The Oregon daily journal., January 07, 1907, Page 8, Image 8

TlIE" OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, MONDAY EVENING. JATJUARY 7, -lC7.
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TOirOPAII SPORTS
LOSE LlOfiEY
Cant-Herman Fight Failed
. Draw Anything Near
the Puree. " '
to
MUST HAVE DROPPEP s
COOL FIFTY THOUSAND
Jeffrie Repudiated the Contract
Made by Pelancy to IlaTe Blm
Meet Bill Sqnirea' of Australia-
Gossip of the Fistic World.
. ' I By W. W. Kaughton. ' '. .
, 1 UmthI Bp-rU) 6rl.
. San Francisco, Jan. 7. The pugilistic
, matchmakers of the Nevada gold camp
r do not object to giving big purees, but
thsy evidently don't care to have tt
known when the gate receipts fall short
of the amount paid the fighters.
Oana and Herman fought for a purse
of 820.000 and the-CasIno Athletic club
.'of Tonopah "gave out that the receipts
of the sales of seats realised 880.000.
This Is misleading. The box office ac
cumulations amounted .to something lens
than 111.1), of 17,000 less than the
, purse. -.- ..-'-- '
The primary bout between Adam Ryan
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CI
end tw Powell eost 11.000. snd a few
thousands .no doubt were spent In ad
vertising. The new arena Is said to
have cost $35,000, so that the Tonopah
promoters must be close to 150,000 to
the bad over their first big Queensberry
venture.
The arena 4s bunt to stay, however,
and Mike Riley and his associates are
bidding for new attractions as though
they had a dosen Tonopah Extensions at
their back. The result of this era of
frensted fisticuffs remains to be seen.
The men who handle boxing In big cities
could never begin Jo offer such prices
for ring attractions as the Nevada sports
managers are giving, and It will be Inter
esting to watch u camps of a few thou
sand Inhabitants can continue to furnish
better rewards for ths ring men than
Cities whera there are millions of rest
dents to draw from.
A common-sense view of the situation
Is that the highly expensive fad devel
oped by southern- Nevada will soon give
way to something else A few more
railroad days, possibly, and the Rick-
ards, the Rilevs and the Skinners will
have had enough. They will then sit
back and talk of the big purses, they
bung up aa more ancient Nevsdana stll!
talk of the daring things that were done
in the old Corastock days. '..
' Jeff Sidesteps Beiaaey.
-Big Jim Jeffries' has repudiated the
contract made for him by Billy Delaney,
the man who discovered him. Jim is
quite willing to bos Squires, the Aus
tralian champion for the $30,000 offered
by the Rhyolite club, but wants the ar
ticles to read Jeffries take all. r.
Tba RhyolUs boomers cannot see It
in that light, and all hopes of an Inter
na tlonal boxing match seem ' to have
gone a-gllmmerlng. .Squire has been
warned that the contest is off, and It is
highly probable thst he will stay where
he Is and arrange a match with Jack
Johnson when the big negro arrives In
Australia.
Perhaps 4t-alt for-thr-bert. Wis-"
heads who have never set tyti upon
Squires, and who have no means of es
tablishing his rating as a rlngman have
boldly asserted that he wouldn t make a
decent mouthful for' Jeffries If the Al
falfa . baron wers hungry, and maybe
they are right. Even In the ood old
North American game of "hammer your
neighbor" a knock sometimes pans out
Uks aa. Inspiration. With so many crlt
leina pessimistic- mood about you.
Bill,' perhaps you'd betgrtnsko yowyowa
way over here and take a cracK at some
of the ' lesser lights befora seeking a
brush with Big Jim.
But If you never corns over here,
Squires, old fellow, you can appeal to
the fight followers of two continents ss
to whose was the rorire sportsmanlike
proposition,' yours or Jeffries. ,Tou said
you'd come and fight anyone on the usual
terms of division. There is so occasion
to repeat what Jeffries said,
. ' warns and Herman.
An Incident of the Cans-Herman fight
suggests that champions woulaV. make
very unreliable rlngalde. correspondents.
One of the first upon the platform after
the. knockoutj.waa, Jk O'Brien, and he
proceeded to air his opinion orThlrlga.
Leanlng over the ropes, he said to the
reporter) "That knockout punch was a
daisy. It was a righthander fair In the
stomach." ' -
"You're away off. O'Brien: it was a
right uppercut 'on the Jaw, yelled two
or three sporting writers In unison, but
O'Brien wouldn t hava It. After ha had
; Interviewed both Herman and Gans he;about town today. They Included the
'" iib wm s'n
stcKnuwisuaeu iu. 01 i w ucu i
what happened at Reno when Marvin
Hart felled Jack Root with a right la
the rlba. Jim Jeffries, who was ref
eree, came to the ringside and told the
newspaper men that the finishing
punch was a crack on the Jaw; He wss
Insistent about It, too, and It wasn't
until the testimony of both fighters
waa taken that Jeffries reluctantly
chenged his opinion.
After the contest Herman ssld ha
msde a fatal mistake when be did not
hld Oans down to Mia weight condi
tions thst prevailed In ths Oans-Nelson
tna'ch at Goldfleld. The Chicago lad,
like others In the lightweight class,
seems to baof-the oprnlon" that It "Is'
useless , to attempt to defeat Oans when
Joe is In full possession of nla-flght-
Ing strength. Herman thinks that Gans '
at 188 ringside isn't nearly such a for.
weight a few hours before. Oans on
ths other' hand declare? that he can
make 138 as easy as Herman, Britt, Nel
son or any. other fighters In his divi
sion. ' '
At this writing It doesn't look quite
so rosy for a BU Patrick's day contest
st Tonopah between Gans and Jimmy
Britt. Coffroth. who is empowered to
I act as spokesman for the native son.
savs that Can Francisco may outbid
Mike Riley's 886.000.-Thara' wlIMn allrhol,... to k worth iioo nno
t 1 LIU.. W. - I.I S ..J
j priwsvilllf W IVl III unv. 1 " HUU
1 filling before tha matcn la made. It It
ts aver made at all, and It would not
surprise us If the Tonopah promoters
Induced Jack. O'Brien to enter into ne
gotiations for a.conttet -with Guns on
; the date named. .. .
For a serious-rsoea renew, Aaanv
Ryan of Chicago Is quite original In his
doings snd sayings. Tuere Is not a
shadow of doubt but that Ryan Inflicted
that punch on Referee Gleason In the
eighth round of ths contest with Low
Powell la a spirit of retaliation. Some
of the men in tbe Ryan corner said aa
' much after ths bout. They claim thst
! Gleason wss unnecessarily rough In
prying Ryan away from the clinches,
. using his wrist against ths throat In
an nnwsrranted way. Kyan. 'while not
seemingly perturbed, msde up his mind
ta chastise Gleason, and did so in the
manner described. Adam was very se
1 rlous-taced through It all, and assured
Gleason subsequently that ha wouldn't
I have had It happen for tha world,
j In the early rounds or tna Powell
Ryan contest Powell tried whst effect
j a little badinage would have. He was
, popping In stinging lefts on Adsm's
nose, and In ths clinches In-between
ha kept saying to Rysn: "Why don't
1 you learn to hit?"
I 1 A round or two later Adam began to
I use a left counter, which caught Lew
j fairly between the mouth and "noss
! every time the San Franciscan led, t "Do
you think t am Improving? asked
I Adam, ss they bumped Into each other's
; arms. Powell hung bis head and did
not reply.
MONMOUTH NORMALITES
' DOWN ALBANY FIVE
(ftperln) Dispatch ts The Joeraat.)
Monmouth, Or.. Jan. 7 Tbe opening
rams of basketball for this season as
far as being played on the home
grounds Is concerned was played here
' Saturday evening between the firs!
I team from Albany college snd tha Nor-
j mal team, resulting In the unusual
score of 73 to 8 In favor of ths teach-
I era.
I Tha score tells how Interesting the
game was from ths standpoint of rx-
dtement, but . the crowd was good-
natured snd enjoyed seeing the excel
lent team work spectacular st tlmea
of ths home team snd baskets bring
I thrown sometimes a few seconds apart
j Force and Evenden secured the great
rest number Sf field goals, getting 11 and
118 respectively..
I ; . The lineup waa ss follows
Albany.
O. 8. N. S.
, noollttle.
l W. Btrtchet .
O. Blrtcbet.
Curry .-. . . .
H. Hlrtchet.,
...,'..
,...F,.
,i..C.
,...o..
Force
Ooode
Eve-'-n
. B u. IT
Prake
.a..
Burt
R. L Ellis of Albany was referee snd
II, Z. Tharp Of Monmouth waa umpire,
CBEUAI'M EMKS ' liLl W
VERY CLOSE CONTEST
After a Hard Struggle the Wil
lamette University Basket
.. bailers Are Routed. ,
(Speetat Plnt4i ts Tbe Janrfcal.t
Chemawa. Or., Jan. 1.A hotly eon
tested game of basketball was played In
the Indian school gymnasium on Satur
day evening between the Willamette
Juniors and the Chemawa Seconds. . Ths
Indians won by a score of 11 to, IS snd
It was anybody's game until the referve
blew the Anal whistle. In the Inst half
It waa a seesiw, first one side then the
other would be ahead one point. Only
one point was msde from the foul lint.
It wss a very fast gams and less romi
were made than at any game . played
here this year. ..-'
Tbe lineup wss as follows:
'Chemawa Beconds. Willamette Juniors.
Wilson . .'. .F '... Rlchsrdeon
Williams . Leech
gooksolt C-. t'nderhlll
Oondy O ...... . Comings
Yallup ; .G Coryell
' Baskets thrown By Richardson. 1:
Leech. Underbill. 4: Comings, x; Wil
son, J; Bookaott. 6; Oondy, I. Twenty
minute halves were played. Officials
Heater, .referee :-Lebp. umpire.
The game was enlivened by the- young
ladles of the "School singing school
songs snd cheering the young hrsves
n vli-tnrv v
M!NORLEABUE-MAGMATESfS
IN AKNUAL SESSION
National Association of Prof as
sional Baseball Clubs Meet in
-r" New York City.
-f- rjAnrnsl RneHal Serrles.t
Nw- Tork. Jan. 7. Members Of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball clubs, representing more than
80 different leagues throughout the
country, are In the city to attend their
sixth annual meeting. Preliminary to
the meeting of the sssoclation proper,
which Is to be "held tomorrow, there was
a session or the national oosrd or stdi-
tration at the Fifth Avenue hotel to
day.. Ths association meeting prom
ises to be the most Important ever held
by the orgsnlutlon. More than tbe
usual number of matters of vital inter
est to national association club owners
are to be considered and acted upon.
NATIONAL COMMISSION -
v MEETS IN CINCINNATI
(Jooraal Speetsl Bvniea.)
Clnclniual. Jan. 7. Big league base-
Kali men ,r, wei v much In evidence
magnates and a number or managers or
Na tlonal and Am erica
coma to attend the annual meeting of
ths national commission eind the sched
ule meetings of tue two leagues.' Sev
eral matters in dispute between the two
big leagues snd with soma of the minor
organlsattbns are befora the national
commission for consideration and ac
tion. The schedule committees meet In
tnlnt conference ta eliminate conflict
ing dates. The schedules prepared will t
be submitted for ratification at the
regular schedule meetings of ths two
leagues to be held later In New Tork.
SPORTING GOSSIP
Pacific Coast leagus fans., especially
trit tha northwMt are in a atst nf
worTT at prWnt over the basebgll uImST of ths
look. ' At nl. tlm, the actions of Du- VI" .-...'l"."?.- f.Bplfr.thLV.-tf
dale and his followers In
Beattle are ,
causing no end o unesstness by thslr '
nent in both the Northwest and the '
Pacific Coast leagues. In a few weeks
matters will assume tangible form, and
the fans the men who pay-for it all,
no matter who Is In control will know
ths real situation.
... e .. e .
Frank Gotch. tha champion catch-ss-
catch-can wrestler of the world. Is ra
r "
- If there is anyone in the ring today
who has a desire to meet Jim Jeffries,
he had better look at these dimensions
befora taking his Mea seriously: Weight
today, 875 pounds; height, feet 1H
.Inches; reach754 Inches; neck. 18
Inches;' cheat, 44 H Inches; waist, 88
Inches; bleeps. It Inches; forearm, 14
Inches; -wrist, 8 4 - Inches; calf, lltt
inches; ankle,' 10 Inches.
.
Racing -on the New Tork plan, with
unrestricted betting, is dead . In - New
Hampshire, and the New England Breed
ers' club has practteally abandoned Its
850,000 plant near Salem.
President "Tom'- Williams of the New
California Jockey club has established
two Jockey schools at Emeryville, one
for instructing youngsters In the art of
riding and the other for the Improve
ment of their intellects.
'''.. '-. "
Jame B. Trscy of New Orleans has
purchased the fast pacing stallion, Ed
Patch, from Edgar M. Blessing of Dan
villa, Indiana, for 33,500. Ed Pstch Is
the fastest son of Dan Patch, and has
had a career of mors than ordinary In
terest :
-It is said thai Martinmas, a French
rnca horse, will not tolerate a "rubber"
who speaks English, but Insists on one
who speaks French. Also, that as long
as an English-speaking "swipe" brushed
him down hs nover won a. , race and
dwindled from a record-breaker to a
cheap selling planter, but when a "rub
ber" who talks French was engaged to
look after him Martinmas won several
stakes ,
EXPORT TRADE HAS T
V IMMENSE GROWTH
Jmrmt Beeels! srles.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 7. This coun
try rank: third In the value of manufac
tures entering the world's International
commerce, according to a statement Is
sued by the department, of commerce
and. labor. The exportaifor the past
year" aggregated 800.000,000, a figure
never before approximated.
The value of American trade It) for
eign markets Is twice what It waa eight
years ago. -
California Labor Federation. ,
Stockton. CaU, Jan. 7. Ths annual
convention of tbe California Federation
of Labor is In session, snd promises toJ
be or unusrml interest and importance.
The labor situation In San Francisco and
the so-eallryl Invasion of Japanese work
men are two of the Important matters
to recelvs sttentlon. Plans ,for Increas
Ing the membership - and otherwise
strengthening the federation also will bel
ATHLETES CREATE
Ml RECORDS
Last Year Was Prominent With
the Men on the Field
! . and Track.
MULTNOMAH CLUBMAN
HOLDS THE HUNDRED
In Among the Greatest of. the Age Is
'Dan Kelly, Who Ran ths Pash In
tho Kocord Time of Nine and
' Three Fifths Wonds. . ' ,
Aa' briefly as possible The Journal will
publish, beginning today' and continu
ing until completed, the records made In
every, line of sports and a tUelc en
deavor during the year 1901 On . tbe
field, snd -track record have.-been
smashed on all sldea Here they are:
. . rteld aa4 Traok, ".
At Oxford, England, .Jan. I. Ameri
can Rhodes scholars won three firsts and
one second In the Oxford field sports.
At Cincinnati. Ohio. Jan. 7. Le Roy
Bamse broke the indoor- world's record
for pole-vaulting, making U feetsu
At New York. Teh. 1 A four-mils re
lay race was won by a team made up
of J. P. Bulllvan, George V. Bonhag,
Harvey W. Cohn and it. W. Sheppard.
total time being 17.M, - breaking - the
world's tecord. - -
At Athens, April ts. Martin Sheridan
(America) threw the discus 134 feet I
Inohes, establishing a new world's rec
ord. . 1
At Athens. April V "Archie Hahn
(America)" won final heat , in 100-meter
fTOeefTttms, '111-6 seconds.- Myer Prln-
steln . (America) won the running long
Jump, 7 meters V centimeters.
At Athens. April Lawson Robert,
son (America) won tha Jump, clearing 1
meters m canOmeters, Martin Sheridan
(America) won the shotput, throwing it
feet S Inches. r- , ; ...
At Philadelphia, April S3 In winning
tha four-mils relay championship, Mich
igan university ' runners broke tha
world's outdoor record and indoor rec
ord ; time. 18.10 -.
At Athens. : April SO Paul Pilgrim
(America) won , the final . of ths tOO
meter race; time, S3 1-5 seconds. James
D. Llghtbody (America) won the 1,500
meter race; time. 4.15. Ths tSOO-meter
walking match was won by George N.
Bonhag (America): time, I.UU
At Athena. May 1 Paul Pilgrim
(America) won the 800-meter raos: time,
101 1-8 110-meter hurdles won by Rob
ert O. Leavitt (America): time. II 1-4
seconds. - Ray C. Ewry won standing
high Jump, height I feet Inches. Ths
United States scored ths world's cham
pionship with 75H points.
Yorfc-May- SOAnew world's
record at pole-vaulting wss established
by A. C. Gilbert of Tale clearing ths
bar at IS feet I Inches.
At Evanston, 111 June i ta Roy
Samse established a new worjd's record
for pole-vaulting at II feet i Inches.
At Chicago, 111.. June t M. Olffin
broke the national record by throwing,
tha discus 12S feet 4 .Inches.
At Chicago. IUv June S3 Paul Schmidt
a national record by casting the
18-pound shot -45 feet 8 Irfches.
' Pan Kelly's Beootd,
At Spokane, - Wash., Juns S3 "Dan'
Kelly of the Multnomah Athletic club
tted-rthe-wortds record-In tha 100-yard
dash: time, 8 8-5 seconds.
At Brookllns, Masa.. Juns
T8-JTF:
v 0-1. V .
,not fe,t M lnehe; hummtr.
) ht TMt , lnchM- .. . ,.
At New Tork. July 7 John Flanagan
hurled a 56-pound weight 88 feet 7
Inches. The record cannot be accepted
as official, aa It was dona in an exhibi
tion. At Boston, Mass., July Dennis Ma
honey threw the 60-pound wslght 88 feat
Vi inches, exceeding tha world's record.
" At London, England, August O. T.
Teomans . (amateur) walked a mils In
1.18 3 5, a new world's record.
At New Tork, Aug. 8 Ray O. TDwry,
the world's champion standing Jumper,
broke the world's record In the standing
broad Jump with 11 feet 8 Inches.
At ' Montreal, Canada. Sept. S3 Ona
world's and two Canadian records were
broken at the Canadian championship.
Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish-American
Athletic club of New Tork threw
tha discus 185 feet I Inches, beattns- his
previous -world's record of-188 feet lHfl
Inches.- In the 18-pound hammer throw
John Flanagan dlaplaoed tha Canadian
record of 163 feet t Inches with a throw
of 167 feet; In . the pole-vault H. L.
Moore of the New Tork Athletlo club
did 11 feet 4 inches, ths old Canadian
mark being 11 feet
Za ar-Off Tokto.
At Tokto, Japan, Aug. 10 Minora FuJIl
of the University of Toklo broke the
world's record for the pole vault, clear
ing the bar at 13 feet 1 Inch. .
At New York, Aug. 85 Dennis Horgan
threw the ID-pound stons 36 feet H
Inches, establishing a new record.
At New Tork, Sept. 8 John J.- Flan
agan made a new record for the 56
pound weight throw, with unlimited run
and follow, hurling tha weight 41 feet
3 IncJfp.
At New Tork. Oct Martin J. Sheri
dan broke his world's record in throwing
the discus, his nsw mark being 138 feet
8 Inches.
At New Tork. Nov. 10 Martin J. Sher
idan established a new record for put
ting the 8-pound shot with a mark of
61 feet 8 Inches. John J. Eller broke (the
record for the 220-ysrd high hurdle by
making the distance In SS 4-6 seconds.
At New Tork. Nov. 10 The national
Indoor track and field championship of
the Amateur Athletlo union of the
United States waa won by - tha Irish
American Athletlo club with a score of
87 points. Ons of the features of tha
meet was the establishing of a new
world's record by Harry L. Hlllman of
the N. T. A. C. He ran ths 830-yard hur
dle race In 36 3-6 seconds.
At Toklo, Japan. Nov. 13 JuJIl, a stu
dent of ths Imperial University of Japan,
broke the world's record for pole-vaulting.
13 feet 3 Inches.
At San Francisco, Cat.,' Nov. fJ Ralph
Rose broke the world's record for put
ting the 13-pound shot, putting It 55 feet
t Inches. ,
QueMion A (red Inventor's Sanity.
iJoarsst Hprrlsl BjerrW.t
Muskegon. Mich., Jan. 7. Because hs
has devoted the most of his time during
the past 80 years to working on sn air
ship, Arba B, Kent, an aged resident of
this place, was brought Into Court today
to be examined ss to his sanity on com
plaint of his brother. Kent declares ha
has plana for an Invention of a combined
airship and yacht, and wants congress
to spproprlats 850,000 to perfect tba In
OREGON TJAfi HOT
AFRAID
(Continued from Pgt Ona)'
"The treaty to which I wish to at
tract ths attention of ths senate was
proclaimed on March II, 1895, and went
into operation July 17, 1898, and by its
terms was to continue In force 18 years.
It wss a satisfactory treaty then, and,
in Its main provisions, is satisfactory
now. But great changes hava come In
ths last II years changes in conditions.
changes In policies', changes in our re-!
Iations with the nations and our rela
tions with and knowledge of tba people
of Japan but. greatest of all. changes
Id" JfcpanTna her marvelous advance
ment as ons of ths great world powers
of ths earth. - There has novsr been a
day during Jatan's trouble or our own '
when. there did not exist between the
two nations tha - warmest feelings of j
rrienosnip ana mutual esteem.
We are at peace with Japan, but we
shall not continue so without -a better
understanding of the rights guaranteed
by tha present treaty and ths obliga
tions imposed by its terms. It was
thought that both nations could con
tinue to live in amity under ths treaty,
but it aeema that, this reasonable ex
pectation of those who formulated the
treaty Is not to be realised. A very
serious - trouble - has coma about a
trouble that may lead to other and more
serious troubles. ' . , . . ...
j Strife Follows. Teas a,
'Suddenly tha peace and quiet of the
two nations hava been turned Into tur
moil snd irtrlfe. Publlo .meetings wers
called, resolutions were sdopted, ths
publlo press day - after day contained
inflammatory articles on tha attained
relations, between this government and
the government of Japan, and - even
European nswspipers took hold of the
situation and added fuel to tha flame.
And all this confusion and uproar arose
about what? A very simple thing. In
ths month - of -October-last year "tha
board or education, of the city and
county of San Francisco, a stats board
created by and carrying out' tba pro
visions or a state law. made a regula
tlon providing- for." a separation of
Japaness from white pupils in the pub
llo schools of Ssn Frsnoisco. Whether
such regulation was wise or nnwlse Is
a matter with which we sreot con
cerned. It was a regulation tha board
undoubtedly had a right to make, and tt
was fully approved by ths people of
tha whola .state of California. There
were at that time (October 11. 10) In
the public schools only 88 . Japaneae
pupllst and of this number fl were born
in Japan and St to tha United States.
These pupils had befora that time, been
attending public schools In company
with white children snd no attempt had
been made to separata them, and the
board of education had adopted no rule
on tha subject. . :
- Calif onlsa ai-nt--.
Possibly no ruls would hava been
adopted, at least not at that time, were
It not that tbe disastrous conflagration
which destroyed more than one halt of
tha city, destroyed at the same time
tha school buildings whera these
Japanese had. been accustomed to at
tend school, and they were forced Into
another part of town where school fa
cilities were so meager that attention
waaacalled to their presence. Then ths
order was made that they-attend a sepa
rata school.
The right ta make such an order al
ways existed, but It Is not exercised.
When tha right was challenged by the
Japaness it wss promptly asserted by
the school board and tha rule wap en
forced. .Complaint waa made by tha
Japanese representatives In Ssn Fran
cisco and suddenly this matter a mat-
I ter exclusively under, tha control of tba
state In the .administration and carry
ing out of Its domestlo policy became
a question of national Importance. To
what extent It cams to be a matter of
national concern ' may be Judged from
what tha president said in his message
submitted to congress December 4, 1306.
Tha rrssUanfs Xsaafaif. '
It la difficult to understand the mean
ing of the president's warning or Its
scops In his messags. It must ha re
membered that tha only "right" which
It was claimed had been denied to tha
Japanese wss ths assumed right-to at
tend tha public schools of California in
company with white children. But this
ts not a "right" at all certainly not a
"light" with which this treaty has any
concern.
California la under ' no obligations to
ths federal . government to hava publlo
schools or any kind ef schools at all.
And if she does hava them It Is her
province and not that of the general
government to say how they shall - be
maintained and how conducted and who
may attend them and. under what con
ditions. That tha state has exclusive
control -ever tha establishment and man
agement of public schools hog bean re
peatedly decided by tha courts ' -
It must be conceded then that tha right
of the state to establish and maintain
publlo schools' and control and direct
their management (s one of the rights
not parted with by tha state upon Its
admission to ths Union and Is still in
ths state. California, therefore, has
that right and had It when her publlo
school system waa sdopted and had it
when ths order complained of was msde.
Having the right, by what authority
can tha president, or any ona else, say
she shall not exercise It?
Ths excufe and the only sxcusa for
ths extraordinary claim- set tip by th
president Is that the treaty with Japan
guarantees to Japsnese school children
the right to attend them in company
with white children, and this regulation
complained of Is In violation of ths
treaty. There Is no provision In ths
treaty which, by any sort of constrno
tlon, can be mads to support such a
claim. Nothing is said about tha right
to attend publlo schools.
: Tha law ta tha Case.
If by construction there can ha read
Into this treaty a guarantee of common-school
privileges to ths Japanese,
they can enjoy them only by conform
ing to the laws of tba, country the
stats law of California among others.
And that law, speaking through tha duly
authorised officers of tha state having
authority to execute it, says they shall
receive .this . education . In separata
schools. This government might well
stand upon that Interpretation and de
cline to consider ths matter further.
And In so doing It would be Justified by
reason and authority.-
It Is - Important, moreover, that this
treaty ba modlfleu - for another reason
entirely separata from though closely
connected with tha underlying causes
which led up to and brought about the
present misunderstanding. So .long ss
the unrestricted l'mmleratlnn Af - Jim,
Vies laborers 1s permitted to continue
there will be a constant and. growing
feeling of dissatisfaction on ths Pactflo
coast, which eventually will bring about
snd must bring about a restriction of
that Immigration.. And because I be
lieve that such result must . follow
sooner or Ister.eand soon st ths latest.
I think It should be accomplished now.
Some of us on tha Pacific ' coast
more familiar perhaps. with the situa
tion thaa those who seek to censure
and lnstruot us, because mora . closely
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In touch with tha Industrial - Interests
directly affeoted by tha unrestricted Im
migration of Japanese laborers have
felt for a long time that remedial ac
tion of soma sort waa necessary to pre
vent what wa believe to ba a threat
ened -peril, not only to tha Paclflo
ooast, but to every Industry and en
terprise In tha United States. Wa know
that ths unrestricted Immigration of
Asistlo laborers to this country Is a
curse, .an IncenUvs to disorder and a
menace to tha welfare and happiness
and prosperity of- tha laboring man of
America . - ..-
A sTtapU Zdssw
It might seem at first blush that the
coming ef laborers unskilled laborers
was a question that affected only the
unskilled labor of our people, and that
skilled labor and capital Invested was
not affected. But no greater mistake
could ba made. That is ths most stupM
Idsa that ever found lodgment In the
brain of a sana man. The south In
taking" up the raveled threads of Its
commercial and Industrial affairs, faoed
a problem that wa on tha Pacific ooast
will have to face If this Immigration
continues. That was 80 years ago, and
tha problem Is still unsolved. It was
tha folly the Insane, criminal folly of
those who thought cheap labor, how
ever obtained, a . blessing? There Is
trouble down - there where . the mag
nolias blossom, ln thst sunny south, of
song ' and story, and there - will be
greater trouble, I fear, before a solution
of tha problem 'Is had. And we of ths
west sympathise with the south In tha
crisis through which shs Is passing. We
are confronted with a condition here
which will reverse or tend to reverse all
this. The American laborer cannot com
pete with the Chinese or Japanese
cool 1&7 and It is not right to aak him
to do so. '
It baa bean said, and I hava seen It
repeatedly ststed In tha newspapers, that
Jspan does not want her people to coma
hers, and that they will not come In
any large numbers and do not want to
come themselves. Vsry- well, then, no
much the better. Japan cannot take of
fense and surely will not-If ws provide
a means in this treaty by which her
desire can be accomplished and a pos
sibility of -failure In that respect be
eliminated. -'
If Japan has a "glorious and ancient
past," so has China. If Japan has a
civilisation "older than that of tha na
tions Of modern Europe." so, too, ha a
China. Tha two nation, a stand equal be
fore us In every respect, and we arc on
equally friendly terms with each, of
tnem.--4i.ow lone ahsil wa remain go U
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Investment
Company
W. H. Fear. ......... Secretary
B. C Catchlnr.Aaat. JIumIu.
O. W. T. MueUhaupt,,. Cashier ,-.- -
The house to look nice for tha holi
days, when you greet your guests, so
they can bear away a pleasant Im
pression of the quiet elegance of
your home. : It's wonderful what a
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plished by paint for doors and trim
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1
THE BIG PAINT STORE
Fisher, Thorsen & Co.
now a m omxxsoar r,
wa do not treat tham with equal consid
eration? Either wa are treating China
unfairly In excluding Chinese coolies, or
we arc treating our own people unfairly
In admitting Japaness coolies. And ln
thls connection -1 would commend the
essay on "Industrial Morality,' found
on tha thirty-fourth page of tha mes
sage, to its distinguished author for
re perusal and careful examination. :
RAINIER SEES MANY
V FINE. IMPROVEMENTS
(ftpedal tMspetrk ts The JearsaL)
Ranter, , Or Jan. 1. The most no
tlceable Improvement in Rainier during
tha year 1(08 is tha Rainier Iron works,
Installed during tha letter part of July
by the Prescott - brothers, : eastern
parties. They are operating an excel
lent foundry, machine shop and pattsrn -shop
In the manufacturing snd-. repair
of sawmill machinery , and,-have In- '
corporated for 810.000. TharPrsoott
brothers ssy they are meetlna success J
and expect to enlarga tha foundry verj'.
Other enterprises installed during
1808 ara tha Eureka planing mill, the
Rainier mineral soap factory, tha Stats
Bank of Rainier, thcNordby A Patter
son mill, ths - Wtllard-Caae mill, the
Rainier Electric Light company and the
local Independent Telephone company.
, Rainier now claims double tha popu
lation that aha had In 1808-
Qensrslly debilitated for years. Had
sick headsches, lacked ambition, was
worn out and all rnn dawn. Burdock
Blood Potters, mads m a well woman." '
-Mr.. Chaa. Freltoy. Moosup. Conn.
The Qreat Prlma-Donna
Heilig Theatre Tonight ;
Tha Wutirul Stelnway piano, wl'tw--Its
wealth of tons, is Mms. Schumann
Helnk's favorite. . -
This superb piano will ba on exhibi
tion at "Tha House of Quality.'" corner
nf Sixth and liorrtaon streets, Tuss
day afternoon. . .
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