Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
The STATEHOOD BILL
YIELDS A POINT
Rider to the Postal and Appro.
priation Bills Will Be
withdrawn.
sITuATIoN MUCH MlxEL
apparently the Statehood Measure Is
Now to Be Used as Threat
Against the Panama and
Cuban Treaties.


hood bill as an amendment TO he post
office and agricultural appropriation
bills. The omnibus bill will be kept
before the senate, but will not interfere
with appropriation bills.
Washington, Feb. 26-The democratic
senatorial caucus has rejected the two
state proposition for admission of new
states, submitted by the republicans.
The matter of further negotiations was
left with the democratic members of
The committee on postollices, which has
charge of the appropriation bin with
the statehood rider. The object is TO
ascertain whether there is majority
Of the senate willing to vote the rider
upon the bill. Unless there is assur-
hnce of success the democrats will not
vote for the rider. The democrats will
not accept anything ON the basis of
two states.
The Democratic Caucus.
Speeches We're made in the caucus b.,
Senators Clay, Bacon, Miller Dubois,
Simmons, Foster OF Louisians, Morgan,
Bate, i'ettus, 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
member of the committee on ter
ritories on being asked for reasons for
rejecting the compromise proposition
wrote down the following reasons,
which after submitting to several of
his colleagues he gave out for pubica-
ton:
when Arizona and New Mexico
We're made territories their areas were
established for ultimate statehood pul-
poses, and all the interests and eXpec-
tations of the people of the two ter
ritories have been in anticipation of the
two states.''
1T would be a gross injustice to the
people of both to join them in one state.
The proposed state would be as large
as Texas and Texas is too large for it's
convenient government.
Republicans Accused of lnsincerity.
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 legislation and discussion. For
democrats to accept the proposed con-
solidation now would be to play into
the hands of the republican antitrust
cabal.
1.-THE people of Arizona are opposed
to consolidation with New Mexico, and
the people of both the territories should
be consulted.
The democrats have stood for the
statehood bill as 1t passed the house.
They believe that each is entitled to
statehood and they have stood loyalty
in t11Aii of
forts to give them statehood, but they
will not infiict the injustice that prob
ably never can be repaired of forcing
the people of the two territories into a
state so large that it would forever
continue burden they should not
bear"
The indications are strong that the
question Will receive very little if any
more consideration during the session.
and even the best friends of statehood
admit that there is no chance for sue
cess at this time.
The Proposed Compromise.
Senator Spooner had drawn up AZ.
enabling act, which was submitted to
both republicans and democrats. 1t
provided in brief that Oklahoma shall
be admitted as state now, and that
Indian territory shall be added to it
after three years. lit is further ar
ranged that Arizona and New Mexico
shall be admitted as one state now ana
shall be broken into two states later Oh
when a certain limit OF population is
reached.
This compromise has not been salts
factory to either the democrats or re-
publicans among the rank and file of
the senate. 1t would be accepted, how
ever, by Senator Quay himself and by
several of the republican boilers VINO
are acting with him. and by a few OF
the democratic allies. The plan did not
meet the views of Senators Nelson,
Beveridge, and other members of tht
committee on territories j has been
urged strongly by friends of the Pana
ma canal, who see that in no Other
way can they get the treaty ratified
ct this session of congress.
The Panama canal treaty cannot be
acted upon until the statehood bill Is
out of the way. The Cuban treaty Is
not likely to pass at this session al all,
as there is every evidence that tine orig
incl beet sugar senators, W4ila ostei-
sibly supporting the president, art
secretly doing everything they can 10
thwart him. An extra session OF the
senate is rot by any means csrtain. bal
on the other hand, it is Wsll within the
range of possibilities.
Cabinet Discusses Situation.
Discussion of the Panama canal sit
uation consumed large portion of the
time of President Roosevelt and cab-
met at today's meeting. at conclusion
of the meeting it Was stated no in
formation could be made public at this
time regarding the negotiations.
Some approximation was expressed
lest the two important treaties penl-
ing in the senate might not be ratified
at the present session owing to the
legislative tangle in the senate, but no
information received today by the presi-
dent makes him hopeful of a solution of
the entire legislative problem now con
fronting the senate.
To Help Silver Countries.
The senate committee on finance to-
day authorized Senator Aldrch to re-
port to the senate an amendment to
the sundry civil appropria ton bill pro-
viding for an appropriation of 100000
to carry into effect the recommendation
of the president for an international
commission to consider the relationship
of silver-using countries to gold-stand-
ard countries.