Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
READY FOR THEFLAG
Two New stars Added to Galaxy
Of States by Act Of Senate.
arizona LEFT OUT IN The COLD.
Oklahoma Must ne Prohibition
state for ~ Years-25O,O 900 Acres
Of Land for Agricultural
Hf College.

Washington, Feb. S.-After a con
tInuous sitting of almost nine hour
the senate at S:45 o'clock last nigh
passed the joint statehood bill. A
passed the bill provides for the ad
mission of the states Of Oklahoma, y
10 composed Of Oklahoma and Indian
territory, and New Mexico, ACCORDING
to the present boundaries, with Arizo
M eliminated.
The long session was characterized
By many surprises. Beginning prompt
~ upon the converting at IL o'clocl
the senate proceeded to consider thu
various amendments which had beer
suggested by the committee on terri
tories 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 a substi-
tute offered by Mr.. Galllnger which ex-
tended the amendment to the entire
state for a period Of 81 years and this
was adopted.
The first surprise Of the day came
when the committee accepted Mr. For
akers amendment providing for a
separate vote by each Of the territories
Of Arizona and New Mexico on the con-
stitution to be adopted by the proposed
state Of Arizona. That provision had
scarcely been made a part OF the bill
when Mr.. Bard presented his amend
ment, which provided for the admls-
sion Of New Mexico as a state without
the addition of Arizona. This
amendment proved to be the point
around which all the subsequent pro-
ceedings of importance revolved. II
was at first adopted by the close vote
Of ~ to 40. This vote was taken while
the senat was sitting In committee Of
the whole and was reversed in the SEN
ate proper by the tievote Of 81 to 30.
Subsequently the senate decided by a
vote Of 3S to SO to entirely eliminate
New Mexico and Arizona from the bill
and this result had hardly been an
nounced when Mr.. Bard, in slightly
changed form, renewed his proposition
for the admission Of New Mexico as a
state and this time the amendment
prevailed by the vote Of 40 to 81. The
eject was to eliminate Arizona from
the bill and to establish state OF
New Mexico and another Of Oklahoma
and Indian territory. In this form the
bill passed,
Tho defeat Of the Bard amendment
IN the senate after It had been adopted
in committee Of the whole gave rise
% some interesting incidents. Mr..
Bailey intimated that there had been
4 trade" regarding the adoption OF an
amendment adding a portion Of Arizo-
n to Utah. The Mormon question al
80 received an airing during the day.
While the provision for the separate
admission Of New Mexico was under
consideration Mr.. Burrows, chairman
u the committee on privileges and
elections, announced his opposition to-
the bill and stated 1t was to the prac-
Aice Of polygamy in that territory to
such an extent that he considered II
unwise to take the administration
away fro mthe federal authorities Mr.
Dubois, Mr., McComas and Mr.. Pratt
Of Connecticut, referred to the ques-
tIon Of polygamy and to the revelations
before the committee,
The amendment suggested by Sen
ator Long, Of Kansas, increasing the
donation to the Oklahoma agricultural
and mechanical college from $4,000
acres to 25O,0OO acres was agreed to.
Mr.. Carmack offered an amendment
the provision in the bill
requiring the adoption of a constitu-
zion by the state Of Oklahoma, many |
Of the provisions of which shall be IT.
revocable without the consent Of the
United States. The amendment was
agreed to on q viva voce vote.
An amendment was proposed by Mr..
Kearns, providing that all that por-
tion Of Arizona lying north Of the Col
orado river shall be annexed to Utah.
Mr.. Beveridse, in behalf Of the COM
mittee, indicated a willingness to ac-
cspt the amendment and Il was agreed
io
Mr.. Burrows announced his opposi-
Zion to the admission of New Mexico
and based his antagonlsm on the reve-
Iations concerning Mormonism which
have been made in the case Of Senator
smoot before the committee on priv
Ileges and elections, Of which he lie
chairman. II cannot vote for the ad-
mission Of New Mexico" he said, be
cause to take II out Of the jurisdiction
81 the United States and lift It into
statehood would be to remove the
probability Of bringing to'justice those
who are violating law. The bill as II
stands" be said. recognizes the ex-
iaience Of the crime Of polygamy IN
New Mexico, by prohibiting its prac-
dee, admitting that when II becomes
q sovereign state II may remove the
restriction and nulllfy IT, This" he