Arizona republican., 1913-05-02
Brief Debate Of Day in the
California State Senate
Discloscs Democrats Are
Hardening to President
Wilson s Words
VI LAY MAX +
BILL CONFORM
President Sends Word if
Measure is Passed 1t Will
Mean Recourse to Court
to Determine the Treaty
Rights
ASSOCIATED PRESS prspArcr1

SACRAMENTO. May 1-Indication
of the form the democratic opposition
Will take to the passage OF the Webb
Redraft anti alien land bill was given
in the senate today when the measure
will come up for final action The
original plan of the progressive ma
iOritv in It's assurance OF successful is
sue vas To force the bill tu a vote ut
once, but at the request of the demo-
Gratis a postponement Of one day was
granted at the last minute The mat
ter is set for special order at eleven
o'clock tomorrow
In return for the delay the admins
tration leaders received pledge from
the minority that ii viii abide by the
results as shown in the final roll cay
tomorrow and they will not demand a
reconsideration. Thus the progressives
feel that although they apparently lost
one day in reality they saved several
/ by checking further efforts 10 impede
their plans.
4 brief debate today on a motion 10
postpone disclosed the fact that the
democrats have hardened 10 the advice
from Washington rs delivered by Sec
rotary Bryan To make formal stand
to support the national administration.
In order To meet the issue squareIN
Senator Curtin. democrat. introduced
q resolution setting forth the fact that
alien ,and bin including the 1ollaWing
declarations that be it resolved the
people Of California hereby defer to
the wishes of the president that this
legislation do not at this session pass
Il IL -,
few Of the minority declare these
views are generally believed to the
extent Of supporting Curtins resolu
ton that the democrats defer to Sec
rotary Bryan Beyond that however
! their party platform in California calls
| upon them to aid in the enactment Of
an ant0 alien land Law. Most Of them
are expected to cast their vote for the
| bill in its present form if it succeeds
in escaping amendment.
Senator Caminetti democrat work
ing Independently to his colleagues Is
preparing separate amendments for the
! Webb bill to be offered tomorrow. The
! drafts We're not completed tonight he
| said and declined to discuss the chang
es he expects 10 propose. Majority
leaders assert they will resist the eff
forts to amend the act. No appre-
hension is felt on account of the warn
ing against the Webb bill telegraphcd
yesterday to Governor Johnson by
! President Wilson.
There is belief that both Johnson and
Attorney General Webb regardless of
how the act is worded probably Will in
volve appeal courts as suggested by
1,l,t
! said he had been shown the presidents
telegram to the governor to the effect
that to proceed with the land bill might
involve the appeal courts had been in
the mind of every one having to do
with this subject of legislation since
the beginning Of the session and the
character Of the bill must necessarily
involve the same thing there is no
method of avoiding appeal to courts by
parties interested. 1t occurred that if
the federal government had advised the
existence Of a way to avoid this qucS
ton without a complete and unwar-
ranted surrender Of the rights of the
states be RECALLED such a method was
not pointed out by the telegram.
Indeed whenever legislation affects
the property rights of it's own citizens
| as cuStOmarily it has been thought
quite the proper thing to have such
rights measured and determined by the
, courts and the courts are as fully open
by the virtue of the laws Of the state
as well as by treaties, to citizens and
| subjects of other nations as to its own
citizens and in them the citizens and
subjects Of other nations may have
their rights determined and enforced, if
| the act be passed quite realize that
here after some person might contend
= the greater rights that the act would
! seem on the face to give him and in
! that case it would be quite proper for
: the courts to pass upon the question
I | am at a loss howeer at this time to
understand how the federal government
= could become in any way involved OF
? responsible in such a contention
Bryan who has been at his temporary
\ capital all the day with the exception
| Of some time spent on an inspection
trip through the nearby Japanese col
I ony but declined to discuss the ques-
. ton as raised by the president.
Much interest in the future move
4 | ments OF the secretary of state Whe
has given out not word as to his inn
+ mediate plans other than to say vague
~ ly he expects to remain in Sacramento
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