Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-23
THE STATEHOOD COMPROMISE
Proposition to Admit Two States, One
10 Be Oklahoma.

| Washington, Feb. a.. The statehood
|compromise, which is expected TO un :
llock the present tangle OF the senate
land remove the blockade, proposes 10
admit two states, one to be Oklahoma,
according to present boundaries. with ]
proviso that Indian Territory shall De
added to Oklahoma in 1906, when the
treaty of obligations with the indians
will not be in the way. The other state
lis to be composed of New Mexico and
| Arizona under the name of MonteZuma,
which provides that when the present
| territory OF Arizona has population OF
| 100000 1t shall become q separate state,
providing the people of the territory
| effected vote in favor of being d.
Ivided from Montezuma or New Mexico.
Senator Spooner is entrusted with the
Illegal questions involved. The repub-
| ncan leaders conferred ell day Satur-
day upon the compromise and most of
| the democrats were Informed of the
general terms. To all questions as to
whether they would accept such COM
promise they said that they wanted to
see definite proposition and to know
from whom 1t came, then they would
be in position to confer and decide.
On the republican side 1t is found that
Beveridge and Nelson, both members of
the committee on territories, are 10th
Ito accept any compromise save that
which the majority originally pre-
sented. Their position Is that the om-
nibus bill is defeated, and that Quay,
who had been so persistently pressing
it, has lost strength by his course in
supporting Morgan during the latter's
| fight against the canal treaty. Spooner
reported to his committee colleagues
hat there was no legal difficulty in the
way Of admitting Oklahoma and after
ward attaching Indian Territory to the
state.
| The democratic position on the COM
promise is an interesting feature Of the
situation, for it is generally under
stood that unless there is practically
La unanimous agreement. 1t could not
pass. Another feature Of the demo-
cratic position developed Saturday was
THAT many of the democrats are indif-
| ferent as to an extra session, while
4 some think that 1t would not be bad
'lparty politics to have such session
| and have the subject of trust legisla-
| ZION and of the tariff discussed. This
| idea was communicated to some of the
republican leaders Saturday and
aused considerable uneasiness. 1t is
ealized that with the business now
ending in the senate a very few men
ould force enough appropriation bills
| lyer to cause an extra session.
AT the same time most of the expert :
need senator's claim that before the
oming week has passed the blockade
will be raised in some manner and all
he necessary legislation disposed of by
| he 4th of March.
In executive session Morgan offered
wo new amendments to the canal
,reaty One provides that nothing in
the treaty shall be construed to alter
The terms of the Spooner act. The
other is an agreement that the rights
cf citizens of the United States under
their constitution shall OF be contra
rened by the provisions OF the concord
ut of 1883 between the pope and Colom-
bia nor by the bylaws of that country
enacted in furtherance of that con-