Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-10

deed dictatorial. Thea NED eager
to threaten to emigrate, Germany.
They did not reckon with Govern
ment at all, nor did they u to
show gratitude for the = .ection
which sixteen years of Republican
nursing had always so generously be-
slowed upon them.
Gov. Suffers bill providing for the
direct primary system in New York
was defeated by a vote Of AZ to g..
This was the vote in the Senate.
Prof. Adolph C. Miller, of the Uni
versity of California and Berkeley,
has been appointed First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior by Secretary
of the Interior Lane, who is also a
Californian.
We have noticed that Congressman
Sisson's war speech has caused some
newspapers to have fits Of indigna-
tion. Some newspapers have declared
in loud, sonorous phrases the Congress
%sionally Recorded fact that Congress.
man Sisson had been opposed to the
two-battleship plan, whose object was
to prepare the United States for war
if wal came. And we are left to con-
clude from the two seemingly paradox.
ical facts that since he was for wal
and one year ago against preparing
for war, that MIR. Sisson was unforgiv'
ingly and insensibly inconsistent
Some readers may be able to see the
logical inconsistency of his action and
some may further see in it nothing but
political seeking after glory. We can
see in it no logical inconsistency, nc
moral inconsistency, but we can see
in it a recognition of the necessary
and only cure and a recognition of the
necessity Of having the Japanese i'm
migration evil cured now and forever
For if it is not cured now, it will for
ever harass our government until
is cured and we venture to say, as
Stunning that the Japs do not retrea
from the defiant and firm attitud
which they now assume that we Wi
be compelled to resort to war an
at a time perhaps less opportune tina,
now. The fact that it must be SCI
tied is painfully evident. And no Pc
triotic American wants it settled by
servile acceptance of Japanese terms
The fact that it menaces California
if not known, can be very easily lear1
ed. And any but a firm stand 70
our rights is a cowardly and dismay
ing sign of degeneration on the PAL
!, Of a once fearless people, who, in tn
, past, have always battleG and die
for righteousness. Because MI. ST
. son some short time ago opposed. e,
travagant appropriations some Deopl
would have him now oppose iustie
| and protection when a part OF II
> American people asks for justice an
protection. The peaceful staLeSme
9 may ask for peace but there will
t no pease as long as this larassin
E virile question remains unsettled. {
must we, for the sake OF peace, ks
the hem Of the Japanese garment ali
make humble obeisance TO the yello
t faced Orientals when & part OF o.
people, who never failed 10 aid ii
e other now selfishly u~nconcernei pal
asks us now to allow them TO ,egisla
protection for themselves? Is ii
consistent to oppose evil once Wnit
was the extravaganza OF Republics
parentage and to oppose evil 40
e which is the Japanese peril thac stea
It lily threatens more and more Of
d American California?
k The vote to strike out The tMr'
4. years grace proyiso in the sug;
e schedule of the tariff bill and lea'
the schedule stand with /. cent du'
l. en- sugar was 1888 to sc against reno