~ the house to-day. one ~ ole Han
son providing ggr "a school Tor IN
eiucatinn "a che common stnou
branches 0f all prisoners Ia the pan
itenttary. and another onw hy HAN
son preventing brutal treatment by
the third degree Tor arrested per-
sons Sims ~ jefferson aoffcred d
bill making 10 hours a aay Tor WOO
men workers iu canneries. and y ~
Campbeii offered a bill for n femals
deputy commissioner % labor.
Senate Proeeoaines.
ia the senate this morning thc blll
!. Increasing the supreme court % nini
-. mbers was passed after Paul
Famus and cotterlii had ATTEMPTED
to Indefinitely postpone g. Meyers
offered g Dill requiring the state Ga
psy one half of the value of ail dis
eased live stock killed by order Of
the state authorities
About q dozen bills were intro
ruced BY the committee 90 muulc.
fpal corporations u the FIRST class
being The Bills prepared b. Corpur
alton Counsel Calhoun 9f Seattle
One ~ them win permit the clty 81
discontinue service when water
lights OF power charges are unpaid
The freak biii ~ the day was h}
Williams of King, which requires su-
pren1e court aud superior court
judges O. wear black SILK gowns
willis on The bench.