Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-14
SENATORS FIGHT
TO BITTER END
STATEHOOD HARD PILL FOR
MANY TO SWALLOW
Money Dubois, Bailey and Morgan
Air Grievances Before Report
on Famous Measure Is Fin-
ally Adopted
ny Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator
Beverldge called up the conference re-
port on the statehood bill in the senate
today and after almost three hours dis
cusslon 1t was adopted without division.
Senator Bailey indicated displeasure
over the location of the capital of the
proposed new state of Oklahoma at
Guthrie until 1908, but said that Okla
homa and Indian Territory had been
kept out of statehood so long that he
would make no effort to defeat the
report.
He said the effort to link those terri
tories with New Mexico and Arizona
was inexcusable and expressed the hope
that the separate vote allowed to the
latter pair would settle for all time the
question Of their consideration as one
time.
Senator Money objected to the union
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. He
expressed especial regret that Demo-
cratic senator's are uniting with Re-
publlcans in bringing about the result.
He also declared that If the two terri
tories were in the north not a man on
the Republican side would vote to unite
them.
Dakota, with only a fraction of the
population of New Mexico and Indian
Territory, had been divided into two
states In order to secure four United
States senator's.
Money Stands Alone
He expected, he said, to cast the only
vote In opposition to the adoption of
the report, but he would never sane
tion the outrage" He also spoke of
the liquor privilege as causing just in
dignation on the part of the people,
saying 1t is a result of that Pharsaical
cant and hypocrisy which sleadS them
to scrutinize with great care the sins
of others while totally oblivious of their
own.
He pleaded for the right of the new
state to regulate its own affairs and
declared that 'he would not give 100000
people Of the west for 100000 people of
the east, because one western man Is
worth five eastern men in all the ele-
ments of self-respect, courage and
manhood and could take better care of
his morals than could persons of the
"effete" east.
Some countries might require blue
laws, but not the vest In conclusion
he denounced the bill as sectional and
partisan.
Foraker Makes Reply
Senator Foraker deprecated the tone
of Mr. Moneys speech, raying it was
the first time since he had entered the
senate that he had heard a speech
based on sectional issues.
The Democratic member of the con-
ference committee, Senator Patterson,
made a statement of his reasons for
asserting to the report Speaking of
minority members. he likened them to
the verniform appendix, saying that
their principal office is to create irri-
tation and that for all practical pur-
poses they might as well be cut out.
He said, however, that the minority
members had been better satisfied than
the majority members with The Itcome
of Arizona and New Mexico and added
that the union of Indian Territory and
Oklahoma works no hardship because
it brings together parts which formerly
constituted one subdivision of the
country. From the very first, the DEM
ocratic party had, he said. been favor
able to the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as two states if
possible but If not as two then as one.
He predicted that joint statehood for
Arizona and New Mexico would be
overwhelmingly defeated in both terri
tories and thought the effect would be
to settle the question for all time.
Senator Morgan criticised the COM
promise provision on the ground that it
leaves to the president the right to say
whether New Mexico and Arizona
should decide to enter the union, say
ing that this delegation of power con-
gress has no authority to make.
He predicted that the vote of the two
territories would be for statehood be-
cause they would not be able to resist
"the bribe of s5,OOO,OOO given by the bill
to the proposed state of Arizona"
Mr.. Morgan declared that the bill has
from the beginning been a Republican
measure and said the effect would be
to advance the interests of that party.
In this connection he spoke of the
varying size of the states and compar-
ing Rhode Island to New York said it
was more majestic because it's two
senator's We're present in the senate
while the New York senator's were not.
He predicted that such legislation as.
this would be resorted to until two
thirds Republican majority is assured
and said that such possession of power
is liable to result in the expulsion Of
any senator who would dare to express
his sentiments.
II would not impute that desire to
senator's on the other side" he said,
"but / confess / dread you when you
get the power-I dread YOU"
Senator Dubois found fault with the
report because OF lne OllllSSlOIl OF lne
anti -polygamy amendment as applied
to Arizona. He declared that there are
many polygamists living in that terri
tory and that once Arizona is admitted
to statehood the Mormon hierarchy
would control politics He then said:
II know what this statement means
to me; it means the end OF my political
career. / have given no quarter and
have asked none. | enjoy the life and
duties here and would have had a
continuous service In the senate but
for this conflict.
II would not have been defeated in
1896 but for this hierarchy and l know
that no man can now be elected to the
senate from Utah. Idaho or Wyoming
who antagonizes the hierarchy. l warn
the senate that 1t is playing with fire.
| shall never vote for the report"
The report was then, at 2:10 D. M,
adopted without division.
BY the terms of the conference report
on the statehood bill adopted by the
senate today Indian territory and Okla
home are to be admitted TO the union
as one state under the name Of Okla
homa. The territories OF New Mexico
and Arizona are TO be admitted as one