Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-23
STATE LAWS FIRST,
Then TREATIES,
SAYS SISSON
MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSMAN WARNS
GOVERNMENT NOT TO DELIVER
over A STATE TO A HORDE OF
ALIENS.
NO INTENTION OF
MAKING "WAR SPEECH ;

INlhnIlvu WHn OT IIVH
! Washington, D. c., May 23.--Repre
sentative Sisson of Mississippi, mad
his announced japanese speech today
in the house. President Wilson after
Mr. Sisson recently made a war
speech called the representative tC
the white house and asked him no.
to make another speech that might
&C mplicate the diplomatic negotiations
18th Japan or inhame the public
mind.
MI. Sisson today discaimcd any in
tenton of mcking war speech" but
attacking thr position that the treaty
making power superseded the law.
making powers Of the sovereign
states. Mr. Sisson declared he tool;
Ills position mot because the Japan
csc were involved that he would take
it toward England France, Germany
CT any other nation:' and that it orl"
| / equired patience and coolnos' for
both countries to arrive at an annie
ia Bile, fair end just settlement o! all
difficulties.
! ''If any nation said Mr.. Sisson,
/ should decide that they will dict1te
to lis our land laws. then we woulc
| be unworthy of national existence If
we submitted to such dictation. Does
| any one claim that this is declara-
ton of war because | announce this
! truth?
No Declaration of War.
1T is no declaration of war for the
United States government to decline
/ to override the rights of the sover-
ejgn state at the dictation of a for
eign power. If the U. S. government
should deliver a state over to The
mercies of a food of aliens from any
nation, then | maintain that the fed
eral government would haves prosti
ltcted its authority Is the mere an
Inouncement of principle a declaration
Icf war?
Nothing has been further from my
Iri.nd than to embarrass or TO tend to
render more difficult the peaceful sc
luton of whatever differences. real o,
imaginary. may exist between th9
fr't ndly government of Japan and eur
ovn government"
Mr., Sisson pleaded for the open door
tor treaty sessions of the senate.
IF the president and senate ear
lnake such treaty, let us tear dc VT
every door of secrecy. Let US re
qrire the president to publish ever
letter and telegram bearing upon I;
contemplated treaty on the very mo-
ment of its dispatch. Let the cloture
Cf the senate be removed. Throw oben
the doors.
Danger of Aliens.
Mr.. Sisson made a lengthy argll- /.
r'ent purporting to show the possi /
bility of corporation control of land !
which would be made possible TO al |
Loving the importation of cheap alien
la bor"
MANY of these large employers O.
labor" he said, would be delighted |
to have the federal government, !
through its treaty making powers. lei |
down the bars and let aliens come ir |
What would become of the American /
farmer if the great corporations of the
country should buy all the best lards
and cultivate them with Mongolian. |
Chinese, Japanese and other cheap
alien labor?
"In California individuals and cor
porations owning great tracts of lan6
ere cultivating them with Hindous-
tans. Chinese, Mexican and Japanese.
It is this class of land owners anC
land monopolists who are opposed tc
ell restrictions Of labor importation in
to this country.
'''rhe rich and the powerful who pur.
chase labor will have their fortunes
vastly decreased by having a.. Ear
riers to cheap labor broken Govt
They know that the quickest and sur
est route is through treaty maxim
power because they only deal with
one man. the president. and one body,
two-thrds of the senate.
'I don't want this government to be l.
destroyed by the treaty making power
So, gentlemen of the house, 7 have
taken this position. not because the
Js panese are involved in this cortro.
versy. but would take this poosition
i England, Germany, France or any
other nation on earth Vera involved"
Talks on Japan.
Detroit, Mich, May 23.-"The man
who. by word or deed, creates bad feel.
ing between the United States or
Japan is an enemy of civilization" de-
clared James H. Franklin, of Boston,
foreign secretary of the American
Baptist Foreign Mission society, in an
address today before the Northern
Baptist convention. now in session
here. Secretary Franklin. discussing
a recent tour he made in Japan, said:
THE Japanese want no trouble with ;
the United States unless the trouble
is forced upon them in defense of what
they consider their national honor"
Wants Congress to Act.
Washington, D. c., May 23.-Consti.
tutional amendment to vest in con- {
gress exclusive power to legislate on
all questions affecting the right Of
citizens of foreign countries residing {
in the United States was postponed in :
a joint resolution today by Represen- T,
tative Bartholdt, Of Missouri. The TX
proposed amendment deals directly i