Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
PRESIDENT HAS
ANTI-JAPANESE
BILLS HELD UP
ROOSEVELT TELLS GILLETT
TO CHECK ACTION
MEASURE AGAINST RACE TRACKS
TO BE ENACTED
Raise in Freight Rates and Donation
for Water Front improvements to
Be Probed if Resolutions
Pass
ERv Associated Press

q ACRAMENTO, Jan. 1S.-The Sacra-
~ mento Union tomorrow morning
~ will say:
President Roosevelt has taken
hand in the anti-Japanese legislation
now before the California legislature
and has asked the governor to take
steps to have all legislation held up
until the president can be heard in
the matter. In a telegram sent Sat
urday this request was embodied and
letter is en- route to Sacramento
which will give the chief executives
views and wishes in the matter of leg
islation against the "little brown
men,"
President Roosevelt's telegram fol-
lows:
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
Hon. James N. Gillett, Governor of
California, Sacramento, Cal:
I'VE are greatly concerned at news
paper reports on anti-Japanese legis-
lation in California legislature. Have
written you at length on subject
Earnestly hope that no progress will
be made on bills until you have chance
to receive my letter, and if necessary
to discuss it's contents with leaders of
two houses.
my knowledge of the international
situation, particularly with reference
to emigration of Japanese laborers
from United States satisfies me that
passage of proposed legislation would
be of incalculable damage to state Of
California as we'll as to whole Union.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Governor Gillett sent the following
reply:
Reply to President
SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is.
Theodore Roosevelt, President Of the
1Tnifpd STotnc II
Telegram received. Have caused
bills to be held up until 1 can hear
from you. Copies of bills introduced
affecting Japanese, together with briefs
on same, will be mailed to you.
u. N. GILLETT."
The Drew measure prevents owner
ship of property for more than five
years by aliens and this measure was
reported out of committee today favor
ably and was to have been passed
through the assembly.
1t was held up until Wednesday,
when it was made special order of
business, and according to Governor
Gillett, probably will be postponed still
further when that time arrives.
Governor Gillett said:
Il received the message from Presi-
dent Roosevelt Saturday evening after
dinner and answered it after seeing
Assemblyman Drew, who agreed to
await the letter from the president.
There is this about the matter that
is not fully understood.
Japan does not look to any state
in settlement of difficulties, but to the
head of the government at Washing
ton. In this way there is much known
there of which the different commune
ties and states Of the Union are ignor-
ant. For this reason, as stated by the
president, he knows more relative to
vie ann6iTinnG ond hic xvic nra
to be respected"
Previous to receiving the telegram
from President Roosevelt, Governor
Gillett received one from Senator Frank
P. Flint, saying that the president
wanted action on the japanese legis-
lation withheld until he could send a
communication to the governor, and
this had been forwarded last Satur-
day.
The telegram was followed in the
evening by that from the president and
the proposed Japanese legislation will
remain where it is until word is re-
ceived from the governor along lines
outlined by Roosevelt, who it is ex-
pected will swing the ''big stick
again in his letter.
Anti-Race Track Bill Favored
The assembly committee on public
morals met in executive session late this
dlt6IAOOn dllQ OSC1uC0 ~ 1CpO1L 4oNOA
ably to the house tomorrow the Wal
ker-Otis race track bill, which is the.
one favored by the anti-race track
league.
There were two absentees, John w.
Mott of Oakland and John l.. Menden-
hall of Williams.
1t had been expected that this COM
mittee would take such action, and it
is predicted by the friends of the meas
| n
that when a vote is reached the bill will
have a large majority.
The senate committee on judiciary
referred to a special committee of three
bill strongly favored by the fruit
growers association, asking the legis>
lature to provide a plan of corporate
organization for the cooperative mar
keting Of its products by authorizing
mon profit cooperative associa TONS
The principal iobjection in committee
was that under the proposed law it
would be possible for persons engaged
in all sorts of growing and producing
pursuits to form combinations to raise
and maintain the prices of necessities
of life, such as the product of rolling
mills and the truck garden.
More Judges for Los Angeles
This committee will report favorably
the bill giving Los Angeles three ad-
ditional superior judges.
In the senate tw far reacing resolu-
tions were introduced by Senator A.
Caninetti, one calling for a senate
committee to investigate the freight
situation in the state and the other
asking the harbor commissioners for
information regarding the proposed inn
provement of the San Francisco water
front
Senator Caminetti also presented
petition that created much discussion.
1t had been addressed to Lieutenant
| Governor Porter by Giles o. Pierce of
San Andreas, asking for the impeach-
ment of Superior Judge Arthur l. Nc
Sorley of Calaveras county.
Porter had requested Caminetti to
present it as coming from one of his
constituents.