Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-21
At THE WHITE HOUSE
sses
No Statehood Bill to Pass
This Session.
THE SENATE PROGRAM
HOUSE COMMITTEE TROUBLED
WITH TAXATION PROBLEM.
Ex-Gov. Stanley Resigns From Dawes
Commissioned. Bingham's
Injury Serious.

Well-posted congressman who visi. the
White House and discuss with the President
the question of statehood for the territories
admit that statehood bills will not be among
those to pass Congress at this session un-
less there is an unexpected change in tho
program of the republicans of the Senate.
In the upper house of Congress 1t is said to
be the understanding that statehood for the
territories will be deferred until the short
session of Congress. This will carry the
question beyond the presidential election
| and prevent anything arising out of it to
trouble the presidential waters In tho
House, on the other hand. statehood bills
will probably be reported by the commit
tee on territories and passed at this session,
leaving the responsibility of delay with the
Senate entirely
The House committee territories has
the subject before it now and has delegated
! subcommittee to prepare a bill ad hitting
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory to
statehood state and Arizona and
New Mexico another. The bin will be-
come effective in 13U6. ii is proposed. The
subcommittee is having most of its trouble
with features providing for putting the
Indlan Territory into statehood with Okla
homa. Both personal and real estate taxa
ton will be necessary to do this and the
trouble that is being encountered is the
ernment with indians in the Indian terri
tory provide for the exemption of their
lands from taxation for periods running
from five to twenty or more years How to
obviate these treaties in Justice to all con-
cerned is the problem that must be dealt
with in the bill The idea now most popular
Is to permit the Indians to dispose of their
lands II they desire. the lands to become
taxable on changing hands.
statehood advocates are disa ppointed that
thelr hopes are not to be realized at this
session, and pressure is being brought to
change the intentions of the Senate leaders
but 1t is stated that they remain immovable
IN their determine ton Even Senator Quay
the veteran champion of statehood is not
making any fight to secure statehood at this
session.
Ex-Gov. Stanley Resigns.
Ex-Gov. w, E. Stanley of Kansas has re-
signed his position on the Dawes Indian
commission, and the vacancy will not be
filled. The President told Senator Long of
hahsas To-Day that he thought all the work
pefore the commission could easily be nam
died by the members who are vel serving
and that he would not fill this vacancy ana
future vacancies that may arise In this
way the commission will gradually become
eAllnct Ex-iov. Stanley is not one of the
members of the commission involved in the
charges contained in the Bonaparte report
10 the Secretary of the Interior and can
not, it is claimed, be accused of resigning
o n
ley to resume the practice of law at his
home in Kansas.
Canal Commission at Luncheon.
The President will entertain the Panama
canal commission at luncheon tomorrow af-
ternoon and will have a long talk with the
members about the work they will do in
Panama. The commission will sail for
Panama March %. and viii take the pre-
imlnafy steps FOR the beginning of work
on the canal. The fact that the actual
transfer of the property to the United
States has not taken place will not affect
the virtual taking possession by this coun-
try. Under the treaty ratified with the re-
public of Panama the United States has alb
solute control over the territory in which
the canal is built, and is in position to act
about as considered best 1t may be a
number of weeks yet before the judicial
red tape of the French courts will permit
the liquidation of the Panama canal COM
pany and the transfer of the property.
The President received a call today from
two members of the Panama canal COM
mission who have just arrived in town.
They were c. E. Grunsky of San Francisco
and B. M. Harrod of New Orleans. They
were introduced by Senator Perkins OF
California. The five other members of the
commission are Rear Admiral John G.
Walker, U. S. N, retired; Gen. George w.
Davis, U. 8. A, retired; William Barclay
Parsons, New York; William H. Burr, New
York and Frank j. Hecker. Detroit.
wi. OAA6l4u 4AJOIfc 0SIiOuS.
letter received at the White House to-
day from official Of the Buffalo General
Hospital indicates that the injury received
on Saturday by Col. Theodore A. Bingham.
formerly superintendent OF public buildings
and grounds, in Washington. and now en-
gineer in charge of the Buffalo district,
was more serious than indicated in the
dispatches. He sustained a double COM
pound fracture of the left leg just below
the thigh, involving the knee, and a frac-
ture of the left leg near the ankle. Consid-
cradle fragments of bone We're removed
from the fractures near the thigh ihe
fracture at the ankle is not so serous
Col Bingham is being attended by DR..
Roswell Parks, one of the physicians of the
late President Mckinley. DIR. Parks thinks
80 amputation of the leg Will be necessary
suing from the injury. He says, however,
that it will be quite six months before Col
Bingham will be able to use the injured
limb. The leg will be shortened and the
knee stffened by the injury, and DIR. Parks
says Col. Bingham win walk hereafter with
a perceptible limp. These serious phases
yet to either the Colonel or Mrs. Bingham.
The White House Sick List.
Several attaches of the executive offices
have been Ill for a number of weeks, but
two of the number reported for duty to-
day. These were Edward w. Smithers.
the expert cable and telegraph operator,
and Charles Tharin. assistant doorkeeper
for the Presidents room. Both have been
away from their desks for some time. Jer-
ry Smith, the faithful colored servant who
has been i'll for several months is still
confined to his home. Smith went 10 the
White House with President Grant and has
been there ever since. His health began
to fail some time ago. and 1T is doubtful
whether he win ever be able to return to