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Show KEARNS CORRECTS, VOTE AS RECORDED BY CLERK ON STATEHOOD MEASURE Shows Charge of Democrats That He Deserted Managers Man-agers of the Bill to Be Utterly False. BULLETIN. WASHINGTON", Feb. 8. When the Senate returned from the House, Mr. Bacon stated that the Kearns amendment attaching' that portion of Arizona north of the Colorado river to Utah was incorporated in the Statehood State-hood bill as it was prepared for transmission to the House. He asserted it should have been stricken out. Mr. Lodge said the matter could be corrected cor-rected only by a return of the bill. other Senators sitting near had heard as he did. On the other hand Mr. Foraker. sitting somewhat further away, received an opposite impression. He said that he had been keeping a tally and had distinctly dis-tinctly heard Mr. Kearns vote In. the affirmative. ' "It was a clear aye," he said, "and I found that other Senators sitting near me received the same impression." Other Senators sustaining Mr. Nelson's Nel-son's view were Messrs. Quarlea, Clapp, Klttredge, McComas. Scott and Dubois, while Messrs. Galllnger, Hansbrougn, Clay and Gorman stated that they haa heard the vote in the affirmative, and all expressed the conviction that the record of the clerks was justified. Mr. Gorman made the point that Mr. Kearns had allowed the opportunity afforded him yesterday to correct his vote to lapse and said that all the Senators Sen-ators sitting about him had understood Mr. Kearns to vote as recorded. Mr. Hale also took the view that Mr. Kearns should have made, his correction . , yesterday. He sald'that after tha roll-call roll-call the vote had been read aloud and that "It was inconceivable that every Senator did not watch the reading of the vote on a close ballot like that of yesterday to see that he was correctly recorded." With Mr. Hale's statement the Incident Inci-dent vaj allowed to drop. (Special to The Telegram.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 8. When the vote was made upon Senator Bard's amendment to the 8tatehood bill admitting admit-ting New Mexico as a separate State yesterday yes-terday evening. Senator Kearns voted against the measure. The clerk of the Senate recorded him as voting in the affirmative. af-firmative. The Senator's attention was called to the mistake, but he neglecit-d the opportunity oppor-tunity to correct his vote. His colleagues assured him it would be all right, when the vote was called upon a motion to concur con-cur In the amendment before the final passage of the bill. The mistake was promptly taken advantage advan-tage of by the Democrats, who charged that a deal had been made whereby the Senator was to desert the managers of the bill In order to force them to accept the amendment offered by him annexing the Arizona strip to Utah. This morning Senator Kearns arose to a. question 'of personal privilege and said: "Mr. President.' 1 rise to a question of personal. prUilay. In-tfaa ttrst vofe on the amendment by the Senator from California Cali-fornia (Mr. Bard) last evening I voted 'nay,' and I was numbered among those favoring the amendment. My colleagues called my attention to the error and 1 was on the point of correcting It. when it was suggested I could do so on the motion to concur In the amendment before the final passage of the bill, in case the amendment should be adopted. This, of course, I refused. re-fused. The seriousness of this matter did not Impress itself upon me until this morning, when I saw in the public press the statement that I had voted for the amendment In order that I might force the managers of the bill to accept my amendment eedlng the Arizona strip to Utah. This I deny In the most positive manner. Such a proceeding I would not countenance or be a party to. My word had been given the managers of the bill that I would suport heir measure, and I would not have played them false for the whole Territory of Arizona. If this be the proper time, Mr. President. I desire to have the record corrected as far as It relates re-lates to my vote upon the amendment of the Senator from California, in accordance accord-ance with this statement." Senators McComas. Clapp. Quarles, Scott. Kittridge. Nelson .Foster and Clark of Wyoming, who sit immediately around Senator Kearns. stated they distinctly heard him vote "no." Several other Senators said they understood un-derstood him to vote In the affirmative. Senator Dubois said while he understood the Senator to vote "aye," he was surprised, sur-prised, because the Senator had told him five minutes before the session that he was against the advocates of single Statehood State-hood for New Mexico and Arizona. KEARNS SUSTAINED BY THOSE WHO SAT NEAR WHEN VOTE WAS CAST. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Yesterday s contest found an early echo in the proceedings pro-ceedings of the Senate today in the shape of a personal explanation by Mr. Kearns of his vote on the admission of New Mexico as a separate State. Immediately after opening prayer Mr. Kearns took the floor and said: "I rise to a question of personal privilege. privi-lege. In the first vote on the amendment amend-ment of the Senator from California (Mr. Bard) last evening. I voted 'nay' in a distinct manner. It appears the clerk misunderstood me and I was numbered num-bered among those favoring the amendment. amend-ment. "My colleague called my attention to the error and I was on the point of correcting cor-recting it when It was suggested I could do so on the vote to concur in the amendment before the final passage of the bill. In case the amendment should be adopted. This course I pursued. "The seriousness of this matter did not impress Itself upon me until this morning, when I read in the public press the statement that I had voted for the amendment in order that I might force the managers of the bill to accept my "amendment ceding the Arizona strip to Utah. This I deny in the most positive manner. Such a proceeding I would not countenance nor be a party to. My word had been given the managers man-agers of the bill that I would support their measure, and I would not have played them false for the whole territory terri-tory of Arizona. "If this be the proper time, Mr. President. Presi-dent. I desire to have the record corrected cor-rected as far as it relates to my vote upon the amendment of the Senator from California In accordance with this statement." The statement had the effect of bringing bring-ing a number of Senators to their feet and to call out from them a number of statements as to their understanding of the Utah Senator's vote. The first of these was made by Mr. Nelson, who sits near Mr. Kearns In the Senate, who said: "I was sitting near the Senator from Utah when.be voted and heard him vote no distinctly." He added tha conviction that ail tha |