Evening star., 1911-08-09
Opposed to Statehood Meas
ure Becoming a Law.
t NO JUDICIARY RECALL
Will Score Provision in Message on
Admission Resolution.
AK FOR TARIFF SCHEDULES
Presidential Weapon Will Be Sharp
ened for Wool and Farmers
Free List Bills.

| Ine Statehood Dill as 1t passed the
1 Senate yesterday. and as it will prob
ably get out of conference, will be
vetoed with promptness by President
Taft.
The President has no idea of signing
the bill or letting 1t become law with
out his signature. He will land on /,
fashioned style. The country will not
misunderstood what he says or thinks
about the recall Of the judiciary. when
he gets through with his veto message
The Presidents determination to veto
the bill will not be stopped one minute
by the knowledge that the House and
Senate may pass the bill over his veto.
He will have expressed his views and
chown that he stands by his colors.
The probability today was that the
statehood bill would reach the White
House ahead of the wool bill and the
farmers free list bill. In that event
the first swing of the big veto ak will
be at the admission resolution. and
the weapon will then be sharpened for
the tariff bills.
| Passes Senate, SO to 16.
The Senate passed the House state
hood resolution by a vote of Sc to Is.
| and these figures were used today as
| a basis for speculation as to what that
| body would do as to overriding the
veto OF the President Representative
Flood, chairman Of the House commit
tee on territories. said there was no
doubt the House would have plenty OF
votes to pass the resolution over the
veto OF the President, but as to the
Senate he could not speak. Mr.. Flood
intimates that the resolution drawn
by his committee was largely at the
suggestion of the President, and he
seemed surprised at Information reach
| not approve the measure. Mr.. Flood
declared the attitude OF the demo-
Gratis tora veto from the White House
had not been determinsd, but would
be discussed and q conclusion reached
by the time veto was announced.
House would not accept anything like
the Nelson resolution II II embodies any
proposed new bill. Suggestion was made
today that the democrats, IL the present
bill was vetoed. might attempt to pass a
new bill carrying something, Of the Presi-
dents desire that Arizona be required to
eliminate the recall idea before being ad-
mitted to the Union. Mr.. Flood unhesi-
tatingly asserted that no such new bill
could go through the House., and was in
clined to believe that the statehood advo-
Gates in both Senate and House would un-
dertake to pass the bill over the White
House veto.
Republicans to Be Relied Upon.
The opinion was expressed by the state
hood people that an overriding of the
veto OF the President in this case would
be much easier to accomplish in both
bodies OF Congress than the same thing
on the wool or free list bills. In the lat
ter politics. plays an important part
throughout, and insurgent republicans, it
Is said. would not be inclined to be solid
against the President in what they might
do. AS to statehood, the questions in
volved are. while political, not OF the
same type Of politics.
II the Senate should follow its final
vote yesterday there would be an over
| whelming two-thirds against the Presi-
dent on statehood. it was said today. but
there fs much doubt whether regular re-
publican senators would stand by and see
veto mutilated even II compelled to
change their opinions. as expressed in
their final vote.
The President will not undertake to
| rally the regular republicans toward the
upholding OF his veto on statehood. He
does not consider 1t a party matter. and
therefore unnecessary for him to appeal
| to those supporting him and his policies
| in the Senate and House The veto will
| represent the opposition of the President
so frequently expressed, to recall of the
| judiciary
While the passage of the statehood
resolution was foregone conclusion, the
result Of the fight to eliminate the ju-
dicial recall feature Of the Arizona con-
| stitution was In doubt until late in the
afternoon The issue was taken on the
Nelson substitute which provided that
as a condition precedent to statehood the
people OF Arizona must vote that the re-
call shall not apply to judges. The sub
| stitute was defeated by vote Of rs to
o.
Fight waged All Day.
The fight over the judicial recall, how
ever. was waged from the time the Sen
ate met In the morning until 7:3O o'clock
| in the evening, when the vote was taken.
| The fight cannot be considered entirely
| as a triumph for the recall of the ju-
| dietary. for numerous senators during the
day declared their opposition to the prin-
/ ciple, but announced their belief that
| the people of Arizona should be allowed
| to settle the question for themselves
| One democrat - Senator O'Gorman of
New York-and two progressives-Sena-
/ tors Kenyon OF Iowa and Crawford of
Il
! their opposition to the judicial recall and
| voted for the adoption of the Nelson SUBJ
/ stitute Senators O'Gorman and Kenyon
! continued their opposition by voting
| against the adoption of the statehood
resolution: and Senator Bailey was the
| only other democrat. besides the New
| York senator, to shout mo- on the roll
| call on the main resolution, his opposition
being due to objections to the initiative,
referendum and recall as an entirety
The votes against the adoption Of the
/ main statehood resolution were cast by
| Senator's Bailey and O'Gorman, demo-
| Gratis, and Bradley. Brandegee, Briggs,
| Burnham. Crane, Curtis. Dillingham;,
/ Hepburn, Kenyon. Lippitt. Nelson, Oliver
i Penrose. Root. Smoot and Wetmore, re-
| publicans. All the other democrats. all
| of the insurgents except Senator Kenyon,
and many republican regulars voted for
i the resolution.
Two minor amendments were made by
4 the Senate to the House resolution Az
4 soon as they are accepted by the House,
|! al is generally expected. the resolution
| will 20 to the President. Upon his action
| much depends. And q veto might easily
i prolong tfe present session Of Congress.
| The main features OF the resolution
laereed to by both House and Senate pro-
| vide that the people OF Arizona shall
again vote on the judicial recall proyis-
ions OF its constitution. and that the peo-
/ ME OF New Mexico shall vote on a propo-
sition to make its constitution more easy