Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-10
Willing for Congress to Decide
Statehood Question Alone.
MAY GIVE UP RIGHT TO VETO
Members of House Territories Com.
mittee Consult Him.
FEDERAL POSITION SOUGHT
Candidates Pressed for Prospective
Vacancy In Office Of Baltimore
immigration Commissioner.

Arizona democrats. knowing the objec-
tons of President Taft to certain pro-
visions of the constitution adopted by the
constitutional convention Of that terri
tory some time ago. are trying to get
through Congress an amendment to the
enabling act admitting New Mexico and
Arizona relieving the President of the
duty Of approving or disappearing the
constitution. This would put up to Con-
gress the whole question of admission
The President does not believe in the pro-
vision of the Arizona constitution allow
ing the recall Of judges. but it is doubtful
if he would stand in the way Of the adj
mission of Arizona to statehood If Con-
gress wanted the recall provision to go
through.
Representative Flood Of Virginia,
chairman of the House committee on
territories. and Representative Houston
of the same committee. called on the
President today to discuss with him the
question of statehood. They wanted to
relieved of the duty of approving or
disappearing the constitutions of the
two new states.
President Taft told his democratic CALL
ers that he would not object to having
the entire responsibility for admission
given to Congress and would not object
to d repeating clause. 1t is proposed to
pass joint resolution amending the
enabling act, as follows: And that por-
ton of section % of said act which re-
auires the affirmative approval by the
President Of said constitution is hereby
repealed"
Candidates for Baltimore Position.
Louis Weis. immigration commissioner
at Baltimore, is to resign his position in
few days, and delegations have already
begun to call at the White House in be-
half of candidates who want to succeed
him.
Two delegations appeared at the execu-
tive office today. One advocated the NOM
ination Of Percy G. Henninghausen, for
mer commissioner of immigration at Bal
Stump, the present assistant commits
sioner. The Henninghausen delegation
consisted of DIR. George Schro1l, James
r. Mcclellan. Martin Meyerdirck and
consisted of Gen. Larawson Riggs. Henry
Hilken and DR.. Julius Hoffman.
Many Visitors See President.
This afternoon President Taft shook
hands with forty Baptist ministers Of
altimore. He also greeted eighty school
girls of Adelphi College, Brooklyn; a
party of high school pupils from New
Bedford. Mass, accompanied by Repre-
sentative Greene, and a party from the
academy at Fryeburg, Me-, accompanied
by Senator Frye.
Field Mass for Spanish War Dead.
Edward L. Cogan, Mrs. Ida NJ. Gallo
way and Maj. F. s. Hodgson of the COM
mittee for the celebration, Of field mass
for the dead Of the Spanish war, to be
held on the Monument grounds May q
called on President Taft today to invite
him to be present. The President said
that he would give an answer later in
the day. He hoped that he might at
tend.
Two new United States Senators-Reed
of Missouri and Myer of Montana, q
former Missouri man-were introduced to
the President by Senator Stone.
The President shook hands with ex-
Judge George E. Reynolds of Brooklyn,
who recently celebrated his ninetieth
birthday. The President wrote to Judge
Reynolds at the time, congratulating him.