The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-22
STATE DEPARTMENT IS
AGAINST ALIEN LAW
Further Representation Made to Sena-
tor Borah BY State Department
Booth Says He Was Joking.

WASHINGTON-R Representative of
the state department conferred again
with Senator Borah on Tuesday, and
expressed the grave concern of Sec
retary Lansing over the reintroduc-
tion of the anti-alien land bill in the
Idaho legislature.
Senator Borah was given to under
stand that the state department had
not changed it's position on the sub
iect of the bill, despite the affidavits
of Craig, Smell and others, on file in
Washington. Secretary Lansing still
regards the measure as inimical to
the best interest of the country
It is understood that Senator Borah
! has taken no action in response to the
! latest appeals from the state depart
ment, but will awit developments in
Idaho.
BOISE While representatives of
the state department in Washington
were bestirring themselves Wednes-
day and appealing to Senator Borah
to aid them in inducing the Idaho leg
islature to forego the passage of the
anti-alien bill, G. NJ. Booth. Twin
Falls attorney, was testifying in Boise
before the senate judiciary committee
and refuting the statements made in
affidavits filed with Secretary Ian
sing by w. G. Craig, Hugh Fl. Rankin
William Winschell and Ned Hasbrocl1
concerning his efforts to kill the mea.
sure when it was before the senate
f after passing the house, says the Boise
: Statesman. He denied also the trutl
T. of the statements in the affidavit b,
2 n. e. Smell of Soda Springs quotinl
= him as saying he was to receive a SO,
= 600 fee for his services.
For about two hours Booth testifiei
! and submitted to a cross examina
- tiOn. and the net result of his testi
mOny was a frank admission that h
had exerted himself to defeat the an
- ti-alien land bill; that he had not act
d ed on the understanding that he wa
It to receive $4,000 or any other state
e fee but that he had been asked b
l. two Twin Falls JaDanese to take Il
t. the case, and that he had understoo
e that if he was successful he would h
ID recompensed by Japanese in the stat
le Booth admitted sending Telegram
to the Japanese consul at Portlan
to Samuel Herrick. Washington alto
IN ney. to Senator BOrah and others, bi
e. he insisted that he had used only Il
n legitimate methods at his disposal al
ne that he was actuated by public-spiri
ne ed motives as well as by desire
C. serve his Japanese clients, which
It. admitted he had.
rk such statements as he had made
re the men who made the affidavits,
rd said. were made in a jocular way ]
he said they had not been correctly 7
ce ported and that they were simply t
he means he had taken to put off the
he men when they asked him questio
We concerning matters which, he sa
he were none of their affair
M Rankin Craig and Hasbrock.
'ul testified that the facts set forth
Ig- their affidavits were true. that {
lc- manner in which Booth conduct
sss himself when telling them what
he had done was sincere as was also
-er language. There was no appearar
m of Joking, they declared, and they h
no reason to believe he was not Sc
ice Gus in everything he said. Each C
'ti- Of them said they still believed
the was sincere.