Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-02-18
He Is Pushing the Bill to Permit
Mining on Private Land
Grants.
ORS|NCLE STATEHOOD
Prominent Banker Tells Congressmen
That Ninety Percent Of oklahoma
People Are Against Joint
Proposition.

Washington, Feb. 18-When the
House convened today Mr.. Littauer of
New York, from the committee on ap-
preparations called up the Notifications
appropriation bill.
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 18-The Senate to-
, day ordered an extension until Mon
day of the time for the motions to re-
consider the votes which had been cast
on last Monday. The order is in the
interest of the bill to pay ex-Queen
Lilioukalani $15O0OO, which was, it is
understood, to be reopened by Tillman.
On motion to reconsider, the motion
was not taken up for reconsideration.
Nomination of crum Approved.
Washington, Feb. 18-The Senate
committee on commerce today author
ized favorable report on the nomina-
tion of William d. Crum to be collect
or of the customs at Charleston, South
Carolina.
Rodey Makes Good Argument.
Delegate Rodey had hearing be-
. fore the committee on mines and min
ing of the House on his bill permitting
prospecting and mining on land grants
in New Mexico. where minerals were
reserved to the government by the
court Of private land claims. Hun
dreds of thousands of acres of mineral
lands are involved in the bill.
The department of the Interior has
made an adverse report but Delegate
Rodey takes issue with the department
on the law governing the matter and
stands good show to convince the
committee that he is right and obtain
favorable report
Rodey is Persistent.
Oklahoma Against Joint Statehood.
At the statehood hearing before the
committee on territories ]. w. McNeal
of Guthrie, Oklahoma, we'll known
banker, argued for the Mcclure bill.
He asserted that 80 per cent of the
people outside of Oklahoma City and
Shawnee were for single statehood for
Oklahoma. He was followed by Mr..
Powell, who has long looked after the
interests of the Indian Territory be-
fore the committees of Congress.
Powell favored double statehood, with
Indian Territory part of Oklahoma.
Mcclure Objects to Joint Statehood.
Washington, Feb. 18-Although it is
generally understood that there is
hope of getting bill reported out OF
the House committee on territories
which will unite Oklahoma and Indian
Territory in joint statehood Delegate
Mcclure of Oklahoma will not admit
that such is the case.
"I will not accept such a BILL" he
said, "and if that is the end OF the
work of the committee l shall fight 1t.
l should not object to a measure in
cooperating Indian Territory with Ok
lahoma, provided Congress for the
present merely threw the lines around
the two territories and permitted Ok
lahoma to take in the territory section
by section as one county after another
showed that it was able to support
government. I would be in favor of
placing the reservations under the Jur-
isdiction of the United States courts,
as was done in the case OF the Usage
Reservation. But even If Congress
votes $1O,0OO,OOO for school purposes
| to Indian Territory it would still place
us at a disadvantage.
"If we must have joint statehood, let
| it come when Indian Territory is ready
to support it's share Of the burdens.
Anyhow, If the committee reports
bill which gives statehod to us and to
Indian Territory alone and at the
! same time, l shall, unless | am other
wise directed by my constituents,
fight it on the fOor."