The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-08
Followed Session of AL
 most Nine Hours.
EXCITING OCCURRENCES
Provisions of Measure As
 Finally Carried.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Ad- mltted as one' New Mexico Ac- cOraing to Present Boundaries,
 with Arlsona Eliminated.

Washington. Feb. 7.-After a con tinuous sitting of almost nine hours the Senate at S:45 o'clock tonight passed the joint statehood bill. As passed the bill provides for the admis- sion of the States of Oklahoma to be composed of Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory, and New Mexico, according to the present boundaries, with Arizona eliminated.
 The long session was characterised by exciting incidents and many sur prises. Beginning promptly upon the convening at 12 o'clock the Senate pro- ceeded to consider the various amend- ments which had been suggested by the committee on territories and which had been passed over. One of the first of these taken up was the amend ment prohibiting the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in what is now Indian Ter ritory for the next ten years and this was displaced with substitute offered aby Mr. Gallinger, which extended the amendment to the entire State for a period of twenty-one years and this was adopted.
 The first surprise of the day came when the committee accepted Mir, For aker's amendment providing for sep arste vote by each of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico on the com stftution to be adopted by the pro- posed State of Arizona That provi- sion had scarcely been made part of the bill when MT. Bard presented his amendment which had been originally offered by Mir. Patterson and which provided for the admission of New Mexico as a State without the addi- proved to be the point around which all the subsequent proceedings of importance revolved.' It was at first adopted by the close vote of 42 to 40. Thia vote was taken while the Senate was sitting f1 committee of the whole and was reversed in the Senate prop CT by the tie vote of 3S to 3S.
 Bard Amendment Prevailed.
 Subsequently, the Senate decided by . vote of Ss to s6 to entirely eliminate New AEo.sicn asa Asizona from thsse1iil ana this result had hardly been an- nounced when MT. 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 37.
 The defeat of the original Bard amendment in the Senate after 1t had been adopted in committee of the whole gave rise to some interesting inci- dents Mir. Bailey intimated that there had been a trade" regarding the adoption of an amendment, adding a portion of Arizona to Utah.
 The Mormon question also received an airing during the day. While the provision for the separate admission of New Mexico was under considera- tion MT. Burrows. Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, announced his opposition to the bill and stated it was due to the practice of polygamy in that territory to such an extent that he considered it unwise Co take the administration away from the Federal authorities.
 The bill originated in the House and will go to conference,
 Under the agreement previously reached, the Senate entered upon the consideration of the amendmnts offer ed to the joint Statehood bill imme- diately after converting today. That agreement provided that the entire days debate be given to the considera- tion of the amendments to the bill un- der the ten minute rule and that a vote should be taken upon all the amend ments and upon the bill itself prior to the adjournment of the days session.
 Liquor Traffic Prohibited.
 The first amendment considered pro- hibits the sale of liquor in Indian Ter ritory for ten years. Mir. Gallinger offered an amendment as a substitute for the committees provision making the time twenty-one years and extend- ing it's operation to the entire State.
 The amendment was debated by several Senators including Messrs. Gal finger. McLaurin, Stone. Carmack, Nor gan and Clay. MT. Stone advocated the amendment. Mir. McL4aurin op- posed 1t as an interference with the State rights and MT. Morgan said he would favor 1t If domestic wines could be excepted. MT. Teller and Mir. Spooner spoke in support of the sub stitute and Messrs. Bailey, Bacon, Hep burn, FOralker and Mallory against it. The opposition was based on the ground that the provision contemplated an interference with the police powers of a State.
 The substitute was carried by a vote of 55 to 20. There was no division on party lines on the vote.
 The text of the Gallinger amendment applying to the entire State of Okla homa is as follows:
 The manufacture, sale, barter or giving away of intoxicating liquors within this State. is hereby prohibited for period of twenty-one years after the date of admission of thls State into the Union and thereafter until the peo- pie of this State shall otherwise pro- vide by amendment of this constitution III NAe HduuSE preScr1DeQ herein. Any person who shall manufacture. sell, barter or give away any intoxicating liquor of any kind, including beer, ale and wine, contrary to the provisions of this section Is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punish ed by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than 100 days and by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $2OO for each ofiense; and upon the admission of this State into the Union the provisions of this sec tion shall be imediately enforceable in the courts of this State"
 To Submit Consultation.
 Then came the first surprise in con- nection with the proceeding. This was the adoption of the amendment suggested by Mir. Foraker providing for the submission of the constitution of the proposed State of Arizona to the voters of the present territory of Arizo- na and of the territory of New Mexico separately
 Mr. Beveridgs had suggested that the