Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-25
Pennsylvania Senator Gives Up
the Fight For the State
hood Bill
WILL NOT PASS THIS SESSION
General Belief Now That the Senate
Will Fail to Take Action on the On
nibus Bill Before March demo
Gratis Will be Largely Responsible
for No Favorable Legislation.

uibus statehood bill has been aban-
doned by it's friends, and so have the
territories. The democratic senators in
caucus yesterday rejected the repuo-
provision for a third, aid appointed
to canvass the republican
side for votes to keep the omnibus bill
on the postoffice bill as rider.
The committee made protitless can
yass. The republicans were together in
favor of the compromise bill, and none
OF them was willing to return to con-
test which meant nothing but a death
struggle. Senators Quay Elkins and
Foraker, who formed an alliance with
the democrats, on the statehood bill,
have no desire to figure in last ditch
in such company. They preferred to
capitulate to the majority of their own
party, and, having done this, the ssn-
ate is again divided on political lines,
with all republicans favoring the sub
stitute BILL which will be reported by
Senator Beveridge today, and all demo-
Gratis opposing 1t with the old omnibus
bill.
Ths result will be no legislation for
the admission of new states, and the re-
sponsibility for the failure will be with
The democrats, because they could not
dictate to the majority. The omnibus
bill will not be added as an amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation blu
or the agricultural bill. All appropria-
ton bills will be passed without this
rider, and If there is still time enough
for Senator Morgan to finish his re-
marks the canal treaty will be ratified
by March A. There has been more in
the long fight over the statehood bill
than appeared on the surface. 1t was
fight against the leadership of the ma
jority.
Quay, Elkins and Foraker rebelled
against the leadership Of Aldrich. ALI
son, Plat, Spooner and Hanna, and. not
being able to run over the majority,
combined republican faction with the
democratic minority on this bill. Had
they attempted this in long session
they might have embarrassed the ma
jority leaders. But in the short session
they only embarrassed themselves by
facing q responsibility for an extra SIS
sion of congress they dared not assume.
When they found they could not COM
pei the majority leaders to surrender
they capitulated and returned to the
party fold.
The democrats are now more bitter
against Quay and his republican as
sociates who have broken the alliance
than they are against the leaders Of
the majority. They threaten to bring
up the eight-hour bill and the Little
field anti trust bill to embarrass the
republicans, but they can do nothing
unless they filibuster and make neces-
sary an extra session. The conserva-
the result of the long fight will be no
statehood but more necessary legisla
ton recommended by the president
than seemed possible at the beginning
OF the session.
Speeches We're made in the demo-
cratic caucus by Senators Clay. Bacon,
Teller, Dubois, Simmons, Foster Ga.),
Bate, Morgan, Pettus and others. All
the speakers took positive grounds
against the compromise proposition.
and several of them spoke emphatically
against the proposition to put the
statehood bill on any of the appropria-
ton bills as rider. AT the same time
they favored placing the future course
of the party with reference to the
statehood bill as such, and also as a
rider, in the hands of the democratic
members Of the committee on post
offices.
A democratic senator who is men,
Der of the committee on territories, on
being asked for statement of the rea-
sons for rejecting the compromise
proposition, wrote the following, which,
after submitting to several of his col
leagues, he gave out for publica-
ton:
THE democrats caucus rejected the
compromise statehood bill for
the following reasons: When Arizona
and New Mexico We're made territories
their areas were established for ulti-
interests and expectations of the peo-
pie Of the two territories have been
in anticipation of the two states.
1T would be gross injustice to the
people of both to join them in one
state. From east to west, as railroads
must built, it would be LOO miles
across them. The proposed state would
be as large as Texas, and Texas is too
large for it's convenient government.
lnsincerity Is Charged.
Many democrats feel that the re-
publican fight for statehood has not
been sincere, they having used the
statehood bill as buffer to prevent
trust discussion and legislation. For
democrats now, having stood almost
solid body for the admission of the
three territories, to accept the proposed
would be to have played
into the hands of the republican anti
trust cabal.
THE people of Arizona are unani-
nously opposed to consolidation with
New Mexico, and the people of both the
territorles should be consulted. The
provisions in the consolidation bill for
ultimate separate statehood are snare,
THE question OF separation into two
states must be submitted TO the voters
"a fhe entire state and experience has
taught that after the interests of any
area have been consolidated as a singh
state a majority can not be secured Tor
any purpose.
The democrats have stood for the
statehood bill as it passed the house.
They believe that each is entitled to
statehood, and they have stood Loyalty
by the republican minority In their Ell
forts to give them statehood; but they
will not infiict the injustice that proba-
bly, never could be repaired of forcing
the people of the two territories into