Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-02-09
De|egate-EIect W. H. Andrews Is
Getting in Sledge Hammer
Blows at the National
Capital.
HOUSE. WILL CONCUR
He Feels Confident of Ultimate Success
Though One Correspondent Is Less
Hopeful Late to Send
Delegation.
Special to the New Mexican.


Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Delegate-Elec
Andrews saved the situation in the
Senate on the vote on the Hamilton
statehood bill by inducing the Penn
sylvania Senators to vote for the Pat
tersOn amendment He now has Sc
cured the entire Pennsylvania delega
ton in the House numbering 80 in fav
or of the amended bill and the delega
tlon will vote for it as soon as it comes
up for that purpose. The bill has been
referred as it came from the Senate to
the House committee on territories.
Owing to the parliamentary situation
and the strict enforcement of the Reed
rules, the situation is doubtful but
somewhat in favor of the bill if it can
be gotten out of the committee on ter.
ritories. Delegate-Elect Andrews,
Major Llewellyn and Captain Leahy
are working most strenuously with
members. The California delegation
in the House has also come out in fav-
or of the bill, owing to the work done
by Delegate-Elect Andrews.
Reaches the House.
Washington, Feb. 9.-The statehood
bill was transmitted to the House from
the Senate today and was laid on the
speakers table for reference to the
committee on territories.
Andrews at Work.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Delegate-Elec
w. H. Andrews is here and is working
hard for the concurrence in the amend.
ed bill as passed by the Senate Tues
day, by the House of Representatives.
He has induced the entire Pennsylva-
mia delegation in the House to change
front and to aid him in his endeavors
to have the House concur in the bill as
it came from the Senate.
Too Late for Delegation.
1t looks as if the amended bill would
be concurred in and pass the House.
No delegation should be sent here to
work for favorable action on the bill,
as it would be too late and it's members
could not reach the national capital in
time to do any good.
LIeweIIyn to Be Confirmed.
1t is understood that the appointment
of Major w. H. H. Llewellyn as u. S.,
attorney for the district of New Mexi-
co, will be favorably reported by the
Senate committee on judiciary and will
be confirmed.
Enough Votes Assured.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, Feb "a canvass of
the House which has been made by
Delegate-Elect Andrews and by several
citizens of New Mexico here develops
the fact that there are enough votes
in that body to concur in the Hamilton
statehood bill as amended by the Sen
ate, If the bill can be brought up for
action and if Speaker Cannon and the
committee on rules consent to its con-
sideration. Delegate-Elect Andrews,
Major w. H. H. Llewellyn and Captain
David ]. Leahy who are here are work
ing hard for the passage of the bill.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico and
Delegate ]. Francis Wilson of Arizona,
as well as delegate-elect Mark A. Smith
of the latter territory, all have joined
hands and are at work with members
of the House of Representatives to|
favor the passage of the amended bill.
Is Not Hopeful.
There is only one question on every
tongue today. That question is, "Will
the House concur?" Many are san.
guine, but there are those who are not
OF the faith. OF such as there is the
Washington correspondent of the Den
yer Republican who sends to his news
paper cheerless forecast of the prob
able action Of the House. OF course,
when this was written the grand
chance of single statehood for New
Mexico as c0nsummated by the Sen
ate was so new to some people that it
was shock. This is the "blue" view
which the correspondent takes:
Delegates in the House from the
territories and many western Senators
and Representatives express the opin-
ion that the House will not accept the
statehood bill as 1t passed the Senate,
and that failure of the Senate to pass
the bill as 1t came from the House will
result in defeat at this session of all |
statehood legislation.
It was in view of probable action OF |
this nature by the House that several |
western Senators voted with the COM
mittee for joint statehood for Arizona |
and New Mexico, and again for the
Bard amendment, providing separate
statehood for New Mexico. and leavingt
Arizona as territory. The western
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