Arizona republican., 1909-10-19
Other Details of The Speeches
 a Albuquerque THE PRESIDENTS REBukE
The Return of Private Sec retary Cleaveland and His Description of the Tour Which Ended in a Blaze of Glory at Ell Paso

J. F. Cleaveland, private secretary to Governor Sloan, returned yester- day from Fl Paso where he had ac- | companied the presidential party, and 1 related in greater detail than the tele- graphic dispatches had done, the epi- sode at the Albuquerque banquet in ! which a gross affront was offered to President Taft by two men. The president had already promised that all that he could do to procure the admission of the territories would be 1one and he had expressed a belief that congress at the forthcoming ses- sion would carry out the pledge of the national platform by admitting the territories immediately"
 The man who offered the chief in suit to the president was Judge \. B. Fall of Fl Paso. Texas. the attorney general of New Mexico. Judge Fall began by charging the national Re publican party with bad faith. He recited 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 ex- pressed 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 presidents belief was firm. Then Judge Fall called the Arizonians fools for not embracing statehood when they had a chance by voting for joint statehood.
 The next speaker was a Mir. Conk- lin who had been delving in ancient history and he came primed with alleged 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 } necessary: no act of the president [ was necessary; nothing was neces- . sary but the demand of New Mexico ? for admission and now in behalf of l the territory he demanded it. He made other remarks which seemed to reflect upon the earlier utterances of g the president
 Mir Taft felt the, surprise which l pervaded the assembly and he was | plainly irritated. He deprecated the 8 reflection which had apparently beer l t to the remarks of Judge Fall he ad- f ministered neat and cutting rebuk' = by means of a story.
 There was once. he said. tria @ judge who after hearing the evidence e in a case was convinced Of tho |. righteousness of the cause of on' s side and intimated to the attorney r on that side that argument by hin
 was unnecessary. The attorney how
 ever asserted his right to e heard
 in spite of the courts expression II
 his favor.
 Very well,' said the court; pro
 ceed." The attorney concluded hi!
 argument, whereupon the court said
 "Disregarding all you have said an'
 in spite of your argument. l am witt
 you still"
 "So," said MT. Taft. fin spite of tn
 reflections upon my good faith. l an
 with you still; l am in favor O carrying out the pledge of the ma V tionaI convention and I again prom
 ise to do all within my power t
 secure the admission of the terri !" tories"
 Regarding the theory of Conklil l. that New Mexico already had tn l. right of admission. the president de d clared that 1t had no right excep
 such as congress gave it; it had n q right to be admitted until congres e should say the word. That was al fl authority vested in congress by tn y constitution of the United States an
 no statute or treaty could take q away.
 -e It had been said that some of tn l. utterances of the president Ina
 seemed to contain a threat to vet e statehood bill unless it pleased hin d That matter was set at rest by MI it Taft in the statement that he woul e sign any statehood bill that con is gress might pass and pursuing thi .e subject lhe apparently coincided wit
 a construction of the constitutio
 that has been given by many eml i nent authorities That is, that tn whole matter lies with congress that the president has nothing to | with it; has not the power to vet | statehood bill. This theory IS base
 on the opening words of Section Article 4 of the constitution. "Ne'
 states may be admitted by the con | gross into this union."
 Speaking further of the contentio
 of Conklin. the president said tha
 nothing could have been more pre- posterous than the notion of admit ting the territory of New Mexico 8 the time of the treaty or for man | years thereafter.
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