The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-11
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FOR TWO STATES
House Caucus Stands by Its
Vote Of Last April.
THiRTY-THREE STAND OUT
Bill May Be Held in Committee and
Effort Made to Whip in
Recalcitrants.
THiRTY-THREE STAND OUT

The House Republicans will stand
by the plan they adopted last April to
admit as two States the four Territories
of New Mexico and Arizona and Okla
homa and Indian Territory.
In three-hour caucus yesterday
afternoon, amid the cracking of the
party whip and after a heated and pro-
1onged debate, the ma jority Representa-
tives. by vote of 112 to IS, decided to
hold to their original proposition at any
cost, and to refuse to concur with the
Senate amendments admitting Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one State, New
Mexico as a single State, and leaving
Arizona to come in at a later date.
Two-State Doctrine.
AS was foreseen yesterday morning.
the Republicans in the House will hold
to their two-State doctrine even at the
expense of RELOCATING the Statehood bin
10 oblivion and neeessitating taking up
the subject all over again during the
next Congress.
Speaker Cannon was especiallE active
in yesterdays caucus. addressing his CO.
hoIts twice N order 10 impress on
them the importance OF holding IL their
original plan, and not allowing the
Senate to cram different proposition
down their threats. A resolution, franz
Ell by him, and offered by Representative
Tawney, was adopted by the caucus. 11e
to 50, as follows.
Resolved. That it is the sense o. this
conference that the action aud policy
of the Republican caucus. held April
10, 1904, touching the admission of '+kla-
homa and the Indian TsTTitoFy as one
State and New Mexico md Arizona as
one State, as provided in the bill of the
House, No. 1919, which bill has been
amended by the Senate and is now
pending in the House Committee on
Territories, De insisted upon, and that
we insist on such parliamentary pro
ceedinss as can be had by majority
OF the House, or "a special order as can
be made and adopted Dy a majority OF
the House, under which the aforesaid
policy of the Republicans of the House
will be worked out.
Nay Hang IN Committee.
The probabilities are that this rule
will keen the bill before its committee
in the House until the thirty-three Re
publicans, who voted against the reso-
luton and thus signlfied their intention
TO go with the Democrats. have come
back from their search after strange
gods and have signified their intention of
assuring the majority real, reliable
majority on the vote.
chance for Statehood looks exceedingly
slight. as it is doubtful whether the
thfrty-three deserters will soon come
back into the Republican fold on this
proposition
During the caucus occa sicn was taken
to explain to deserving Republicans that
a party caiicus is considered binding
or its members, unless they shall have
expressed IN the caucus their intention
to deYiate from the policy there decided
en-
Caucus Vote Binding.
This was done to remind the wander
ing thirty-three that the caucus of last
April is still binding. At that time the
House Republicans went on record in
caucus and by their votes in the House
as fayoring the two-State proposition.
The debate was spirited during the
three hours that the caucus lasted and
speeches and resolutions were made by
the following well-known Republicans:
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico
Messrs. Daizeil Of Pennsylvania. Hamil-
ton Of Michigan, chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories. and Powers of
Maine, Delegate Mcclure of Oklahoma
Hepburn, TaWney. Needhanl, Brick, and
Gaines Of West Virginia.