The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-22
Rallies His Forces and Carries the
First Test Vote ON the Statehood
Bill by a Majority of Ten.
THEN TAUNTs THE INDIANIAN
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN THREATEN
EN BY ANONYMOUS WRITER'S.
Senator HOar, One of the Opponents
of the Measure, Sharply Criticises
President Roosevelt.
ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Quay
seems to be confident he can defeat the
substitute for the omnibus statehood bill.
To-day on the first test vote he had a ma
jority of 10 votes, and later he felt so con-
fident of defeating Senator Beveridge he
taunted the Indianian to give direct bat
tie. The stirring debate, which drew many
people to the galleries and the floor yes
terday, was only preliminary skirmish.
The real fight began to-day. The situation,
as the days pass, is growing more and more
desperate, and every foot of ground is now
fiercely contested. BY some persons the
vote by which Mr.. Quay and his allies re-
fused to go into executive session is re-
garded as significant of Quay's strength.
but Senator Beveridge, who Is still san
guine of victory, says the vote was really
q tie, and that several senators who are
particularly interested in the Cuban reci-
procity treaty voted with Quay for rea-
sons affecting their own particular measure
and not on account of their views on the
statehood question.
In Senator Beveridge's mail. which has
been almost doubled since the statehood
fight began. several letters of an intimi-
to-day covertly makes a threat on the sem
ator's life, the anonymous writer saying
that If II had been known when the COM
mittee was in New Mexico that Beveridge
was going to make adverse report on
the admission of New Mexico he would
never have had chance to make the re-
port. The writer warns the Indiana SEN
ator against ever returning to New Mex
leo. The letters apparently are all from
the same class Of people.
The Associated Press says: For three
hours Mr.. Burnham, of New Hampshire,
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
omnibus statehood bill. Becoming ia
tigued, he suspended his remarks until to-
morrow. Mr.. Cullom explained the neces-
sity for considering the Cuban reciprocity
treaty and appealed to Mr.. Quay to permit
an executive session. The latter refused
and the matter was put to a vote, with
the result that the Senate refused to go
into executive session. 81 to "a which was
the first test vote on the statehood bill.
The detailed vote follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Alger. Allison, Bard. Bev-
eridge, Burnham, Burrows, Clapp, Cullom,
Deboe. Dietrich. Dolliver, Dryden, Fair
banks. Frye, Gamble. Hanna, Hoar. Lodge,
Quares. Simon. Spooner, Wetmore.-27.
Nays-Bacon. Bate. Berry, Blackburn,
Burton, Carmack. Clark. of Montana;
Clark. of Wyoming. Clay, Cockrell. Gull
berson. Dubois Foraker. Foster, of
Louisiana, Gallagher, Gibson, Hansbrough.
Harris. Heitfeld. Jones. of Arkansas; Jones,
sissippi. Mallory. Martin. Mason. Morgan.
Perkins, Pettus, Quay, Rawlins, Simmons,
Stewart, Taliaferro, Turner, Vest, yelling
ton-37.
The following pairs were announced
(the first named would vote for the mo-
tion): Warren with Daniels; Platt, of New
York, with Penrose: Kerns with Mitchell:
Scott with Elkins; Hawley with Teller;
Dillingham; with Tillman; Kean with
Money: Kittredge with Patterson; Depew
with McEnery; Platt. of Connecticut, with
Bailey; Hale with Foster. of Washington.
The Republicans voting paired i'm the
negative were: Burton. Clark. of Wyoming,
Elkins, Foraker. Foster, of Washington,
Gallinger. Hansbrough. Jones. of Nevada,
McCumber, Mason, Mitchell. Penrose, Per-
kins, Quay Stewart and Wellington.
BY unanimous consent the following
bills were passed: Fixing the time and
places for holding regular terms of the
limited States Circuit Court in the Western
district of Virginia; house bill amending
the act 10 divide the State of Texas into
four judicial districts; providing that the
Fifth district Court of Appeals shall hold
at least one term of court annually at
Montgomery. Ala on the first Monday i'm
September of each year; to amend the
bankruptcy act; providing for the expendi-
ture of money hitherto appropriated for
improvements i'm Ashtabula harbor, Ohio:
amending an act creating a new division
I'm the Western judicial district of Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. Fairbanks gave notice that he would
call UP the immigration bill Tomorrow
The regular order then was demanded by