Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-08
STILL DEBATING
Grosvenor Opposed the
Statehood Bill.
Against New Mexico and
Arizona.
Pertinent Questions Asked by a Num-
Pertinent Questions Asked by a Num-
Der of Members.
DELEGATE SMITH REPLIED.

q Washington, May S.-The house
q today continued consideration of
q the omnibus statehood bill, and
q debate closed today at 3 o'clock.
q Mr.. Moon, of Tennessee, the
q ranking minority member of the
4 committee on territories, earn
q estly urged the passage of the
q bill, arguing the admission of the
. three territories to statehood
q would be only an act of simple
o justice to the people residing
q therein. The constitutional right
q to admission, he contended, exist
q ed in each case.
. Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, opposed
= the measure. He said the weak
{, point in the bill was that it was
. an omnibus measure. The fifteen
. claims of each territory to admis-
q sion. he argued, should be consid-
o cred separately. In effect this was
. log-rolling proposition. When
u the gentleman from Massachu-
q sets, Mr.. Knox, said it was not a
q political measure, he declared. he
. q was contradicting all facts of his
% tory.
- did not the republican plat
q form of 1900 declare in favor of
q the admission of the territories?"
q asked Mr.. Stephens, of Texas.
q "Yes." replied Mr.. Grosvenor,
q but l venture to say hardly
q score of men on the floor of the
= Philadelphia convention knew
. Mr.. Quigg had smuggled it into
q the platform"
q WAS it smuggled into the plat
q form of 1867" asked Mr.. Knox.
q 81 will come to that" respond
q ed Mr.. Grosvenor. Mr.. Grosvenor
q avowed he had voted for the ad-
q mission of the Dakotas for the
q same reason the democrats had
q opposed it-because 1t would
q strengthen the republican party.
q "Why does the gentleman as
q sumo the three territories would
. make democratic states?' asked
. Mr.. Thayer, of Massachusetts,.
(, Are not two of the three dele
{, gates republican and would not
q their admission place four repub-
. licans in the senate?"
q 1.-The gentleman is democrat"
q replied Mr.. Grosvenor. Does he
q Oaughter)
q THE people of the district are
q pretty we'll content" returned
. Mr.. Thayer.
= Then they are easily satis-
= fed" (Renewed laughter).
q Mr. Grosvenor said he would
q vote for the admission of Okla
q homa. although he thought she
y would elect two democratic sena-
. tors and two democratic repre-
. sentatives. but he was not willing
q to admit New Mexico and Arizona
= which he thought were not yet
q fitted for statehood. If the pend
q ing bill became a law. it would
q admit six senators to legislative
q body of 80 and only four represen-
q tatives to body of 1856. Should
. New Mexico and Arizona, he
{, asked, be given power in the SEN
{, ate equal to that of New York or
. Pennsylvania?
. At the conclusion of Mr.. Gros-
Qsvenor's remarks, the bill was tenn
q porarily laid aside to permit Mr..
. Dayton, of West Virginia, TO ask
y unanimous consent TO offer a res
q olution relative to the death of
. Rear Admiral Sampson and pro-
. viding a committee of seven mem
. bers be appointed to join a COM
y mittee, appointed on the part of
. the senate, to attend the funeral
. of the deceased. There was no
. objection and the resolution was
. unanimously passed.
. The debate on the statehood
. bill was then resumed. Mr.. Smith.
. delegate from Arizona; replied to
. Mr.. Grosvenor. who, he said, pre-
. served his consistency by being
{, always wrong" Mr.. Smith spoke
y of the growth and population of
. the territory.
q