Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-21
|I9)N WILL SIGN
||L|EN LAND BILL
,pOIy to Bryan's Request
for Veto.
J, POSITION OUTLINED
L., Doing only What Is Inn
.,s.Iy psmanded-ReIleVes
/ Linn Is Within Treaty
Rights.

tctlQH 70
Rights.
..-,rto CAL, May 16.-Express-
/ termination to sign the alien
I. recently passed by the legts-
an Hiram W. Johnson of Cali
! wednesday telegraphed to
T. oi State Bryan a long ex-
taken by the legislature In
the bill
Message was in answer to the
|. .sIsgraphed to the governor
I-sary Bryan at the direction of
!, wilson that the bill be We
4r in part of the governors
follows:
ysrv courteous telegram re-
n the alien land bill reached
/ Sunday night. / take it from
rsatlons. and your request
ne to withhold executive &C
d opportunity was accorded
PRESENTATION Of suggestions
federal government, that your
embOdies what it was your
!! the wish Of the president to
i Is before final action.
bis response it is my design
Dectfully to present the stu
BON our standpoint, and the
bat actuated our legislature in
is Bill, and that impel me to
bit
1alY years a very grave prob
a understood IN the east, has
.ii California; a problem the
Zag Of which has been Tecog-
statesmen in our nation, and
been viewed with apprehension
Eople Of this state. When the
institution Of California was
more than thirty years ago ii
8the following declaration:
presence Of foreigners ineli.
become citizens Of the United
declared to be dangerous to
beng Of the state, and the
A shall discourage their i'm.
Y oy all means within its
e years our problem from
asIe has become acute, and
aa0l has been continuous in
aFcade IN reference to our ag.
ands, until finally afflrma.
20 IN an attempted solution
Imperative.
n'snpted solution is found in
o. our legislature in the
o the alien land bill.
a'ans that the right of JAP
own real property Cor the
described is absolute In our
We seek to deal only with
Al'oral lands. We embody
II our law and We add to It
10 lease our agricultural
@s period Of three years.
s''a extraordinary care has
e'ssd to preserve honor and
IL the Very u-o,-5, - A..
/. laae By the protesting
= OlF own, and to do more
-as leases Of agricultural
'ooId seem that We ought
wen to any accusation OF
treaty rights or desire to
''Oa that which belongs
y national government OF
~ become a matter of In.
policy. "
9' adopted We offer no
1aAe no determinations.
and discrimination are
y u Is claimed. in the use
1sloie to citizenship and
.s s,.sunetion between those
:, slOIs to citizenship and
@s not We do not men.
'soeSe or any particular
!. ~. states in the Union
r-S' enacted laws similar
~. ,~plated law of California
.1 ~ Of those other
'''D without objection OF
~. sossested to me delay
~..a was very earnestly
n s'a u by you to our leg.
'as legislature deter.
! ., s.s My province is f.
,'Spprove the law as pre
..,,1 psople, as represented
NE have Overwhelming
=, '1slr desire for the pr 3
~ ~ "a law bin. The vote = n
az : % 5t to ,, and in the as s
49,, With such unanimit,
3,r 5' "a. did I hold otbe'
M r EEL it my plain duty t.
Sso Unless some absoIuta u
!. I ,sy demanded CON
sess, 9,,rpa'ently no such con
I'd The nest respect fol
d n = President, that
a e s ny state compels m,
III action of the legis lis
IMAM W. JOHNSON,