Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

On the upper floor there IL a row Of small
bins with chutes to the machines Just be-
low. Boys I'll these bins with seeds from
the sacks as Il comes to the department
from the various sources. Automatically 81
is fed to the machines, each operated by
one girl. These machines measure the guam
tity, put the seed In the small sacks and
seal the sacks. A chute carries these sealed
sacks to the large bins on the next floor
below, bins large enough to hold 200, 900 OF
these packages. Belts run around the out
side Of these bins, sixteen in number, and
a larger sack is used here. The belt car
ries the sack along the bin and the girls
stationed along place in the sacks the vari-
Gus seeds. No mistake can be made. An
operator cannot pick up any other variety
and she cannot well miss the sack, as 1t
slowly passes on the wide belt. Colonel
James Morrison, inspector-in-chief, also
looks after that.
statehood Bills First.
With the arrival Of senators and repre-
sentatives, there is increasing interest In
the omnibus statehood bill, the first great
measure to come before the senate. The
house bill providing for the admission Of
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona is
pending in the senate as a special order for
December 10. Plainly put the bill provides
statehood for three territories, but in the
case Of Oklahoma il is provided that in
adopting its construction Oklahoma shall
remit to congress the right to add to it's
territory any part or all OF Indian Territory
II 1t should hereafter be the wish Of con-
gress to so dispose Of Indian Territory,
rather than admit It as a separate state.
Up TO this moment, senate opinion with
regard to statehood for those territories
is badly mixed. The democratic senators
are all in favor Of statehood for the three
territories, the qualifications being that
some are in favor Of the admission Of Okla
homa as a separate state, leaving Indian
Territory to come In later as another state,
while other democrats favor bringing in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one
state. The republican senators are still
more mixed. Some, like Quay and Elkins,
favor the admission Of the three territories
just as the house bill provides. Some favor
the house bill amended SO as to exclude
New Mexico and Arizona. Some favor Okla
home as a separate state, leaving Indian
Territory to the future, while still Others
favor Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a
single state. OF course there are senators
who are opposed to the admission of any
Of the territories. Plainly the greatest
oOstdCle 10 any sort OF statehood Dill Is
the variety OF views which exist among
the senators. For this very reason it is
safe to say that statehood for the latest
applicants for admission may possibly fail.
Even the differences between the senators
who are favorable to statehood for the
three territories may prove potent enough
to defeat the whole measure, to say moth
ing Of the views of those who favor state
hood for Oklahoma alone or of those who
oppose any sort Of statehood.
Gamble Sees the Game.
Senator Gamble of South Dakota this
morning concluded a little recreation would
do lin no harm before beginning his labors
in the senate and accepted an invitation
to go to Philadelphia to witness the foot
ball game between West Point and the
Naval academy. Senator Gamble went over
to Philadelphia on a special train bearing
a number of government officials and prom
inent officials Of the army and navy.
Representatives Burkett OF Lincoln,
Burke of Pierre, and Martin Of Deadwood
arrived today and will make the Dewey
their home during the coming session. I'm
mediately after dinner, the trio linked
arms and proceeded to the Cochran to ten
der their congratulations to Uncle joe
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