The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08


WASHINGTON. Feb. AFTER a con-
tinuous session Of nine hours, the Sen
ate tonight passed the joint statehood
bill AS passed. the bill provides for
the admission of two States. 1t joins
Oklahoma and Indian Territory into
one State, to be called Oklahoma, and
admits New Mexico with its present
boundaries. Arizona was eliminated
from the bill.
The long session was characterized
by many surprises. Beginning prompt
ly at noon, the Senate proceeded to
consider the various amendments
which had been suggested in the Com
mittee on Territories. 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 g substitute offered by
Gallinger which extended the amend
ment 10 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 Foraker's 6
amendment providing for a separate
vote by each Of the Territories of Ari-
zona and New Mexico on the constitu-
tion to be adopted by the proposed
state Of Arizona. This provision had
scarcely been made a part of the bill
when Bard presented his amendment
which had been originally offered by
Patterson and which provided for the
admission 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 It
a tod 10z-1 he oil
OF = to 40. This vote was taken while
the Senate was sitting in committee of
the whole and was reversed in the Sen
ate proper by the tie vote of IS to So
PROVIDES FOR TWO STATES.
subsequently the Senate decided by a
close vote TO entirely eliminate New
Mexico and Arizona from the bill, and
this result had hardly been announced
when Bard, in slightly changed form
renewed his proposition for the admis-
sim OF New Mexico as a State, and
this time the amendment prevailed.
one of the affirmative votes was.
however, cast by BeVeridge who was
in charge Of the bill, for the purpose
OF moving the reconsideration of the
vote. He was prompt in making the
motion as soon as the result was an
nounced, but the molten was laid on
the table. The effect was to eliminate
Arizona from the bill and to esta ablish
q State Of New Mexico and another of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. In
this form the bill was passed.
SEPARATE REFERENDUM.
The first surprise in connection with
the proceedings was the adoption of
the amendment suggested by Foraker.
providing for the submission of the
constitution Of the proposed State of
Arizona to the voters of the present
Ierrtory Of Arizona and the Territory
Of New Mexico separately.
BeVerldge had suggested that the
committee amendments should be
passed upon in order to perfect the
OH "hen FORAKER secured recognition
TO formally propose his amendment
This had for weeks been considered a
crucial amendment. and surprise was
depicted on many faces when 1t was
permitted TO go to a vote without a
suggestion from any Senator The sur
prise was no less when the supporters
OF. the committee bill failed to demand
a division on the vote. Beveridee I'm
charge Of the bill, sat in his customary
seat on the front row of the Repub-
lican side, but made no sign The re-
suit created a ripple OF excitement
throughout the Senate chamber. and
when IL subsided Beveridge on behalf
Of the committee, indicated his pur-
pose Of accepting several amendments
scribed the proportion of the public
lands TO be devoted to the benefit of
the higher institutions of learning in
the proposed State OF Oklahoma
The amendment suggested by Long,
increasing the donation to the Okla
homa Agricultural and Mechanical
College from 10000 acres to 100000
acres. was agreed TO.
Bailey spoke in opposition to the
union Of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. He said that If Texas had had
sufficient population in the beginning
il would in all probability have been
divided into five States.
Carmack offered an amendment ELI
minating the provision in the bill re-
Quiring the adoption of a constitution
by the State of Oklahoma many of
the provisions Of which shall be ire
vocable without the consent Of the
United States. The amendment was
agreed to on a viva voce vote.
BARD FOR NEW MEXICO.
Bard then proposed an amendment,
providing for the admission Of New
Mexico as a State with its present
boundaries, the effect being to elirnin-
ate Arizona as a part of the proposed
State. The amendment was formerly
suggested by Patterson, and was Of
1ered as a substitute for the provision
IN the bill admitting Arizona and New
Mexico as one State. The reading OF
the amendment consumed much time