Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-05-27
DARK
FOR ACTION ON
STATEHOOD
LD'GUARD OPPOSED TO
MORE WESTERN SENATORS
Passage of Enabling Act For
Territories Depends on Dis
position Of Railroad Bill Now
Badly S0arIed in Senate.

The outlook for statehood is not
of the brightest according to Judge
Edward \. Mann and Colonel +. W
/ Dobson, who returned Nesterday from
Washington where they have been Tor
+ the past month.
Il cannot throw much light on the
situation other than that the state
hood bin will pass it the railroad bill
is gotten out of the way IN time.
said judge Edward a, Mann, some
Of the people / talked with were not
So optimistic but the president talked
+ hopefully about the situation and APP
lpeared TO think that the bill would go
through at the present session. Dele
/ gate Andrews also said that he believ-
cd the bin would pass"
Regarding the matter Colonel Dob
son said
"Thcy would al vote for tile bill il
I it came out OF the committee. even
senator Aldrich said in my presence.
that hc would vote for the measure.
However. there is u possibility of
row starting over the matter even
after the bin is reported Tor the
house may Insist on the Hamilton bill
and oppose the senAtc Bill This
would mean delay aud many confer
onces II is not, however, a question
of The fear of democratic senators.
that affects some of the members OF
congress. 1t is Il new and entirely
peculiar situation Those eastern I'M
terests care nothing as to whether we
send republican or democratic sem
tors. they do, hnNeNer, fear west
VA senators. -Four western senators,
with western views and proclivities,
upld make the power of the west
IN the national body entirely too great
Tor some OF the big fellows from the
east. do not think however. that
any of the eastern senators viii fur
ther oppose the statehood bin and {
saa sure shat Alf. HAft is eor II. How
ever there is na telling anything about
the situation at present nor until tile
railroad bill is ont OF the way II Is
generally understood IN Washington
that the statehood bill VIII not be
taken up until the railroad bill Is dis
posed OF, but the situation with re-
gard 10 that measure, is such that it
may keep congress in session all sum
mer. The talk is That congress viii
adjourn june l6 and the senators
with whom l spoke, said that 1t was
hoped the railroad bill would be in
shape for a vote by June /. Should
il pass nt that time. there will be
plenty of time 70 work on the state
hood bill"
Both Mr Dobson aud Judge Mann
said that Judge John Il. Mcl'ie, whose
appointment Is still Ia committee OF
the senate, would be confirmed. as a
member az the territorial supreme
bench
"a hard fight was made against
Judge McFie,' said Mr. Dobson but
he charges were not well founded. r.
II. Hanna of Santa Re was in WASH
neton opposing the appointment and
VAS given hearing before the conf
nittee. r y Catron OF Santa Fe.
nudge Mann ana Mr.. Dobson, were al
20 before the committee with refer
nee To- the appointment, ana 1t was
heir impression that the appointment
would be confirmed, Delay has been
'ccasioned by the illness Of Senator
lark of Wyoming who Is chairman
i the committee
It IS understood that charges have
lso been preferred against Edmund
: Abbott, Who has been nominated
q the president for appointment 70
place on the supreme bench OF the
arritory.