ABSTRACT
Bryan and Wilson were of like mind in their attitude toward Oriental immigration and belief that friendly overtures would win over the Californians and the Japanese. Bryan knew that such California Democrats as Caminetti and Phelan had vied with Progressive Republicans in 1912 in demanding that Japanese be prohibited from owning land and in using the race issue to embarrass corporation politicians. The mayor of San Francisco had gone to see President Roosevelt in Washington to learn of the national government's attitude toward the Japanese agitation of 1906. Bryan and Moore studied some supplemental matter Japan forwarded late in June and considered it while working on the final draft of the American reply. On November 25, 1914, Chinda bluntly reminded Bryan that Wilson objected not to California's discriminating against the Japanese but only to "invidous discrimination." Bryan revealed a Jovian patience in his dealings with Chinda, and his statement that "Nothing is final between friends" was a tactful diplomatic touch.
