Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-09
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Delegate CatrOn Reports Statehood
Bill to the House just on Eve
Of Adjournment.
DREW OUT A MALIGN MINORITY REPORT
Speaker Reed Was Obliged to Count
a Quorum and Invoke Tucker Rule
in Order to Unseat an Ala
bama Democrat.

Washington, June 9.-Delegate Catron,
of New Mexico, has reported to the house,
from the territories committee, bill for
the admission of that territory to the
Union. Accompanying the bill is long
report submitting the reasons why New
Mexico should be admitted.
The report reviews the financial con-
dition of the territory; speaks of its re-
sources, based on the figures of the last
censns; assumes that its population is not
less than 100000, and recalls that, as far
back as the 43d congress-, bill for the
admission of New Mexico passed both
houses. The senate, however, made
amendments and the bill reached the
house too late in the session to secure
action.
The report declares that the people
desire statehood and that the territory
has persistently demanded it; says that
the passage of the bill is urged by both
political parties in the territory; urges
that there appears to be no reason why
congress should longer delay admission.
UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Under most adverse circumstances,
objected to the incursions of hostile In
dians until comparatively recent date,
and with foreign capital forbidden to in
vest in real property in the territory, the
territory, continues the report, has shown
to the world capacity to progress, and
has advanced much faster than the aver
age ratio of progress in the United States
in every material particular since annexa-
tion.
1t is confidently submitted that New
Mexico has resources sufficient to guar
antee stable and substantial state.
Five members of the committee have
united in a minority report opposed to
the passage of the bill.
The minority report says: "The spe-
cific OBJ lection to this bill is that it pro-
vides for the election of member of
congress, state officers and legislature,
which shall elect two United States sena-
tors, before the adoption Of constitu-
tion, the organization of a state govern
ment, and the determination of the rights
of citizenship and suffrage under their
organic law.
The growth of population in New Mex
leo has not been, in the minority's opin-
ion, such as to give promise Of any great
increase in the future. The report also
asserts that if the
POWER OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT
were removed, it is almost certain that
the territory would invite the lawless and
the depraved and that it would be an
impossibility to execute the laws. And,
when it is further considered that the
people themselves are not homogeneous,
but are made up of Mexicans, Indians,
half breeds and the balance Americans,
in about equal proportion, the report
they would make or seek to make wise
laws and would or could enforce them if
they were made."
The minority also says that undoubt-
edly the events of the past few years
have called the attention of the American
people to the senate and to the repre-
sentation in that body of states irrespec-
tive of their populations. Any step
which adds to the membership of that
body, so influential in legislation, it de-
clares, should be taken with the greatest
care and deliberation.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TO-DAY.
Wnen the mouse recOnVened Gnl5 morn
ing the legislative day of Saturday was
still in existence. There was fair at
tendance of Republicans, but less than
half dozen of the minority we're on the
floor.
Mr.. McMlllin, of Tennessee, in explana-
tion of the absence Of members on his
side of the house, said that the Democrats
did not consider it their duty to attend
the closing hours of the session to help
furnish quorum for the purpose of un-
seating another Democrat.
The pending question was the motion
to lay on the table the motion to recon-
slider the vote by which the house decided
to consider the election case of Aldrich
vs.. Underwood.
The vote resulted 50 to 81; 16 declining
to vote. This made total of 145 pres
ent, 81 less than quorum.
In order to break the deadlock, a call
of the house was ordered. The doors
we're closed and the sergeant-at-arms was
directed to bring 10 absentees.
TUCKER RULE INVOKED.
The Tucker rule, adopted at the begin
ming of the session, was invoked for the