The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-09
A NINE HOURS SESSION.
Detailed Story Of the Passage OF tho
Statehood Bill.
(By the Associated Press.l

Washington. Feb. AFTER a con-
tinuous sitting of almost nine hours
the Senate at 8:45 o'clock tonight
passed the joint Statehood bill AS
passed the bill provides for the adj
mission of the States of Oklahoma
to be composed of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, and New Mexico,
according to it's present boundaries,
With Arizona eliminated.
The long session was characterized
by exciting incidents and many sur
prises. Beginning promptly upon the
converting at II o'clock. the Senate
proceeded to consider the various
amendments which had been suggest
ed by the Committee on Territories,
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
substitute offered by Mr.. Gallinger,
which extended the amendment to the
entire State for a period of twenty
one years and this was adopted by
u vote Of So to 20.
The first surprise of the day came
when the committee accepted Mr.
Foraker's amendment providing for n
separate vote by each OF the terri
tories of Arizona and New Mexico on
the constitution to be adopted by the
proposed State of Arizona That
provision had scarcely been made a
part of the bill when Mr.. Bard pre-
scented his amendment, which had
been originally offered by Mr.. Patter-
son and which provided for the ad-
mission of New Mexico as a State
without the adoption of Arizona This
an lal II mo = mr. 70 he,
arolBid which all the subsequent pro-
ceedfiags $of importance revolved. &Iti
was at flrstsadnpte aby the close vote
of AZ toN4O. ySThiss vote was taldenS
while the Senate was sitting in Fcor1i 4
mittee of the whole, and was re-
verscd in the Senate proper by tie
vote of So to So. Subsequently the
Senate adopting an amendment offer
ed by Mr.. Bacon. decided by vote Of
SO to SO to entirely eliminate New
Mexico and Arizona from the bill.
This result had hardly been an
nounced when Mr. Bard. in slightly
changed form, renewed his PROPOSE
ton for the admission of New Mexi-
co as a State and this time the
amendment prevailed by the vote of
40 to 81. One of the affirmative
votes was, however. cast by Mr.. Bev--
eridge. in charge Of the bill for the
purpose of moving the reconsidera-
ton of the vote. He was prompt in
entering this motion as soon as the
result was announced, but the mo-
ton was laid upon the table by a
vote of 50 to SO. The effect was to
eliminate Arizona from the bill and
to establish q State OF New Mexico,
and another of oklahoma and In
dian Territory. In this form the
bill passed.
Vote on Bard Amendment
The vote by which the Bard amend
ment was finally adopted is as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Alger. Bailey Bard Bate.
Berry, Beveridge, Blackburn, Car
mack Clark, of Montana; Clay, Cock
rell Culberson, Daniel, Dubois. Ell
kins. Foraker, Foster, of Louisiana:
Gallinger, Gibson, German, Hans
brough, Hepburn, Latimer, Nc
Creary. McCumbcr, McEnery. Nc
Laurin. Mallory, Martin, Morgan.
Newlands, Overman, Patterson, Pen
rose. Perkins, Simmons, Stewart.
Stone, Taliaferro. Teller
Nays--Allee, Allison, Ankeny, Bah,
Durham, Burrows, CIapp, Clark, Of
Wyoming; Clark, of Arkansas; Gull
lom, Depew, Dick, Dietrich. Billing
Foster, of Washington; Frye, Fulton.
Gamble, Hale, Hopkins. Kean,
Kearns, Kittredge, Lodge, Long, Nc
Comas. Millard, Nelson. Plat, oe
Connecticut; Proctor, Quarles, Scott.
Smoot, SDooner.
The defeat of the Bard amendment
in the Senate after 1t had been
adopted in committee OF the whole,
gave rise to some interesting incl
dents. Mr.. Bailey intimated that
there had been a trade" regarding
the adoption of an amendment, ad
ding 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-
ton, Mr.. Burrows, chairman OF the
Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons. announced his opposition to the