The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-11
CALIFORNIA
 STOPS FIGHT Anti-Jap Bills Are Re
 jected. YIELDS TO THE PRESIDENT
Segregation Act Recalled and De-
 feated.
iwarm Debate ia General Assembly aaa Vote Is Very Close--zseose- vels wires Congratulations
 to Giuett.

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 Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 10-4Yielding ko the pressure brought to bear by President Roosevelt and Governor ]. N. .GiIiett, the California Assembly today reversed its previous position by re- Iconsidertng the former vote on the Lnegregation of Japanese students in lthe public schools, and finally rejecting ahe measure by vote of fl 10 S1ss | An effort by the supporters of the kbill further to consider, was lost by lyote of 3s to ss, and the Assembly is Inow clear of any Japafese fneaure op- sected to by the national administra- fion.
 The fight for the suppression of the bin was won ohly after many hours or heated debate on the door. The strug- gle started at i0:aO o'clock in the morning on the presentation Of resolution by Assemblynaan J. F. Transue of Los Angeles. amrmin9 tne right of the State to govern it's schools. but withdrawing the Japanese segrega- tion measure because of the Presidents objection to 1t, and lasted untu u'ciock in the afternoon. when Grove l.. Johnson's motion further to reccnsider his defeated school segregation biii was defeated.
 - The school bill is stiH to be consid- ,Nred in the Senate. having been pre- Eented there by Senator A. c. Camen. Iatti, but there Is little chance that the measure will be approved when brought lup. 8ion of the Assembly today" said GOV Eernor Giiletss Tns east has pssS pending here. and | feared that If the anti-Japanese legislation were pressed at this time, 1t would have dlsess krous effect"
 =.' gshnssn Leads Flwht.
 The anti-Japanese forces In the As- hembly were led today by Grove L. EJohnson, author of the school seGre- tpntion bill, on which the light hinge0s and Louis w. JuIlsard, DemocEatic nooF lleader. while the opposition wesS de i, Irected by MT. TrAnsue and Richard lAFeirose. Mr, Tranaae,n resolution lopsnsd the debate and the aghf wse Irealiy made on this measukes me ksr consideratioa motion not being Put until there had been { lengthy arsuS
 MT Tohnson repeated hts; deaancs ,ne fine President and called on inc As~ ,sembiy to stand by it's guns. Hs was answered by Mir. TFansue ana lakr. MelFose. every phase Of the aaes- hion being reviewed.
 Nr. Transue suddenly withdrew his resolution and Ahe n8ht cenSefed on 4he reconslderation motion, presented hv Walter Leeds of Los Angeles. Tnas was nnalIy forced to . vote, and was iGarrieds 4s to Sf. A z The roll call on the bill itself inc snediately followed, and 1t was reflected by a vote of. 4i to ST.
 MT, Johnson was at. once on his Feet with a motion to reconsideS. This mos l&ion was put to vote and resulted 3S Ro as, and the bill was dead.
 Wamts Exclusaen Act.
 Governor GilIett tonight said that the next matter to be taken up by the Ass sembiy would be the proposed appro- priation of 9l0,000 for the compiling of q eensus-of Japanese in California He said that r, from the data so gath cred, 1t were found necessary, Congress would be urged to enact an Asiatic ex- clusion measure.
 ' Under <the agreement between Ja~ nan and our Government" said Cover nor Gillett, "the former is pledged to restrict immigration as much as pos- sible. If Japan had grounds for ab- roxating this arrangement and decfd- ed in view of the unfriendly acts on the part of the California Legislature, fo remove these restrictions on the emigration of her people, all our ports would be open to the latter. If. thens we went before Congress and asked the East for support for general Asi- atic exclusion law, the latter might advance the adverse argument that we had the situation well in hand at one time through Federal negotiations and lost our advantage by the acts Of our Legislature against the wishes or the President and the Secretary Of state.