Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-08
NEW STARS FOR FLAG
Oklahoma and New Mexico
States of the Union.
SENATE PASSED BILL LAST NIGHT.
Proposition 10 Include Arfzon" De-
feated, Thus Eliminating the
Apache Territory-MOrmon
Question Aired.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S. After a
continuous sitting of almost nine hours
the senate at S:45 o'clock last night
nassed the Joint statehood bill. As
nassed the bill provides for the admis-
sion of two new tates-Oklahoma, to
he comnosed of Oklahoma and Indian
Tprritory. and New Mexico, according
10 the present boundaries, with Arizona
eliminated. The long session was char
acteri2ed by exciting incidents and
many surprises. Beginning promptly
upon converting. the senate proceeded
10 consider the various amendments
which had been suggested by the com
mittcc on territories and which had
been passed over. Ono of the first of
these taken mp was the amendment
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors in what is now Indian Terri
tory for the next ten years, and this
was displaced with a substitute offered
by Mr.. Gallinger. which extended the
amendment to the entire state for Il
period of ;wenty-one years, ana this
was adopted.
The first surprise Of the day came
when the committee accepted Mir. Fora
ker's amendment providing for q sepa-
rate vote by each of the territories OF
Arizona and New Mexico on the consti-
tuition to be adopted by the proposed
state Of Arizona. That provision had
scarcely been made 4 part of the Dill
Vrl,nn Mn DO I1 ,pnSnlltn1 his mpn1
ment. which had been originally of
fercd by Mr.. Patterson and which pro-
vidcd for the admission OF New Mexico
as a state without the addition of Ari-
coma. This amendment proved to be
the point around which all the subse-
! ouent proceedings of importance re-
| volvcd. 1t was nj first adopted by the
close vote of 10 to 10. This vote was
taken while the senate was sitting in
| committee of the whole and was re-
| versed in the scnatc proper by the tie
vote of 80 to IS.
subsequently the senate decided by
a vote of IS To IS to entirely eliminate
New Mexico and Arizona from the bill,
| and this result had hardly been an
| nounccd when Mr.. Bard in slightly
changed form renewed his proposition
| for The admission of New Mexico as Il
state. and this 10 the amendment pre-
| vailed by a vote Of 20 to 81.
The Mormon question also received
an airing during the day. While the
provision for Il separate admission of
New Mexico vas under consideration
Mr.. Burrows. chairman of the commit
tee on privileges and elections, an
nounced his opposition to the bill and
stated that it was due to the practice
Of polygamy in that territory to such
| an extent that he considered it unwisc
to take the administration away from
the federal authorities. Mr.. Dubois,
Mr.. AIcComas and Mr.. Platt Conn re-
ferred to the question Of polygamy and
! to the revelations before the commit
tee.
According TO Il report from Radon,
twenty workmcn have been killed or
| wounded in strike disorders there,
while at Skarzysko twenty-four have
been killed and forty wounded.
Grave trouble is also reported at
| Kutno. Troops have been sent 10
Kutno from here.
The Catholic bishop Of this diocese
has issued an appeal TO the strikers to
attend the cathedral today and definite.
~ state their claims.