Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-09
Mr.. kearn's Disclaimer
Against House Records.
Votes Against Separate State
hood for New Mexico.
Has Records Changed-Further Dis.
cussion of the Statehood Bill.

| of the vote in favor OF separate state
hood for New Mexico which the records
| for yesterday credited him with. He
said he had been misunderstood by the
| clerks and he had voted against the
provision. Several senators corrobor-
| attd his statement. but number as
serted that they had understood him 10
| vote for the amendment.
| The Senate spent almost an hour in
connection with the House Of Represent
| tatives in canvassing the Presidential
vote and the remainder of the session
was devoted to executive businss.
| Yesterdays contest found an early
echo in the Senate, today. in the shape
of personal explanation by kearns of
| his vote on the admission Of New Mex
| leo as a separate state. Immediately af-
ter the opening prayer Kearns tok the
| floor and said:
In the first vote on the amendment
| Of the senator from California. Bard
| last evening, / voted nay in a distinct
manner. 1t appears the clerks misun-
| derstoood ME. and | was numbered
among those favoring the amendment
My colleagues called nv attention to
the error and | was on the point of COR
recting it when it was suggested that
| could do so on the vote to concur in
the amendment before the final pas
sage of the bill in case the amendment
should be adopted. This course | pur-
sud.
THE seriousness of the matter did not
impress itself upon me until this morn
ing, when | read i'll the public press the
statement that ] had voted for the
amendment in order that | might force
he managers of the bill to accept my
amendment ceeding the Arizona strip to
Utah. This | deny most positively. My
word had been given the managers OF
the bill that | would support their
measure and | would not have played
them false for the whole territory of
Arizona.
'It this be the proper time, Mr.. Pres
ident. l desire to have the record COR
rected as far as it relates to my vote
upon the amendment of the senator
from California in accordance with this
statement"
Several gave their understanding of
the Utah senator's vote. The first YVES
by Nelson, who sits near Kearns, who
said:
Il was sitting near the Senator from
Utah when he voted 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 Foraker. sitting
sGmew hat further away, received an
opposite impression. He said he had
distinctly heard kearns vote in the az
-
said. land found that other senators
sitting near me, received the same i'm
preSSions.
Other senators sustaining Nelson's
views. We're Quarles, Clapp, Kittredge.
McComaC. Scott and Dubois; while
MeSSrs Gallinger, Hansbrough, Clay
and German stated rhat they heard the
vote III the Affirmative and all express
ed the conviction that the record of the
clerks was justified Hale took the
view that kearnS should have made
his correction. yesterday. The incident
was then allowed to drop.
Warren presented the credentials of
biz colleague. Clark FOR the term be-
ginning March next.
At 1I5 p. NJ the Senate returned 20
its own chamber.
Bacon took the floor on a point of or |
der concerning the status of Kearns' |
amendment to the statehood bill for the |
annexation Of part Of Arizona to
Utah. He said that the bill as prepared |
for transmission to tn House includes |
trat amendment While he contended |
that that provision had gone out with |
the other provisions relating to Rrizona !
and New Mexico under his motion
Lodge said that in order to correct |
the mistake if Il is such. it would be |
necessary to recall the bill |
Without determining the point the |
Senate At 2.04 =. Nj. went nto executive |
session.
III open session the following bills |
were passed:
Authorizing the secretary of the navy |
to issue medals to officers and men in |
navy and marine corps who have dis |
tinGuishCd themselves.
Appropriatng 500, to enable the COM
miSsioncrs Of the district of Columbia |
:" mark the grave of Major Pierre |
Charles L'Enfant. the French engineer
who laid out the city of Washington.
The Senate adjourned Isl p NJ.