Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-11-19
HOPEFUL OF
STATEHOOD
Delegates Rodey and Wilson
Saneuine Of Success During
the Present Session.
OKLAHOMA GOES ALONE
Appropriation Of 5000, 900 Asked for
the New Federal Building at
albuquerque.
Special to the New Mexican.

Washington, Nov. 16-Delegates Re
dey of New Mexico, and Wilson of Ar
zona, are very hopeful over the pros
pect OF securing statehood for the ter
ritories during the coming session o
Congress. Rodey thinks that the bill
will pass In the House without an,
difficulty, but he anticipates trouble il
the Senate as before.
The bill tor the admission of New
Mexico js the same as that introduced
last year, except that it now provide.
that the state shall have two represent
atives in the Lower House. The Ari
zona bill is the same in every parti
cular as the one introduced last ses
sion
Delegate Mcguire of Oklahoma has
prepared a bill for the admission O.
Oklahoma without considering India1
Territory. and providing for four rep
resentatives in the House.
Those opposed to statehood, realiz
ing that they cannot prevent the con
sideration OF the question, have con
centrated their efforts upon trying tc
have admitted only two states, which
will mean the consolidation of New
Mexico and Arizona into one state, and
Oklahoma and Indian Territory into
another.
This action will retard matters con.
siderably, but Mr.. Rodey predicts that
New Mexico will be admitted and that
Arizona will follow as soon as the
population in that Territory reaches
100000. The delegates from all the
territories are on the most friendly
terms, and are doing all they can to
assist each other The hopes of those
working for statehood center in Sen
ator Quay. He is said to be in favor
of admitting New Mexico and Arizona
as one state
Al the request of Delegate Mcguire,
the leading Republicans of Oklahoma
have been called by Central Commit
tee Chairman Charles Cade, to meet
in Guthrie for the purpose of electing
a delegate to Washington, to assist
Mcguire in his campaign for separate
statehood for Oklahoma. William
Grimes, national Republican commit.
teeman for Oklahoma will attend
meeting of the national committee in
Washington on December II.
The bill for the erection of public
building in Albuquerque. introduced in
the House by Delegate Rodey, calls for
an appropriation of 100000
Senator McCumber of North Dako-
ia, has framed and introduced a bill
which provides that the funds raised
from the sale of public lands in the
states and territories of the arid re-
gions, should be kept intact for
use in the state or territory in which
they were raised, until the secretary
of the interior shall have ascertained
definitely whether the funds are need
ed for irrigation WORKS within those
states or territories.
Senator Warren of Wyoming has in
troduced a bill granting $4,000 acres of
the non-mineral lands of Wyoming to |
the state for the benefit OF the Sol
diers' and Sailors Home of Wyoming.
Senator Teller has introduced a bill !
providing for the adjustment Of GER
tain claims of the Confederated Bands
of the Ute Indians in southern Colo
rado
Representative Lacey of Iowa, has
his grazing bill of last
session. 1t gives homestead settlers
the right to lease public lands for the
purpose of grazing, the rental to be
from one to six cents per acre.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dako.
ia, has introduced a BILL providing that
every applicant to enter, select, locate
Or purchase any of the public lands
shall file an affidavit, verified by one
Or more persons, showing that the
lands sought are of the description
named in the application.