The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-02-08
two new STATES ARE
ADMITTED TO The UNION
SENATE AFTER LONG DEBATE
PASSES STATEHOOD BILL.

Oklahoma and Indian Territory to Com
pose Que State and New Mexico with
Arizona Eliminated, the Other-Sale
of intoxicating Liquors in Indian
Territory Prohibited for a Period of
Twenty-One Years.
Washington, Feb. 7.-After contin-
| uous sitting of almost nine hours, the
senate at S:45 o'clock tonight passed
| the joint statehood bill. AS passed, the
bill provides for the admission of the
| states of Oklahoma, to be composed of
Oklahoma and Indian territory, and
New Mexico according to the present
boundaries, with Arizona eliminated.
The long session was characterized by
, Beginning promptly upon the convene
| ing at II o'clock, the senate proceeded
to consider the various amendments
| which had been suggested by the COM
mittee on territories and which had
! been passed over. One Of the first of
| these taken up was the amendment
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors in what is now Indian territory,
for the next ten years, and this was
displaced with substitute offered by
! Mr.. Gallinger, which extended the
period OF twenty-one years and which
! was adopted.
| The first surprise of the day came
when the committee accepted Mr.. For
| aker's amendment providing for a sepa-
| rate vote by each Of the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico. That proVi-
sion had scarcely been made a part Of
the bill when Mr.. Bard presented an
amendment which provided for the adj
! mission of New Mexico as a state with.
out the addition of Arizona. This
amendment proved to be the point
around which all the subsequent pro-
| ceedings of Importance revolyed. It
| was at first adopted by the close vote
of AZ to 40. This vote was taken while
/ the senate was sitting in committee of
| the whole and was reversed in the SEN
ate proper, by the tie vote of SS to SS.
Subsequently the senate decided, by
vote Of 3S to 36 to entirely eliminate
| New Mexico and Arizona from the bill
and this result had hardly been an
nounced when Mr.. Bard in slightly
i changed form, renewed his position for
the admission OF New Mexico as a
state, and this prevailed by the vote of
| 40 to 81. Mr.. Beveridge, in charge OF
| the bill, moved a reconsideration of
| the vote, but the motion was laid upon
| the table by a vote of 80 to 3S. The eff
! feet was to eliminate Arizona from the
| bill and to establish a state Of New
| Mexico and another of Oklahoma and
! Indian territory. n this form the
| bill passed.
| The defeat of the Bard amendment
| in the senate after it had been adopted
| in committee of the whole gave rise to
some interesting Incidents. Mr.. Bailey
! intimated that there had been trade"
regarding the adoption of an amend
ment, adding a portion of Arizona to
| Utah.
| The Mormon question also received an
| airing during the day. While the pro-
vision for the separate admission of
New Mexico was under consideration,
Mr.. Burrows, chairman Of the commit
tee on privileges and elections, an
nounced his opposition TO the bill and
stated that 1t was due to the practice
of polygamy in that territory to such
an extent that he considered 1t unwise
| to take the administration from the fed
eral authorities. The bill originated
| in the house and will go to conference.