Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-01

The bill was allowed to lie on the
table until April 9Th. In order TO per-
nit further discussion.
Senator Gibson has introduced .
bill to repeal tho desert land act and
the commutaiion provision OF tho
homestead act
Charles Dick. successor to tho late
Marcus A. Hanna OF Ohio. was for.
maily Introduced In the Senate March
.5rd. the oath OF once being admins.
tered by President Pro Ten Frye.
Tho House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries authorised a IA.
vorabio report on tho Frye bill. extend.
Ing tho coastwisc laws OF the United
States 10 the Phiiippine islands July
], 1905, without amendment. Tho vo;.
was seven to I'VE. two Republicans and
three Democratic members making up
tho minority vote. A motion TO post.
pone tho operation of the laws TO 1902.
made by Mr.. Lacking. WAS lost 90 =
strictly party vote: another motion
making III. time 1906 resulted In Ito
vote. The bill MAS then voted on ns
4, passed tho Senate. Mr.. Lacking cn-
a-asor~d Ia amend u by a require
msus that ali vessels In the trade
should be manned by American Or
Phiiipplno sailors. but this was lo4t
by . party vote.
The states o. oklahoma. and "As..
rnna- arc created In a bill which has
beech completed BY tho Republican
members Of tho sub committee OF the
House committee on territories. The
Democratic members OF this sub beosn'
sniss.e have brcn placed IN possession
Of tho bill and after shcy have COO.
sidesca IL fos a f~~ days. snccsfne
Of tho full subeonstssiisee will BE- held.
Tho tro states sncriipacd arc eofs,.
posed Of Oklahoma and tna.an Terri.
tasy a. Oklahoma and Arizona and
Seu Mexico as "Asisoaas" The ae'
n,issioa of tho latter two territories u
not dciaJcd By any restriction OF iav.
bu, may be effected as soon a. eoa'
rcasica can bc called TO form state
constitution, The bill provides. how.
ever. that Otiahofaa aad the lsaian
Territory shall NOS hc admitted as .
ssa-r until the year 1906. ty that time
all the indian lands ~'iii have beca
allotted.
puy,nr the tiiscussioa Of the sundry
ciril appropriation bill in the House,
Chairman iictHinNay summed up the
aseai cuaaltiaa faf the next ascal
year. showing that after all legitimate
expenses had been raid there would
br sss 900 coo surplus for the year.
Mr. Urm,uuay estimated the annual
expenditures sps 1895 10 be tsss.sss.s
/ sst To this sum must bc added the
iptsfss, On the public debt. estimated
at ssi.ssi.sso. The revenues for the
year, he said. we're estimated at s.oi..
iIs.osn. The total estimates Of the
departments for the expenses OF tho
government for 1905 aggregates ests..
si5.sss. or an excess OF tis.siaysss
over the revenues. fBy scaling down
the estimates and emitting To pass
river and hasbcf and public b'iildinEs
appropriation bills the cspendittfes
had been reduced So. 900 600 less than
the estimated revenues. This csti.
sate. Mr.. Hcmiavay said. contemplate
cd al, reasonable additions that might
be made by the Senate TO the several
appropriation bills. and vas also sum
cieut To cover ali legitimate deficien.
cics that Nigh, be provided fof the
next session.
Although II Is conceded on nearly
every side that there Is a strong prob
ability OF there being no statehood dis
cusston during this session. the SUB.
| committee of the House territories
! committee IL proceeding steadily With
,hs preparation Of a bill for ioin,stsses
hood. makinE two states out of four
territories. THE Republican rnenbers
of the committee are doing the work
/ on the measure. The minority mem
hers have already defined their rosi-
ton in favor OF single statehood and
have drawn up an omnibus bill admit
ting ali four territories az separate
states, which they will Introduce a.
the proper time. In the Joint state
hood bill the proposition to pay the
new state Of Arizona st0.o0o,ooo tn
| iiouida,e Its debts has already been
Gu, To 5000. .osO and there Is rumor
that Il will go out altogether. Repre-
sen,a,ion for the new joint statehood
has been fixed at three and II Will be
ief, TO the constitutional convention to
make the allotment OF districts. The
i Democrats insist that this means a
serrymander: that in case the point
/ bill should carry. the districts would
so arranged as TO ali be Republican
| in politics. Delegate Wilson Insists
that he had the promise Of the Repub-
/ iican members OF the COMMITTEES that
each of the two territories Of Arizona
/ and New Mexico. " oaii be allowed to
continue theit delegates as representa-
tives. The ioint statehood bill Will
probably be reported TO the House this