Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-27
WESTERN MATTERS
IN CONGRESS
A More Detailed Statement Of the State
hood Situation in the Senate After the
Fight on Wednesday by Senator
Quay for Report on the Bill.
DELEGATE 3. S. RODEY AND SENATOR
". Il. ANDREWS WILL RETURN S00H

Washington dispatches to theDenve
papers say:
Senator Quay's fight for the omnibus
statehood measure was brought to al
unexpected close by the capitulation o
the opposition and their agreement tt
have the bill reported on the third day
of the session next December ant
brought up for consideration on the
tenth day.
1t of course cannot be expected tina
the opponents Of the sta %iood bill
have laid down heir arms and will Of
fer no further opposition to statehood
for the three territories, Arizona, Okla
honia and New Mexico The territor-
ial delegates from these places claim
there are at least 54 senator's who
would vote for the omnibus bill a.
present before the committee. but this
bill will not be reported from the COM
mittee before battle has been fought
Some of the members of the commit
tee are inclined to favor the admission
of one or two of the territories, but not
all three of them, and they desire,
therefore, to amend the measure IN
committee. This they will have an op-
portunity to attempt.
Senator Bate said the Democrats ac-
cepted the program only because 1T had
become apparent that action could moi
be secured at the present session. He
said the Democratic side of the senate
was solid in it's support of the bill for
the admission of all three of the terri
tories-Oklahoma New Mexico ana
Arizona.
The other members say it does not
follow from Wednesdays agreement
that the omnibus statehood bill Will
become the unfinished business on De-
cember 10 next. They make the point
that the agreement provides for re-
port by the committee on territories to
precede the consideration of the Dill,
and that whatsoever bill may be re-
ported will become the unfinished busf-
ness.
That may or may not be an omnibus
bill and it is evident that the present
desire of the majority of the commit
tee is that 1t should not be.
Senator Quay made statement con-
ce,ning his motion to discharge the
territories committee from considera-
zion of the omnibus statehood bill. He
had said on Tuesday that he would not
hermit any more business to be done"at
this session of the senate by unanl-
nous consent unless this motion was
disposed of. He did not want the state
nent to be misconstrued. He and 9TH
er senators, who believed with him, de-
sired nothing but a day in court. He
hoped that the bill would be reported
either favorably or negatively and he
appealed to Senator Beveridge, chair
man of the committee on territories, to
ascertain what might be expected from
the committee. Senator Beveridge re-
piled that if that was Senator Quay's
position, he was prepared to say the
committee would report the statehood
bill on the third day Of the next ses-
sion.
Senator Quay said that was perfect
ly satisfactory to him and to the Re-
publicans, at least, of the committee
on territories.
Senator Bate, a member of the COM
mittee on territories, said Quay's posi-
ton was entirely satisfactory to the
minority of the senate.
u
Hon. B. s. Rodey, since the statehood
matter has been settled, will return to
New Mexico probably next week.
Hon. w. H. Andrews, president OF
the Santa Fe Central Railway Com
pany. will leave Washington in a few
days. He will first visit philadelphia
and Pittsburg and then return to Santa
Fe week after next.
! With the completion Of practically all
the important legislation. many west
ern members Of congress are leaving
the capital. Senator Clark of Montana
left Wednesday evening for New YORK
and Saturday will start for his home IN
Montana. Senator Clark of Wyoming
left Thursday and goes to Douglas,
Wyo., where he will deliver the Fourth
of July grafton.
Senator Clark of Montana, Wednes.
day presented the conference report
which was agreed to, on the bill pro-
viding for the protection Of miners
lives in the territories. The bill pro-
yides that owners shall furnish ade-
ouate ventilation and either sprinkle
mines containing coal dust, or, IL mex
pedient to do this, remove such dust
from the mine. Professional shot firers
must be employed in the Indian Terri
tory, where the mines are gaseous, but
such employment is not necessary IN
other territories.
The senate committee on territories
Thursday morning made favorable
report on Rodeys bill to validate tht
issue Of bonds for the New Mexico In
sane asylum, agricultural college and
military institute. The bill has alrea'
dy passed the house and will probably
be law before the close Of the pre-
sent session.
Professor Newell who will make the
preliminary exploration regarding sites
for government reservoirs under the
recently passed irrigation bill leaves
washington for Colorado next weex
His first stop will be at Sterling to ex-
anime the Pawnee Buttes reservoir
site. He will make his headquarters al
Denver. and from that city make expe-
iitions to Wyoming, New Mexico and