The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-05
TO HAVE BIG FIGHT
ON STATEHOOD BILL
Quay and Beverage to Lead
Oppos ng Forces.
OUR coNGREssMEN ARE BUSY
Wha. the Virginia Representatives Are
Doing TOR Their Constituents-Co'.
slemp Says the Constitution
Fight is Over.
OUR coNGREssMEN ARE BUSY
Especial Dispatch 70 The Ttmes)
q, .s,,-,-r.nS n C December

several OF the virginia Sohsi e.Ss'he1i
were about the Caption for a short "h.ie
~ the morning, writing letters anu iooA-
ing after minor matters. Representative
Hay uns IN conference with Senator
Martin IN the Senate. Captain Lamb and
.soIeseniatsge Maynard were at their
desks locking after correspondence Mi
Swanson was al work in the committee
on ways and Means; Representative
t,.ass was at work at his hotel, the Ma
,ional, Mr.. Rixey was occupied at MS
house Mr., Jones spent part of the morn
ing before the departments, and the
rest Of the DAY at home. Representatives
Flood and Rhea were at the Postofflce
Department looking after rural free de-
livery matters.
F.gnl Over Statehood Bill.
The only thing of interest in the Sen
ate was the reading of a lengthy teie-
gram from the Oklahoma Partisan
Statehood Conf enticn. protesting against
the omnibus statehood bill, which is the
FIRST important matter that VIII come up
snr cons.dera ton in the Senate
The fight over this hill promises to be
one of the liveliest or the SESSION. ana
non one seems to know just now now
the matter is TO come out senator
ouny Is engineering fight Tor the nlil
and Senator Beverage is leading the
man OF the Committee on Territories
which by majority OF one. has re-
ported the omnibus bill adversely Se1a-
Tor Quay ana the Democrats on the
committee voted for the bill, and al
the Republicans. except the Fennsyl-
~anla Senator. voted against II.
During the summer Senator Beveridge
took part Of the committee all over the
.hres territories concerncd-Oklahoma,
N.n.-fcn-.ni re-
suit of this trip he is against the adj
mission OF all lhree, but has introduced
q substitute bill letting in Oklahoma.
Or the side OF Senator Quay are all the
Democratic Senators, and most of the
Republicans who came from west of the
Mtsstssipptpi River. Senator Elkins, of
Nest Virginia. is also with the Pennsyl-
vania Senator, and sznator Joseph Bailey,
OF Texas is helping them with The fight.
The Quay Senators claim they VIII
have good majority when the vote is
taken on the Lth. but the opposition
Senators are equally confident In their
cIi-ims.
THE POLITICAL SIDE.
Oklahoma is Republican but 1t Is
thcrght The other two, Arizona and New
Mexico. VIII be Democratic as soon as
Tics become States.
III sorts of stories are going around
n rega TO the last elections. One Is
that large number Of Democrats voted
The Republican ticket In November be-
cause they thought by making the terri
tfi5es Republican they would be sure OF
gaining Statehood. Another story is to
the effect that Senator Quay told the reo-
pie vote the Democratic ticket be-
cai.se bv so doing they would get the
vote of ali the Democratic Senator'S in
ar16ttion 10 the western Republicans, who
were going to vote for their admission
ANYHOW. This combination was slated
70 win the day
The question that has been on the
lips of all is. Why is Senator Quay so
anxious 70 pass this bill when the major
.ty o. the Republicans are against it?
,rbc answer given is that Pennsylvania
politics shine through the whole proceed
inE.
C-l.-cl Siemp in washin~tor
The newly-e'ectea member of the Fifty
eighth Co ess from the Ninth Virsi a
Djs:ri C1lunc. Camp el 81 n ,. i in
wash ngt5n. Colonel sienlp ri ed ear y
this morning at tie head OF a deleE i'm
from Nythevi le who are here n :
half Of ar. Reber L. Poagle. whom
they " sh q have appointed postmaster
AT Wytheril!c.
The zleg3t.cn consists of Nj. ".
Poague brother OF the candidate, anu Mr..
MctsHNBCk, u lilSIlbti vi IiiS l.tE'LE!-
can county committee of Wythe, n d
Mr. X. w Blair. they called on Post
master-Gencral Payne this MON ng
md made a formal endo-s N nj CT n +.
PoagUe General PAYNE mo med hem
tia the matter had MT been ken TO
the Prudent as yet, but would be before
long.
The incumbent is Mrs. Jcrfan.
daughter Of the late Cereal Walker.
-
Walker. but as Mrs. Jordan is a Iemo-
Cfat he wants to Gust her. Mr.. Jor. an
was appointed through the influence OF
General Walker.
THE WHOLE THING DEAD.
In SOUS ne tie fight on Mr.. GI~ss
and the prospects of OF p otest asa nst
the seating OF the VIII lie vi GINA le-
cation in the fitty-e'glth Cong ess,
Colonel Siemp expressed the opinion that
The whole QUESTION is dead,
The courts have decided as 10 the
oons,itutionaiity of the question" he
sad. .'and that settles it. The viii be
no trouble next year and / do not eX-
pect To hear from it
l. ok,ng After Labor Cases
Iessrs. V. l. Sexton AMI ]. L. Baber,
Of Tazewe,l county. were in Washington |
sn-cay in behalf of James Greene and |
soan Wasco. OF the United Mine Work. |
err Of America. who were sentenced by |
lnGge Mcdowell. at Abingdon. in Octo- |
s.er. for violation Of an Injunction OF the |
court against interfering with the work
men OF tae mines. They were taken by
Senator Martin and Judge Rhea to see !
The President and by him were referred |
to the Attorney General, who turned |
them over TO the pardon attorney of the
Department OF Justice. The pardon at
tcrney promised 10 look into the matter 1
irnfne 'ately.
Messrs Sex,on and Baher claim there
~as so evidence IN the case of their
clients. and that they should be par /
aoned
Makes Nominations.
By Associated Press.o
WASHINGTON. Dec THE President