New-York tribune., 1905-02-09
PROSPECT OF STATEHOOD.
DEPENDS ON NR. CANNON.
Majority in House for Bill as
Passed by Senate.
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iraoM THE TRIBUNE BUEEAUl
Washington. Feb s--Iutense interest preVahs
in Congress regarding the fate OF the state
hood bin IN the lower house There appears
to he an ample majority in favor OF the ohi
as il passed the Senate 20 insure its accept
ance by the House, provided the majority can
find an opportunity 10 express itself. but' with
the Speakers prerogative of refusing TO recog-
nize any member vino desires TO put motion
contrary 10 the wishes of the leaders. it appears
TO depend altogether on Mr.. Cannon whether
or not the bill becomes law. Friends or the
Statehood bill declare that they have twenty
nine Republican votes in addition to the solid
minority-co onsiderably more than enough TO
pass motion to concur in the Senate amend
ments-but it is not impossible that the bill
NAV be allowed to ole in committee, to which
il must be Immediately referred and it is equal
ly possible that it may be sent to conference.
which would give the Senate opportunity to
reject any report which did not eliminate New
Mexico
To the amazement of most members of the
Senate including Senator Kearns himself, it
was discovered on reading THE Record to-day
that Mr Kearnss amendment ennexing seven
thousand square miles of Arizona to Utah had
carried Mr. Kcarns originally offered this
amendmen: to Section 10 of the bill and 1t was
Mr.. Kearns make any change from th9 printed
amendment when he offered it in the Senate
last night. As Senator Bacons amendment
striking out Section 10 and all thereafter car
ried last night, it supposed that the Kearns
amendment lost. but The Record" makes
ii appear that Mr. Kearns offered his amend
ment to Section 1S, that it not stricken
out. Senator Kearns made demurrer when
chaffed this morning because he had lost his
though he naturally offered no objection when
he learned the reverse Mr. Bacon brought the
subject to the attention of the Senate, but was
assured that he could not debate the amend
ment unless there was motion on the subject
before the Senate, and was invited to move to
reconsider the bill-an invitation which, natu-
rally he did not accept.
MR. KEARNs EXPLAINS HIS VOTE.
Immediately after the opening prayer Mr.
Kearns took the floor and said:
rise TO a question of personal privilege In the
first vote on the amendment OF the Senator from
California tMr. Bard) last evening, | voted Nay"
in distinct manner 1t appears the clerks mis-
HndeESe0d T me and was among those
attention to the error, and l was on the point of
do so or the vote to concur in the amendment be-
fore the final passage of the bill, in the
sued. The seriousness Of the matter did not i'm
press IL Itself h 6i nD6n me until this morning when
voted for the amendment in order that / might
nent ceding the Arizona @ strip % to Etah i' This
deny most positively. Such proceeding I would
been given the managers of the bill that l would
support their measure, and would not have played
them false for the whole Territory OF Arizona.
IL this be the proper time Mr.. President. 1 desire
to have the record corrected far it relates
to my vote upon the amendment of the Senator
from California in accordance with this statement
The statement had the effect of bringing a
number of Senators to their feet and to call out
statements their understanding of the
Utah Senator's vote. The first of these was
made by Mr.. Nelson, who sits near Mr.. Kearns
Il sitting near the Senator from Utah when
he voted" he said. and heard him vote No
distinctly" He added the conviction that all
the other Senators sitting near had heard as he
did.
On the other hand, Mr. Foraker sitting some
what further away, received an opposite impress
sion. He said he had been keeping tally, and
had distinctly heard Mr.. Kearns vote in the
affirmative. 1t was a clear Aye" he said,
and / found that other Senators sitting near
me received the same impression
Other Senators sustaining Mr.. Nelson's view
were Messrs. Quarles, Clapp, Kittredge, Nc
Comas, Scott and Dubois. while Messrs. CALM
ger, Hansbrough, Clay and German said they
heard the vote in the affirmative and all ex-
pressed the conviction that the record of the
point that Mr.. kearns had allowed the oppor-
tunlty offered him yesterday to correct his vote
TO lapse, and said that all the Senators sitting
about him had understood Mr.. Kearns to vote
as recorded.
Mr.. Hale also took the view that Mr. Kearns
should have made his correction yesterday He
said that after the roiicall the vote had been
read aloud and it was 'inconceiva BILE that every
on close ballot like that of yesterday to see
that he was correctly recorded"
With Mr.. Hales statement the incident was
allowed to drop.