Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-25
The FIGHT FOR
STATEHOOD
Motion to Withdraw the Omnibus State
hood Bill from the Committee on Ter
ritories Would Have Carried on
Monday Had It Come to Vote,
A NUMBER OF NEW MEXICO CITIZENS At
WASHINGTON AIDING IN The FIGHT

A dispatch to the Denver Rocky Noun
tain News gives the following account
of the fight in the senate that was made
for statehood on Monday:
A motion was entered formally in the
senate ON Monday by Quay. of Pennsyl-
vania, to discharge the committee on
territories from further consideration of
what is k',own as the omnibus terri
torial bill--a measure to admit as states
the territories of Oklahoma, New Mex
leo and Arizona. Mr.. Quay spoke brief
ly, but forcibly, in support of his motion,
maintaining that both political parties
in national conventions had pledged
themselves to the admission to statehood
of the territories. Mr.. Reveridge, OF In
diana. chairman OF the committee, said
the measure had been put over unit
next session by the committee because
it was not believed th ere would be time
now to consider it properly. No action
was taken on the motion.
Senator Quay was a patient listener
to the dry debate over the ratification of
the agreement between the United
States and thcChoctaw and Chickasaw
Indian nations, which went on all this
afternoon. lie listened patiently in the
hopes of being on hand at its finish and
rise to resume his fight for the statehood
measure for Arizona, Oklahoma and
New Mexico, from which he was com
PEELED to desist at o'clock, when the
Indian bill took right of way. The
measure was disposed of yesterday. 1t
is very evident that Senator Quay will
be on hand on Wednesday to resume his
statehood discussion.
Delegate Rodey said that statehood
for the three territories will be pushed
to the end of this session. The neces.
sary votes are on hand, and the mighti |
est kind of an effort will be made to put
it into the senate. He says two import
ant conversions have been recently made |
among the senators.
1t is now believed that Senator Quay's
intimation on Thursday last that he
might withdraw his motion to take the
bill away from the territories committee,
was a ruse to ascertain the genuineness
of the support promised him by the |
Democrats. When Senator Bailey |
asserted that the Democratic |
members of the committee would push |
the motion If Senator Quay didn't the |
latter saw at once that his motion was
going to receive support, and went
ahead with it.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico who |
has been working energetically with
Quay, said "If the motion had come to a |
vote. it would save carried by two-thirds
Senator Quay, in behalf OF
his motion and Senator Beverdge, in
opposition, have been making a spirited
canvass during the past two days and
all senators absent from the capital have
been telegraphed to arrange pairs on
the motion. Friends of the statehood
measure are fairly hopeful that when a |
vote is reached the Quay motion will
prevail.
Major w. IL. III. Llewellyn, Senator
W. H. Andrews, j. D. Hughes, manager
of the New Mexican Printing company, |
Ind other prominent citizens of New
Mexico are at Washington, assisting in
The statehood fight.