The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
NEW STARS FOR FLAG
OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO AND ARR
IONA TO BE ADMITTED.
DEMOCRATS ARE FAVORABLE.
REPUBLICANS ARE DUBIOUS, BUT
ARE NOT UNITED.

The Territories Named Not Yet Fit
ted for Statehood, Say Republic
cans, but Many Western Members
Favor AdmissiOn-RepubI Sem
atOrs Will Do Some of the Talking
on the Philippine Subject This
Week, and Some Lively Clashes
May BE Expected.
Washington, May 4.-The principal
feature of the programme in the
House this week will be the bill to
place three new stars in the American
flag. The omnibus bill for the admis-
sion of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona to statehood will be called up
on Tuesday. The friends of the bill
do not desire protracted debate on it
and will try to secure a vote on that
day. There is considerable opposition
to the bill on the Republican side on
the ground that the territories are not
yet fitted for statehood, but the
friends of the bill entertain no doubt
of its passage The Democrats in
caucus agreed to give it their united
support and at least sixty Republican
votes are counted on. Tomorrow is
District of Columbia day. After the
statehood bill is disposed of war claims
will be given attention, and then the
naval appropriation bill will be taken
up.
Three important measures of gem
eral legislation-the Hill financial bill
terminating the coinage of silver dol
lars, the Ray anti-anarchy bill and
the Shattuc bill codifying and extend
ing the immigration laws-are to be
taken up whenever opportunity occurs,
the Rules Committee having decided
Saturday that these measures should
have early attention. No time
is set for them, but the de-
cision of the Rules Committee
will bring them forward whenever
appropriation bills and special orders
are lacking.
Senator Lodge Will Speak.
Washington, May 4-Republican SEN
ators will this week relieve the Dem
ocrats of the necessity of supplying all
the speakers in the Senate on the
Philippine government bill. The
events last week caused them to de-
eide to take part in the debate and
they will lead off when the bill shall
be laid before the Senate at o'clock
tomorrow. Senator Lodge, chairman
of the Committee on the Philippines
will open for them with a set speech
in support of the administration s
policy with incidental reference to
Maj. Gardeners report and other spe-
cial phases of the Philippine question.
Other Republican senators who have
indicated a purpose to address the
Senate on the pending question are
Messrs. Foraker, Spooner. Burton,
McComas and Platt of Con-
necticut. There will probably
also be other Republican speak
ers. The Democratic members
OF the committee on the Philippines
have no fixed plans except to have the
debate on the bill continue for the
present. They decline to estimate the
time necessary to conclude considera-
ton of the bill.
Other measures which will receive
attention during the week are the sun
dry civil appropriation bill and the bill
providing for the opening to settlement
of the Rosebud Indian reservation in
South Dakota. The reservation ques-
ton has priority of claim to consider
alton in the morning hour of each day,
and the appropriation bill will be used
to "f1ll in" when no one is prepared
to speak on either that bill or the Phil
ippine bill. The resolution providing
for the recall of Maj. Gardener lost its
position of advantage Saturday, and is
now on the calendar, but the chances
are that it will be revived and that it
will receive further attention.