The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-24
People Of New Mexico and Arizona
Grateful to the D, mocrats
WILL VOTE WITH THEM
to Washington Indicate
That the People Of These Two Ter
ritories Are Pleased That the
States Were Created Even at the
Expense Of the Recall.

A special dispatch from Washing
ton to The State says it is the opin-
ion Of MIR. Flood, chairman Of the
house committee on territories, that
both arizona and New Mexico will be
solidly Democratic. The resolution
as signed by the President Is identi-
cal in every particular with the Flood
resolution which passed the house
May % and the senate August 8, and
was vetoed by the president August
Is, except, in accordance with the
views of the presidents veto mes
sage, it requires the people of Arizo-
ma to eliminate the recall Of the jul
dietary from their constitution be-
fore that territory can be admitted as
State.
The passage of this resolution is
triumph for Mr.. Flood, as there was
considerable opposition on the DEM
ocratic side of the house 10 yield
ing to the president in any particular
in reference to it. The original Flood
resolution was regarded as absolute
ly fair to both States
1t proposed changes in both the
New Mexico and Arizona constitu-
tions but submitted these changes to-
the people of the respective terrific
ries at the election which are to be-
held for the elecion of county and
State officers and members Of con-
gress; In other words, the people
were allowedSto vote as their convic-
tions dictated upon these questions
without reference to its effect upon
Stathood. Mr.. Taft's veto requires
the people of Arizona to vote in
particular way. They could get
Statehood If they voted for an amend
ment to their constitution, which met
those views; if they did not they
were denied statehood.
Mr.. Flood and his committee took
the position that while the action OF
the president was arbitrary, the In
terests of the territories demanded
that under existing conditions they
yield to the president and get the
Statehood resolution passed. This
was done after warm discussion in
the house Saturday, and today the
president signed the resolution. AS
indicative of the sentiment in Arizc-
ma upon this question, Speaker Clark
received the following telegram:
"The Democratic party Of Arizona
is eternally grateful for the. states
manlike action of the Democrats OF
house and senate in passing the Flood
resolution. The responsibility for null
lifying it is now on the president
alone We now earnestly beg you II
the bill can not pass both houses ov-
er his veto to amend the Flood reso-'
luton in the single particular OF
making the elimination of the judic"
iary recall mandatory and pass It
again before the special session ends.
The presidents action, following the
stand the Democrats took for Arizo-
ma relieves the Democratic party OF
any responsibility for the coercion,
and Arizona will 90 overwhelmingly
Democratic. The people OF Arizona
and the Democratic party earnestly
petition you thus to give us State
| hood.
(Signed) 81. P. Dillon, Chairman
Territorial Democratic Central
Comittee; attests: j H. Robin
son, Secretary"
Mr. Flood said:
"a good many Arizona and New
Mexico people have been here and
they assert that the fight made by
the Democrats upon the statehood
bill will insure both of these new
States to the Democratic party. Ar
izona is certainly Democratic, and
every indication now is that Ne"
Mexico will go also the same way.
Indeed, it was through the attitude
of the Republicans in endeavoring
to prevent Statehood was due to the
fact that they realized that both OF
these states would elect Democratic
electors in 1912.