The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-16
STATEHOOD TO
 HAVE THEFLOOR Argument VIII Probably Las All Week in Senate CHARGES ARE SUGGESTED swayne Case VIII Occupy the Time of the House, and Will Continue
 for an Indefinite Length
 of Time.
CHARGES ARE SUGGESTED

Washington, January 15.-The intention Is to keep the statehood bill to the front in the Senate during the present week, With the hope on the part of it's friends that by the end of the week they may De able to get an agreement to vote on It. Thus far the opponents of the meas ure have held out stubbornly against naming a day for a vote, and while they do not say in explicit terms that It Is their intention to ilibuster against the passage of the bill, 1t Is evident that un- less a compromise can be reached for the elimination of Arizona from the measure they will make an effort to prevent a vote before the close of the present session.
 On this account there is coming to be more or less discussion of plans for the modification of the bill, and most of their talk gravitate towards the amendment suggested by Senator Foraker for sep aration of the votes of Arizona and New Mexico on the question of admission, or that suggested by Senator Bard confining the operation of the bill to the creation of the state of Oklahoma out of the territory of Oklahoma and Indian terri tory, entirely eliminating New Mexico and Arizona from the bill. A number of republicans have announced themselves favorable to either of these notifications. and the hope is expressed that the dem ocratic senators may be brought to ac- cept them.
 Debate Will Continue.
 In the meantime the debate will go on. Senator Bate, the senior democratic mem Der of the committee on territories, said that a number of democratic senators would be prepared by Monday to take the floor in opposition to the bill, in it's present shape He would not admit a will lfngness to accept tl-e Foraker or Bard amendment, but said that either of them would be debated. Other democrats do no manifest a disposition to hold out so stiffly and some say frankly that they would feel liberally inclined toward the union of Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory, if the bill can 4e confined to those territories. Senator Beveridge who is in charge of the bill will be absent from the city during the greater part of the week. and the bill will be n charge of Senator Nelson. MT. Beverdge goes to Indianapolis to be present at his pros pective reelection to the Senate, and will not return until Friday.
 The pure food oill wln become the un- finished business when the statehood bill is disposed of, but time Is rapidly slippir , aN ay, and with only one of the appropria- tion bills passed, there probably will be UluCn opposition lO cOnSluer Lie pure lOoo bill if it is not taken up quickly. The friends of this measure are discussing the advisability of vote to dlspace the statehood bill, wi.-- the pure fooG bill Nothing, however, is determined on in that direction.
 House Forecast.
 The important work before the House of Representatives this week is the dispo-' sition of the Swayne case. It cannot be foretold just how much time will be consumed before a conclusion is reached, as there are a number of members who desire to speak on the subject before final action is taken on the articles of inn peachment reported by the select com mittee. As this is a question of the high est privilege, 1t will have precedence over all other business undisposed of. Tomor- row being pension day, the probability is that some time will be given to the con- sideration of minor business under sus- pensfon of rules, after which argument will be resumed on the Swayne case.
 The army appropriation bill is pending before the House. General debate on the bill has closed, and the bill was being read by sections for amendment under the five-minute rule when it was laid aside for the consideration of the im- peachment case. It is the intention to re- sume consideration of the army bill as soon as the pending matter is out of the way.
 The pension bill has been reported from the appropriations committee, ana IS ready for the action of the House, while the currency bill is still pending mat ter.