The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-05
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Sacramento. Cal, May 4.-"What does
Secretary Bryan think about it now?''
is the question which members of the
Legislature have been asking each
other to-day in discussing the passage
of the antialien land bill by the AS
sembly at last nights session.
But IL MIR. Bryan has any thought Is
upon the subject he has not seen fit
TO communicate them to the Legisla-
ture. No word has come from him to
the Governors office. nor to any others
in authority since he departed yester-
day. 1t is taken for granted that lie
has been appraised of the Assembly's
action, and has sent the word on to
Washington, but the wires TO Sacra-
mento have carried no message from
the secretary Governor johnson to-
day reiterated his decision that he Will
not afiX his signature to the bill until
n reasonable time after Bryan aches
Washington. Mr. Bryan told the Gov
ernor that he might have a communi-
cation to send from the President be-
fore the bill is signed. and asked that
the formal act necessary to make the
bill law be withheld until he can
talk 1T over with the President. and
Governor Johnson readily gave his as
sent.
AS to the probable nature of the
communication. Bryan gave no intima-
tion and the Governor does not know
what President Wilson may have to
say. II is not believed, however, that
either the President or the Secretary
of State will do more than make a
mild protest at the executive action.
nor that they Will endcavor to persuade
the Governor not to sign the bill The
vote of both houses was so decisive as
an enunciation of California's policy
in the matter of restricting land own
ership that il is hardly likely tho ma
oil Il i.Nts. t,s,t t..,,
thing beyond Il pcrfunctory disapproval.
Gind II Ia Over.
Governor Johnson is making no Sc
crct of the fact that he is glad the
matter is disposed Of and tina. the bill
is ready to become n law. He revealed
- day the secret that when word was
sent from Washington of the Prcsi-
dents desire to send MIR. Bryan here
he was moved FOR time to call Il
halt on the proposed legislation. This
was because he thought there was
really something serious I'm the situ-
alton ana that Bryan would bring news
of such gray import ;hat the passage
of the bill would have to be stopped.
The thought OF the international diff
cultics and perhaps war doomed largo
in the Governors vision. as in that of
many of the members. But Bryan's
message fell so far short OF being any
thing like as portcntous as was feared
that alr doubt was swept from the Gov
ernor's mind, and he was convinced
that no harm could come from the pas
sage OF the bill.
Many OF the leaders confess it is not
rs strong n bill as they had hoped for,
but they regard it as being i'm the Iii
rcction of satisfying Il demand which
has grown strong throughout the state
and subject to amendment when the
Legislature meets again.
Meanwhile Governor JohnSon's mail
continues TO he burdencd with letters
and kilograms on the land question.
Most of these are in favor OF the bill
They are hy no means confined 10 Cali
rornia. nearly every State in the Union
being represented among the communi
cations received.