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Show SUTHERLAND Ofi SHOOT CASE Thinks Senator Will Hold Scat. Nothing Definite as to Vote Being Taken This Session. , Considers Enabling Act Not Binding on Sovereign Statci Regrets i Arizona's Plight. 1 - Senator-elect George Sutherland returned re-turned yesterday morning from "Washington "Washing-ton and Is arranging his affairs to permit of his return to tho capital on February Febru-ary 25. Senator Sutherland. In nn interview, stated that ho believed the report that the caso of Senator Smoot would not be considered further at the present session ses-sion is only one of the rumors which have been In circulation since tho first hearing hear-ing In his opinion. It Is not known definitely defi-nitely whether tho Senate will vote on tho matter at this session or not. Concensus of Opinion. "Tho general opinion In regard lo tho result of the Investigation," said Mr. Sutherland, "Is that Senator Smoot will re-taln hla seat. I think the consensus of opinion In "Washington Is that there will not bo enough votes to unseat him under the rules." West Should Favor Statehood. In regnrd to the Statehood bill tho Senator-elect expressed himself as being disappointed dis-appointed that Arizona is not included. "I believe,"' ho said, "that every Western West-ern man should favor Statehood for "Western "West-ern territory and freedom from Territorial Territo-rial government. It Is better, however, than the admission of New Mexico nnd Arizona ns a single State I do not believe be-lieve that this would havo been at all satisfactory to the majority of tho peoplo peo-plo living In the two Territories It Is different In the case of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, both of which Territories Territo-ries havo long had common Interests." About Enabling Acts. In answer to a question as to whether he considered Congress had the power to legislate for a new Stato before Its admission, ad-mission, as In the caso of Oklahoma, where tho enabling net will forbid the sale of liquor in the State for twenty-one twenty-one years. Senator Sutherland replied that Congress had the power to placo any provision in the enabling net that It dctlrcd, "But It seems to me," he said, "that after the Territory has been admitted ad-mitted ns a State, It, ns a sovereign power, cculd alter Its Constitution so as to render ren-der this proviso of the enabling act Inoperative. In-operative. I believe that tho Federal Government Gov-ernment would be powerless to prevent this." |