The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-15
TAFT VE7OES
THE STATEHOOD
MEASURE TODAY
SENT LENGTHY MEASURE TO
CONGRESS HIS REASONS FOR
OPPOSING RESOLUTION.
ARIZONA CONSTITUTION CAUSE
President Disapproves the Recall Of
Judges. Says Under Such a Law
y judges Would Make Decisions Gun
tder LegaIzed Terrorism"
ARIZONA CONSTITUTION CAUSE
by Associated Press.)

washington, Aug. 15.-PreSident !
Taft, in a special message to the House !
today vetoed the joint resolution pro-
yiding for the admission of New Mex !
leo and Arizona to statehood The
President says his reasons are based
on his thorough disapproval of the re-
call of judges clause in the Arizona
constitution. The New Mexico state
hood being bound up in that of Ari-
Zona was meted out to the same fate
and neither territory can come in un-
less friends if the joint resolution can
muster the necessary two thirds vote
to pass it over the veto. President
Taft didn't spare words in condemn
ing the recall for judiciary, which he
said would compel them to make de-
cisions- under legalized terrorism"
Date For Adjournment.
Democratic Leader Underwood, of
the House today picked Wednesday,
August 90, as the probable date of
adjournment of the extra session of
Congress. He said it appeared prac-
tically certain that action will not be
taken on the cotton bill.
"At the end of this week this Sc
sion of Congress will collapse. After
the wool bill is vetoed there will be no
Congress because the members are
determined to go home" Thus said
Henry Cabot Lodge, the real head of
regular Republicanism in the Senate,
this afternoon when asked as to reyis-
ion beyond what has passed already
the House and Senate.
at will he at least the first Of Sep
tember before We can think of going
home, said Albert Cummins, one OF
the heads of insurgent Republican,
ism.
The pertinency of the question OF
adjournment is to be found in the fact
that II the session is prolonged the
insurgeut and Bryan clamor for fWth
er revision will force just what
Messrs. Cummins and Bryan want.
! With shade more than two
Thirds vote the House this afternoon
carried out the Underwood program
with regard to the wool bill. Senato
TaFollette. the chairman of the Sen
ate conferees. expected to report th'
l,A
the dav was over. In fact, early II
fhe dav he told mis- colleagues h
would do that. but the House did no
get through with the papers until 81
late in the afternoon that the WIS
consin leader announced that h
would not present the report durih
the absence of so many Senators.
Vote is 2o6 to 90.
The vote whereby the House az
cepted the Observation-Disclosures con
nromise was 2O6 to 90, with answer
ing present. Had the question bee
on passing the bill over the Pres
dents veto the necessary two-thlro
would have been had with a margl
of two votes to spare because TN
eirbt answering present would nav
IN be counted in.
The chance of a two-thirds major
i,. over veto is so small as to De III
worth talking about. although thel
are many regular Representative
who would like to punish their
snrpent colleagues by remaining ava
and allowing the bill to become a Ia
over the Presidents veto.
MIR Underwood, in closing the aIs
p mon, on the bill, said that it wouio,
4 -a,,ted relieve the user OF "ooi'
's,+ ,otnine Of 40 per cent of the tax
CIV navs He hoped. therefore, u
' nYosidont would be patriot enough
~ e The expression OF no
S'sn ad tnmulous applause