Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-21
DEMOCRATS DELAY
STATEHOOD
Their Hatred Of the Native
People in Arizona Causes
Dissension
SENATE CONFIRMS HOPKINS
Andrews Supreme Court Bill
Promptly Reported Favorably
in the House.
Snecial to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, Feb. 21.-The speech
of former Delegate to Congress Mark
Smith. Democrat, insisting that the
Arizona law disqualifying the Spanish
speaking voters of Arizona, be en-
bodied in the enabling act in the con-
ditions for voting on the constitution
and for constitutional delegates, has
caused serious delay TO the statehood
bill for which the Democrats must
take the blame. Delegate Cameron,
Attorney R. E. Morrison, Lorenzo
Hubbell, of Arizona, are now COMPEL
ed to contest Smiths position before
the senate committee on territories
today The raising of the race ques-
ton by the Democrats may defeat
statehood at this session.
Hopkins Confirmed.
The reappointment of R. W. Hop
kins to be postmaster at Albuquerque,
was reported favorably today by the
committee on postoffces and post
roads, Senator Boies Penrose, the
close friend of Delegate Andrews,
chairman, and was promptly confirm
ed this afternoon by the senate.
Supreme Court Bill Reported.
The House committee on judiciary
reported favorably this afternoon the
Andrews bill giving the supreme court
of New Mexico the power to assign
associate justices at any time and to
reapportion the Territory.
Statehood Must Wait for Two Bills,
Hearings are now in progress on
the statehood bill but it is unlikely the
measure will be brought out of the
senate committee on territories until
the postal savings bank and railroad
bills are out of the way.
The fourth measure to be pressed
for passage is that relating to the is
suance of injunctions. Several bills
on this subject have been prepared
but they have not been considered in
committee. That introduction in the
house by Representative Moon ol
Pennsylvania, has been endorsed by
the President and there are others
that are thought would prove salts
factory to him. The senate commit
tee on judiciary will consider the
question tomorrow.
Administration leaders are daily in
forming President Taft that the state
hood bill is in peril. The opposition
is such, it is now said, that many o.
the friends of the measure are frank
ly uneasy as to it's passage at this
is said to be none the less feared.
is based on general grounds, one O
which, and the chief ground beins
the fear of certain senators that i
statehood is conferred on the two
territories there may be at least two
Democratic senator's returned. Thi.
they do not regard as desirable.
However, the President lets it b.
known that he has talked with man.
members Of the senate committee OF
territories and in consequence hope!
that the bill will now be put through
Chairman Beveridge says he think
there is no question about the state
hood bill passing at this session.
The Washington Star however
says:
Senator Beveridge would offer NJ
prediction as to statehood or Alask
reorganization. He tried to get hi
committee on territories together t.
arrange to push both of those bills
but not a handful Of senators attenc
ed. Nobody seems to care muc
about either measure"