The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-08

in New Mexico, by prohibiting it's prae- tice, admitting that when 1t becomes a sovereign state, it may remove the re- striction and nullify it.
 "This," he said, brings us face to face with condition that should alarm 1 the country
 Docs not the Senator's objection apply with just as much force to the admis- sion of a state composed of the two terri l tories of Arizona and New Mexico, as to I the admission of New Mexico alone?" asked MT Bailey.
 Mir Burrows admitted that it did, i adding:
 i Down on New Mexico.
 .I will vote against the admission of ] New Mexico alone, or against It's admis- sion coupled with Arizona. The condition with reference to polygamy is much worse in Arizona than in New Mexico, l and the conditions in both are such as l to restrain me from voting for either. i Today polygamy exists in New Mexico; l it has been declared to be the breeding | ground of that practice, l am in pos session of information concerning the conditions in that territory which IS ab- 1 solutely startling. 1 cannot now enter ln- tc particulars, but 1 do want to eal at. tention to the condition, and l say siiat in my judgment it would be a fatal mistake 1 to admit either or both territories Mr Dubois, who is also a member of the committee on privileges and elections, l spoke for the admission of New Mexico, saving that the revelations concerning poygamy made in the Shoot case nave 1 been so startling that the national gov ernment will take control of the ques- 1 ton of polygalny in the states, as well as 1 in the territories.
 MT McComas also spoke of the reve- i lat pressed the opinion that in view of them, l far more effective strictures than are now in force against polygamy are neees- sary."
 He opposed separate statehood for New l Mexico
 Mr. Platt of Connecticut said there was l no doubt about the power of Congress to restrict polygamy, "an institution which, 1 he said, lis so inimical to our future.' The vote on the amendment for the separate admission of New WeXico was then taken, and it was carried. 42 to 40.
 Result Was Surprise.
 The result evidently was a surprise to the advocates of the house bill. and it's announcement was followed by many con ferences among them on the floor of the Senate.
 While these were in progress McCumber l | admitting a state composed of Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined, an amend ment admitting Oklahoma alone as d | state.
 Mr. McCumber supported the substitute and MT. Ijeveridge made an earnest plea | az inst it. saying that it strikes at the entire measure and deprives the people of Indian Territory of the relief they so | much need. MT. Bailey and Mir Bate tha aat,t x1rac 1ofn ed, 45 to 32.
 An amendment was offered by Mr. Dol liver providing for terms of court at Tulsa, in addition to the other cities in Oklahoma provided by the bill. Mir, Bailey opposed the amendment, but said however that if a session of the court is to be held at Tulsa, he had friends he wanted to accommodate at Chickasha, and offered an amendment providing for this. Both amendments were agreed to.
 No Separate Schools.
 Mir Berry suggested an amendment, which was agreed to- providing that noth- ing in the act admitting Oklahoma shall be construed as prohibiting the estab- lishment of separate white and colored schools.
 The proceeding on the bill throughout the day had been in committee of the whole, but when the Senate at 7:15 re- stunned it's sitting as the Senate, MT. Spooner gave notice that he would de- mand a separate vote on the Bard amend ment for separate statehood for New Mexico. This notice, under the parlia- mentary practice of the Senate, had the effect of reviving that question. and it was again taken up, and amendments to the provision were declared to be in | order.
 One of these was offered by MT. Du- | bois and was a reservation by Congress Of the right to legislate on the subject | of polygamy. It was voted down.
 An amendment was proposed by MT. | Kearns providing that all that portion | of Arizona lying north of the Colorado river shall be annexed to Utah. The yeas l ard nays were ordered, and the amend ment was accepted, 3S to B. l The vote was then again taken on the l amendment to admit New Mexico to sep- arate statehood. This time the amedment was lost by a tie vote of 3S to 3s
 MT Bacon then offered an amendment eliminating Arizona and New Mexico from 1 the bill The amendment was adopted | 3S to 36.
 Mir Bard then in slightly different form | renewed his motion to admit New Mexi- co as a separate state, and the action pre- l vailed. 40 to B.
 MT Foraker moved to lay on the table a motion by Mr. Beveridge to reconsider and that motion prevailed, go to 3S.
 This was the last roll call. The bill as | amended then was passed without divi- sion. and on motion of MT. Foraker the