Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-20
DEMOCRATS STAB
STATEHOOD AGAIN
Serve Ultimatum on Senate
in Which Territories
Are Left Out
new MEXICO IS BLAMED
For Keeping House in Session
When Statesmen Wanted to
Take Holiday.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Washington, D. c., May 20.-What
is practically an ultimatum was
served on the Senate today by the
Democratic leaders of the House that
there must be a vote in the Senate at
this session on Canadian reciprocity,
or the Farmers free bill, and on the
revised wool tariff Provided these
terms are met, the House will agree
to recess from July l to October 1.
Otherwise the Senate will be held
In continuous session throughout the
Dog days. by the House refusing to
ADJOURN.
Recall Might Have Saved Rome.
Washington, d. c., May 20.-Ex-
pectations of the members of the
House whose names are within reach
OF Washington that they might spend
the week end with their families were
rudely shattered when it was decid
ed that there should be a session to-
| day. 1t was the first Saturday ses-
sion in many weeks and the statehood
resolution to admit Arizona and New
+; Mexico was the only business on the
calendar. The measure will be con-
stantly before the House until Tues
| day night when it VII. be called up
| for passage. The Senate was not in
session today.
All the arguments made against
the recall OF judges by popular vote
could be made with equal force
! against the proposal to elect judges
at popular elections, said Representa-
tive Hardy of Texas in the House to-
day in support of the Arizona New
Mexico statehood resolution. Mr..
Hardy declared that Rome had the
| recall up to the time Caesar had re-
fused to be recalled from beyond the
Alps and from that moment Rome
lost her former liberty.
| Defenders Of New Mexico.
Special to the New Mexican
Washington. D. c., May 20.-Repre-
sentative Mann, Republican of Illinois.
! made two hours legal and logical
speech on the rights, powers and priv
| i!eges of the United States, states, ter
ritories, Congress, and of Congress ov-
er the territories. He said he was
opposed to the recall of judges at any
time, place or occasion. The judges
| should be free, independent, honest.
AT the close of his remarks he re-
ceived hearty applause from both sides
| OF the house. Olmstead, Republican,
| is now making the best legal and
constitutional speech of the whole
statehood fight. He said that after a
careful examination of the New Mexi-
GU constitution with those of other
| states, 1t Is one OF the best in the union
and the taxation provisions, and the
! corporation commission are the best
in the Union, that onslaughts and bit
ter attacks against the New Mexico
constitution are absolutely unfounded
and unwarranted. New Mexico is
gaining many friends on both sides
of the house.
| Reduction in Wool Tariff.
| Washington, May 20.-Democratic
advocates of free raw wool have COM
pletely surrendered, it was declared
when the house, ways and means com
mittee today continued the work of
revising the tariff on wool.
Members of the committee, who had
been fighting against Chairman I'm.
derwood and Speaker Clark to place
raw wool on the free list were said
to have agreed to the retention of a
reduced duty
Though the exact rates to be assess
ed on raw wool and manufactured ar
ticles have not been disclosed, the
tentative bill to be submitted to the
Democratic caucus probably would be
a fiat revenue measure with raw WOO
cut about fifty per cent or more and
the manufactured articles reduced
from fifty to sixty per cent, depend
ent on the decision of the committee
as to how low the figure can go with
out seriously impairing the revenues.
| A lively discussion of the bill is ex
ipected in the Democratic caucus.