The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-16
THE STATEHOOD BILL
FAVORABLE REPORT BY MAJORITY
 OF COMMITTEE.
BiU as Passed ny House Amended so That Ten Year Prohibition Clause Will Be in
 Effect


 Committee on Territories. by vote
 of to {, today authorized favorable
 report of the Statehood bill providing for the admission into the Union of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. to be- come the State of Oklahoma, and of Arizona and New Mexico to become the
 State of Arizona.
 The bill is the one originating in the House in the second session of the
 Fifty-eighth Congress. but has been
 amended materially by the Senate
 Committee. The closeness of the vote practically makes 1t certain that there will be a minority report. Tomorrow Senator Beveridge, Chairman of the l Committee having the bill in charge. will submit the majority report. The | opponents of the bill will contest its passage on the floor of the Senate. | The Statehood bill will be the unfin- | ished business of the Senate after . vote Is had tomorrow on the Philip pine bill.
 Nearly all of the time since the | opening of the session of Congress the Senate Committee on Territories has been at work perfecting the House bill but 1t was not until late today that a vote could be had. the death Of Senator Quay, who had fougnt per sistently for admission of each of the | four territories as a separate State | leaving the Committee equllly divided The vacancy was filled yesterday by | the appointment of Senator Dick Those who voted today for the bill were Senators Beveridge, Dillinsham. Nelson, Dick, Burnham and Kean all of whom are Republicans. Senator
 Bard (Rep.). voted against the bill. | together with Senators Bate and New | lands, Democrats. The fourth vote against the bill was that of Senator Patterson, who was absent, but re-
 corded as voting. Senator Clark or Arkansas was absent also. Liquor Traffic Prohibited. The most important changes made | in the House bill are the Insertion of
 clause prohibiting trafisc in liquor
 for a period of ten years In that part known as Indian Territory and the
 elimination from the House bill of all provisions with reference to suffrage except the following:
 .sThat said State shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the
 right of suffrage on account of race. color or previous condition of servi- | tude." L,., taIned exceptions but also specifically
 permitted the proposed States. If they
 SO desired, to abridge suffrage on ac- | count of sex. The provision as to sex
 caused so many protests from women | suffragists that the Committee struck out inc provision on this subject, thus | leaving no reference whatsoever in the bill that might indicate an opinion Of any sort on the question of female | suffrage
 The prohibition provision relative 10 Oklahoma Is as follows: l srrhat the sale. barter. or giving away. except for mechanical. medicinal or scientific purposes Of intoxicating liauors within that part of the State heretofore known as the Indian Terri tory or other Indian reservations with in said State be prohibited for period of ten years from the date of admis- sion of said State, and thereafter until tbe 1egislature of said State shall oth- erwise provide"
 Among other amendments made to
 the house bill are following: Reducing the number of delegates
 from the territory of Oklahoma to the constitutional convention from sixty to ffty-five and increasing the number from Indian Territory from fifty to | hfty-four; reducing the number from
 New Mexico from seventy to sixty-six and increasing the number from Ari- zons from forty to forty-four. f Inclusion of the university prepara- tory school and the colored agricul- l turaI normal school in the educational institutions to he hen cited by land res ervations in Oklahoma.
 Recurring that any lands sold for the
 sunport of the public schools in the
 state of Oklahoma be sold at public sale in 160 acre tracts nr less. The provisions giving preference to the les sac at the time of the sale Is stricken out
 Reauiring thst all State officers of Arizona shall sneak. read and write the Fr elish language
 The section has been eliminated which provided for the cessation and restrictions upon the aliNnati0n of allotted lands in OklahNrna ani ,TnH'1n Terr'torv upon tho admission Of these te-ritorIes as q State.
 The contest over the l0caF~n of tho circuit and district courts of 'he we7t' ern district of nI,I7hNrna vas settled bv prcvi9ine for stto-na'e seee'"ns of
 tha courts at Cuthrir and oklahoma ! Citv
 | The provision of the o'elrh ma N'l' | for the appropriatiop of $5.00a 00H for l the beneAt of the common schools hos | hesh incornorated ir the portion Nf the
 which admits New Mexico and Arizona
 as a state.