Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-07
VOTE TUESDAY
OR WEDNESDAY
Senators Unloading All Their
Ideas on Recall and
Arizona
NELSON BILL WILL CARRY.
Number of Old Line Democrats
Will Declare In Favor
of 1t.
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ToDAY9iN CONGRESS. X

~ ToOAY2iN CONGRESS-.
is Senate met at 10 a. m.
s Debate begun and vote sched-
= uled on Arizona-New Mexico
is statehood during this "legisla-
y lative' day which permits ex-
y tension of consideration a day
y or more if necessary.
$ Poindexter, of Washington,
s defended the initiative. refer
\ endum and recall features of
= the Arizona constitution.
is Lorimer election committee
A heard testimony of former
is State Representative Becke-
= meyer, who admitted telling
5 various falsehoods in connec-
is ton with the case.
s No agreement reported by
is Congress on wool and free list
is revisions.
is Cotton mill owners from
is Carolinas failed to arrive for
: finance committee hearing on
= cotton bill but expected to-
x morrow.
= The northern manufacturers
= eyince no interest.
y Senator Borah spoke against
= the judiciary recall in the
s statehood bill debate.
\ Senator Root of New York,
= favored the Nelson amendment
s to the statehood bill requir-
y ing Arizona to strike out the
N Judiciary recall.
s House met at noon.
X Miscellaneous business.
= State department expendit-
y ures investigating committee
= examined former Assistant Sec
= retary of State Loomis regard
= ing departments secret funds
= but without practical results.
s Solicitor McCabe, of the Agri-
s cultural department, was sub
s jected to cross examination in
= the Wiley-Remsen hearing.
= Berger of Wisconsin, Social
= ist, spoke in advocacy of old
s age pensions.
s.. Party leaders Informally fig
s ured on adjournment between
= August Is and 10.
= A letter from Fish Commits
y sioner Bowers assailing Repre-
y sentative Townsend of New
= Jersey for alleged furthering of
= fictitious" charges regarding
y seal slaughter, read before the
= House investigating committee.
s Adjourned at $40 p. m. un-
s til noon tomorrow, to permit
: members to attend a baseball
s game between the Republican
s and Democratic members of
= the House.
s s s s s s s s s s s s X s >e
Washington, D. c., Aug. TT
joint resolution providing for the a
of Arizona and New Mexi,
as states of the Union under the e
abling act of last Congress was take
up Immediately after the Senate M
at 10 o'clock today.
Senator Nelson of the Committee {
Territories, promptly offered his su
stitute for the House measure. tt
substitute was framed to meet I'll
wishes of the President and it ha
been stated that it has received I'll
endorsement of a sufficient number ,
members to insure its passage. I'll
President has taken determined p
sition against the inclusion of Judge
n the recall provision OF the Arizon
The Nelson substftu,
requires the electors Of Arizona
vote that provision OF the documer
Is "a fundamental condition" of a,
The House resolution merely pr
1ides for the re-submission of this fe,
lure to the people. The Nelson sui
,titute also differs from the Hous
resolution in that It makes no r,
luirement that the people of Ne,
Mexico shall provide an easier way {
the constitution,
In behalf of the Nelson provisio
'egarding Arizona judges, it was a
sued that If the people Of that teri
.ory SO desired, they can re-enact
through their legislature any time a
! statute. The debate today prom
sed to be a lengthy one.
The agreement for vote today
or the Legislative" and not the ca
,ndar day, which means that by N
,essing each evening the Senate ca
AIRY the discussion through severa
'alendar days.
Senator Poindexter of Washington
poke In defense Of the initiative, rel
'nendum, and recall features OF tn
arizona constitution.
"All these arguments against thi
constitution" he said, resolve them
elves into this proposition, that th
'eople Of the state are given to-
much power"
He contended that the people coul.
,e trusted with full power. He dc
Jared it was "a travesty on self gov
,rnment to try to compel the peopf