Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-05
ANTI-ALIEN land
BILL Defeated IN
THE STATE SENATE

BY narrow margin OF three votes
the Alien land bill, a house meas
ure introduced by Van de steeg o.
canyon county, was indefinitely post
poned in the senate Monday after
noon, its death followed a debate
which lasted nearly four hours II
was made a special order Of business
for the afternoon and was deba ed
ia the committee of the whole with
Senator Van Housen al Adams cour
ty in the chair
The debate was opened BY Senator
Thompson OF Minidoka county IL
spoke fer more than an hour, pointed
out that while Idaho was not now
infested with japanese, the danger
lay Just ahead and ii was time ID
close the doors before 4 large portion
Of the lands were secured and Ida
no faced in realty the same condition
now existing in California The
speaker paid his respects to Colonel
Irish and stated that If misguided
demogogues can so completely and
consistently deceive 100000 resi-
dents Of that state, he would have
to change his opinion Of the Calf
fornians. He said he was satiafe
such was not the case for the
"estimable Colonel" had discretely
avoided some Of the most. essential
points which had caused the aeN6-
ton ii the southwestern state. but
it was learned that he owned coo
acres Of land that were entirely run
by Jap labor and besides was inter
ested in eororations which employed
exclusively Japanese labor. He CON
tended hat perhaps for once the
California politicians and press OF
chat state were right in their conten--
tion chat the Japanese were men
ICE to that state.
The speaker went deeply into The
Japanese question, contended the
Japanese were not superior to the
whites, that the law proposed was
not taking anything from the Jap
anese which the Japanese did not
take from the whites in their own
country and urged the passage or
the bill.
Senator Paddock for two and one
half hours dramatically painted the
history Of the japanese nation, quot
ed history to show that while the
ancestors Of the whites were bar
barians, the Japanese were a civil
LIKED people lie pointed ont thor
wonderful achievements in this coun-
~, their great productiveness and
Of their exciting the whites in aerl-
culture in morality, pictured them
rs a more studious race He con-
tended that there should be q Jap
anese instructor CT agriculture il
the state university Once during
his remarks someone in the gallery
Kissed, but a sharp rap from The
chairman stopped the disturbance
Senator Paddock denounced the bin
as un-American. unfair ana d piece
Of vicious legislation.
Senator Jones who has lived in
California, made a strong address
in behalf Of the measure, contended
the Japanese were not superior to
the whites as was eontended by the
Senator from Washington county
but that they worked their women
and children all day IN the hot sun,
lived on seven and eight cents a day
and declared he was ashamed Of the
man who thought 50 little Of his
countrymcn that he wanted them
to complete with that ciGss Of pao-
pie.
Senator Thompson spoke again.
also Senator Paddock and immediate
y following the long debate the
motion for indefinite postponemant
carried.
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