Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-03
DETAILS EXCITED FOR
 NEW MEXICAN AFFRONT

l T Governor Sloan, has returned from an extended visit from Fl Paso, where he had accompanied the presidential party and related in greater detail than the telegraphie dispatches had done, the episode at the Albuquerque banquet in which a gross affront was offered to President Taft by two men. The pres ident had already promised that all that he could do to procure the admis- sion of the territories would be done and he had expressed a belief that congress at the forthcoming session would carry out the pledge of the na- tional platform by admitting the ter ritories immediately, says the PhOe- nix Republican.
 The man who offered the chief in suit to the president was Judge A. B. Fall of Fl Paso, Texas, the attorney general of New Mexico. Judge FaIl began by charging the national Re publican party with bad faith. He re- cited previous convention pledges on the subject of statehood, all of which had been broken. The existing pledge he said was forced upon an unwilling convention in the deal regarding the injunction plank. He knew this to be so, he said, and he knew that two votes had been exchanged in the committee in the course of the deal.
 Though the president had expressed his faith in the Republican congress Judge Fall proclaimed that he had no faith and he put his proclamation into words which seemed to imply that he did not believe that the president s belief was firm. Then Judge Fall cali ed the Arizonans fools for not embrae- ing statehood when they had a chance by voting for joint statehOd.
 The next speaker was a MT. Conk- lin, who had been delving in ancient history and he came primed with al legged facts and figures. He said that under the treaty with Mexico, New Mexico was entitled to statehood of right, whenever it should demand it for the treaty promised that. In his opinion no act of congress was neces- sary; no act of the president was nee essary; nothing was necessary but one demand of New Mexico for admission and now in behalf of the territory he demanded it. he made other remarks which seemed to reflect upon the ear Tier utteranees of the president.
 MT. Taft felt the surprise which pre- vaded the assembly and he was plain ly irritated He deprecated the reflee- tion which had apparently been made upon his honesty and iE reply to The remarks of Judge Fall he administered neat and cutting rebuke by means of story.
 There was once, he said, trial judge wno after hearing the evidence in a case was convicted of the righteous ness of the cause of one side and inti- mated to the attorney on that side ,-
 argument by hlm was unnecessary. The attorney, however, asserted his right to be heard in spite of the court E expression in his favor.
 "Very well,' said the court; "pro. eeed." !" The attorney concluded his argument, whereupon the court said: "Disregarding all you have said and in spite of your argument, am with you still"
 "So," said MT. Taft, "in spite of the reflections upon my good faith, am with you still; am in favor of carrying out the pledge of the national convention and I again promise to dc all within my power to secure the ad , mission of the territories.
 ! Regarding the theory of COnlin that New Mexico already had the right ot admission, the president declared that it had no right except such as congres: gave it; it had no right to be admitted until congress should say the word That was an authority vested in con gress by the constitution of the United States and no statute or treaty could take it away.
 It had been said that some of the ut teranees of the president had seemed to contain a therat to veto a statehood ' bill unless it pleased him. That mat ter was set at rest by MT. Taft in tho sctatement that he would sign any statehood bill that congress might pas' and pursuing this subject he apparent ? ly eoincided with a construction of tn, constitution that has been given by many eminent authorities. That is that the whole matter lies with con gress; that the president has nothing tO dO with if. has not the mower t1