Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-17
Compromise Suggested to Break
Statehood Deadlock.
CONSOLIDATED TERRITORIES
Labor Unions Insist on Passage Of an Eight
Hour Law-Senate IN a Parliamentary
TangIe-The Watchful FOraker.

wants and results from a situation
where nobody can get what be really
ve.ts. Sc It is in tie case of the terri
tsaIgs. Gre side wants three states, the
other wsnts one state, and along comes
& compromise man with a suggestion
that there be two states, one composed
OF Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
the Other of New Mexico and Arizona.
rms IS s1y 80 one, but 1t may be
tae only solution CT a question which
IS becoming very yexins. 1t looks very
muea as If the statehood bill would
sTalld il the way Of all other legisla-
1jo... and for his reason the eompro-
misers viii try to find a method to
dispose Of it. Both New Mexico and
Arizona would prefer to remain as ter
risories rather than be united as n
state They would make a very large
state. and perhaps in time the people
would become accustomed to the con-
soliiat.on, but they do not want it now.
making Themselves Known.
Labor unions all oyer the country
are 0ooding the senate with petitions
fagorlng and demapding the passage of
the eight boar law Nearly every SEN
st5r receives these petitions, and 1t
aoH.s that organized labor throughout
the coautry is determined that the SEN
ute snail know the position Of the IN
ions on this subject
The Senate IN a TangIe.
It was a very simple proposition, and
set the senate tangled itself an Up and
spent nearly en- hour III talking about
the parliamentary status of the body.
read the rules and finally recovered it
self and proceeded with business. 1t
has happened a hundred times. The
point Of no quorum was made, and it
vas not there, and vet the senators
roamgd about and talked, made parlia-
mentary inquiries and points of order,
etc. at a rate indicating that it was
The arst" time it had ever found itself
in such a predicament. AS a western
man would say, the senate was 10
coed simply because there were not
forty.dve senator's answering to their
names on a roll call. The senators
who took part in this merry so round
were Dubois, who was temporarily pre-
siding. Beyeridge. Nelson, Foraker,
Bate. pettus. Aldrich. Spooner. Lodge,
IIoar. Scott. Depew, Berry, Tillman,
Alliso,. Proctor and Mitchell. Many of
them spoke q dozen times, and some of
them spoke at the same time. Finally
ithe matter wound up with a snap. For
ty-Gve senator's appeared, and. although
senator Foraker was in charge of the
statehood bill, Senator Hoar moved to
dispense with further proceedings I'M
der the call. Foraker made the same
motion. not observing that the Alassa-
chuse.ts senator had preceded him. Il
Oeg tAe pardoa OF the senator from
Massachusetts.' said Foraker. Il did
not know he had taken charge of the
BILL And that was the snap.
For the Private Soldier.
Il served as a private soldier during
the civil war" said Senator McLaurin
of Mississippi, and my ~sympathies are
with him." This was in explanation Of
amendments to be offered to the mill
tia bill which provided that officers
should not compel priyates to do mental
work or become their servants and also
that ON courts martial half of the court
should consist Of men Of the same rank
as the enlisted men. OF course such a
provision could not be made for the
national guard without being also made
for the regular army. No matter how
good a motive this Mississippi senator
may have. it Is doubtful if his amend
ments would be for the best interests
of the service.
Always on the Watch.
Tic Friends Of the omnibus statehood
bill do not intend to have their bill
displaced by any parliamentary de-
vice. one day when Senator Quay was
absent Senator Foraker was In charge.
Something came up that would tempo
rarily displace the bill, Il want to re-
new my statement said Foraker,
that / am yielding with the distinct
understanding that it Is without any
prejudice to the unfinished business"
ooh, certainly remarked Senator
Beveridge. 1T is understood that the
unfinished business viii be proceeded
WITH
II know everybody says certainly
but / want the Record TO say certain.
~" said Foraker, with ylgor, whore
upon Beyeridge retorted:
II have no objection TO the Record
saying certainly and to the senator
saying certainly and to all the rest Of
us saying certainly
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