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tempt to adopt the House resolution APP
proving the constitution Of New Mexico.
Baked by Senator Owen.

Baked by Senator Owen.
Senator Owen baked action on the New
Mexican measure and Senator Root stood
in the way OF the apportionment bill.
Mr.. Root opposed the House bill be
cause it increased the House member
ship by forty-two. The bill was shunted
over to the next Congress.
| Senator Owen antagonized the statehood
| resolution on the plea that New Mexico
| should wait on Arizona. The Oklahoma
| senator assumed the floor when the reso
luton was taken up and announcing his
intention Of holding 1t until noon today
| II necessary to defeat action. His move
| was quite successful so far as the night
session was concerned. Nor was the tasL
onerous. So much other business of &
character demanding attention came III
| that he needed to speak only a few min
utes at any time to hold the floor.
| After adjourntng until 8 o'clock. soor
after which the tariff board bill was
passed. the Senate again recessed at 6
| o'clock until 10.
| When the Senate resumed its sitting
| at 10 O'Clock Senator Owen again took
the floor and again started his filibuster
against the approval Of the constitution
or New Mexico. He launched into what
promised to be an indeterminate speech
He yielded from time to time for the con-
duct or routine business
Refused to See President
At 1910 am. Senator Owen declared
that his position was inexorable: he
would yield only for the general deficiency
Dill; the other three-naval, post office
and sundry civil-would have to go over.
He refused to see the President in con-
ference about the Arizona constitution.
nave no faith IN PROMISES he was
quoted as saying.
Senator after senator appealed to Mr..
owen to stand aside for the appropria-
ton bills. but he seemed determined to
carry out his threat that several of the
pig supply bills should go over. He de-
ciared the present Congress. discredited
these bills into law.
senator Owen at the earnest solicitation
OF Vice President Sherman finally agreed
to yield suff1cient time for the adoption
deficiency bill. He said he would con-
tlnue to oppose considera ton of the con-
ference reports on the naval. sundry civil
and post office bills, which would mean
mat tnese measures will be shaped anew
by democratic House.
Vice President Is Busy.
Following the concession as to the de-
ficiency bill, the Vice President appealed
further to Mr.. Owen. and made hurried
trips from the senator's desk to the room
where President Taft was closeted with
his cabinet.
This was the first time in the closing
room had not been open The closed and
strongly guarded doors lent a new inter-
est to the situation.
AT IL o'clock an effort was made to ap-
pease Senator Owen by providing that
the constitutions of both New Mexico ana
arlzona be approved Jointly. Senator
owen said he would have to be assured
mat such resolution would mass the
Rouse before he would consent to the
sundry civil appropriation bill soinx
through the Senate. Senator Heyburn
ended the attempt at such an agreement
ny fat-footed objection. Owen resumed
A still further attempt was made to
Iaiied Senator Owen suggested that If
time did not remain to pass and eneross
the appropriation bills the Senate clocks
might De turned back a few hours. Sem
tIn U, maze OBJECTED and Mr.. Owen con-
tinued' He was appealed to by demo-
cratic senators as we'll as republicans,
Yields to Moneys Plea.
when Senator Money. the democratic
leaoer' appealed to Mr.. Owen at 1l:US
oeOck' the latter said he would Weld
'he moor Tor final action on all the ammo.
p'.a.ioh oilIs, except the sundry civil.
oot ne would insist on holding I'D that hill
until New Mexico and Arizona co,,ld no
recognized jointly.
~, Har. owen said he did not propose that
Two republican senators shonld come -,
ntE,n New Mexico unless they could be
senatnrs t.e same time by two democratic
AZ I:O am. Senator Owen proposea
lhe senate vote on Arizona and New
MeAico JOINTLY, agreeing whatever the
iectin, % Il ehe vote to make no further OBJ
agreed to and the resolution amen%aS
So as 20 cover Arizona was read.
AT 1880 the Senate clock hands ,,.ro
set back to Loo
bills. threatened by Senator over ~
tphlahoma, gave way at 11:25 am. when
ne agreed to yield the floor If the Senate
"ouia agree to vote on a proposition to
couple Arizona with New Mexico in a
resolution finally admitting them to the
Union as states. ''0
Coupled Resolution Defeated.
This coupling was agreed to. but the
resolution as thus amended was defeat
ed. ayes. 80; noes, As.
The parliamentary situation was much
tangled. 1t developed, however, that in
voting to defeat the coupling of Arizona
with New Mexico the Senate had defeat
ed the ratification of the New Mexico
constitution as we'll
1t was asserted later at the Capitol that
this does not mean that New Mexico can
not be admitted by action of the Presi-
dent. 1t was stated that the approval
or the constitution was but an empty
form at best and was not actually re-
CURED by the enabling act.
Mr.. Owen based his fight on the as
sumption that President Taft might dis
approve the Arizona constitution because
especially of the provision for the re
CALI of judicial officers
By vote of A to 81 the Senate took
up the Sulloway general pension bill.
which would increase the pension rolls
about $50,O0OOO0 a year 1t has already
passed the House.
Lodge Starts a Filibuster.
The Vice President ruled that the pend
ing question was the amendment of Sena-
tor McCumber, which would increase the
pension roll only about $S,5oO0OO. Sena-
tor Lodge took the floor in opposition to
any general pension legislation.
Senator Lodge demanded the reading of
the report on the Sulloway pension bill.
and it becoming evident to Mr.. Scott that
the purpose was to flibuSter the bill
to death, he withdrew it.
Senator Overman (democraD of North
Carolina said he wanted the record
to show that the republicans had
turned the clock back half an hour.
The Senate adjourned at 1920 o'clock,
and Immediately after adjournment the
President went into conference with