The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-03-11

washington, -. -, March o.
Amid the widest seems ever enact
cd in recent years on the floor of the
the senate, New Mexico's immedi-
ate hope for statehood was strang-
led by the hlibustering tactics of
Senator Owen, OF Oklahoma. All
through Friday night the New Mex
leo matter formed the real basis
for the obstructive tactics for Mr..
Owen. He held the Tariff Board
proposition in the balance so long,
that it finally lost out when it got
back to the House. The great
government appropriation bills al
so hung in the balance until Mr..
Owen had secured a rider to the
House Joint resolution admitting
New Mexico by which Arizona was
included. In view of the fact that
Arizona had not complied with the
enabling act in an official way, the
Senate was compelled to submit
to the dictation of the belligerent
Senator from Oklahoma, and he
held the floor until Just before the
expiratian OF the session, compel
lingCPresident Taft to give him a
promise that there would be an ex-
ira session OF Congress. When
this assurance had been received
there was hardly time enough left
to complete the appropriation bills
and they were hustled through.
Mr.. Owens however succeeded in
a vote upon the proposition to APP
prove the action of both the Terri
tories, and suffered defeat by vote
of As to 80.
4 Delegate Andrews led the 6ght
all the way through, and would
won out had it not been for the un-
expected attitude of the belligerent
Owen, who afterwards explained
that he had not previously conhd'
ed his intentions to anyone, anc
that his flibuster was of his own,
conception, and made independent
of any OF his colleagues in the Sen
ate. Mr.. Andrews pointed out af
ter the battle was over, that be
yond the fact that there has ensu
ed delay, that the position o
New Mexico is in no way effected
the enabling act being verv cleal
IN reference to the matter. The
extra session will be here in les:
than month, and with the obstacl,
OF a time-limit removed Congress
will take the matter up without de
lay, and give to the people OF New
Mexico their rights, Independent
OF what may be the fate OF the Arr
zona mix.up. The vote in the Sen
ate would, however, indicate tina
Arizona is in rather a bad way, bu
this tact will have no bearing upoI
New Mexico's chances for earll
success. Itis stated that the ap
proval OF the senate is in no way
required, and many Senators wer'
OF the opinion that the President will
make further Congressional actor
unnecessary.
Undoubtedly the principal reasol
ior coupling the two Territories IL
the hlibustering tactis OF Senate
Owen was not one OF principl
so much as politics. New Mexic'
is admittedly Republican while th
general impression in washington
is that Arizona is Democratic, an
the close margin existing betwee
the two parties in the Senate yer
likely instigated the attempt t
force Arizona in, so that the tw
Republican Senators from Ne
Mexico would be offset by tw
Democratic members from Arizoni
But however this may be there
no question but what New Mexic
is almost a state as this leaves I'll
4 national capital, and whether Il
finishing touches will be put on th
matter by the President or by Coz
4 gress is matter only OF time.
4 Attorney General Wickersha
Z holds that the extra session