The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-14

statehood is Acceptabie-E Early Action
 Probable.
 washington. June 13.-The Carter compromise on the statehood bill was sgreed upon Monday by republican lsaders of the senate and house. No ,bine now stands in the way of the admission os Oklahoma and Indian ter ritorv as a state and choice by Ariz- ena and New Mexico as to whether ,hav desire to come in as another state.
 Ths compromise presented by Sena- tor Carter provides for the rejection If the Burrows amendment striking from the bill all reference to the ad mission of Arizona and New Mexico snd the adoption in lieu of Section 24 of the original bill an amendment providing the following.
 aThat at the general election to be held on the 9th day of November, 1906, all the electors of said territories re- speetiyely qualified to vote at such election are hereby authorized to vote for and choose delegates to form a convention for said territories. The aforesaid convention shall consist of |nO delegates, sixty-six of which del epates shall be elected to said conven- l ton by the people of the territory of New Mexico and A by the people of the territory of Arizona; and the gov ernors. chief justices and secretaries of each of said territories, respective ly. shall apportion the delegates to he thus elected from their respective ter ritories, as nearly as may be, equitab- ly among the several counties thereof in accordance with the population as shown by the federal census of 1900 That at the said general election and i 0n the same ballots on which the Thames of candidates to the convention Eaforesaid are printed, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of leach of said territories question which will be stated on the ballot in substance and form as follows: Shall Arizona and New Mexico be Limited to form one state?'"
 Then follows instructions in detail for marking the ballots and the trans mission of the results to the secretary of the interior. after which it is pro #yided
 l If it appears from the returns that majority of the electors in each of he territories voted in favor of union then, and not otherwise, the inhabi- iants of Arizona and New Mexico, as at present described, may become the state of Arizona. but if in either of the errltories a majority of the electors snail have voted against the union men provisions of the bill for the as- embling of the constitutional con- fentlon shall become null and void excepting that the appropriation made faail be available for defraying all and sRery kind and character of expense lacurred on account of the election of aelegates to the convention and the Eaomlssion of the question of state hood
 Each territory will elect a delegate congress and vote for regular terri oilai officers at the same election, so aa' m case the joint statehood propo- uon IS rejected. the affairs of the ter iues will continue as heretofore"
 .h the senate Tuesday Senator Bev- s''oge sought to withdraw the con-
 'enee report on the statehood bill M that the confcrees might take up Ae compromise agreed upon Monday, " ue request was opposed by Sen .ol blackburn, who made the point ufdef that conference report be- us tne property of the two houses of Snsfess cannot be withdrawn except
 unanimous consent. Senator Car
 replied that technically the report
 uils case had not been presented to N mouse. He contended that under V practice of the senate conference spoFl could be withdrawn at any
 ,o previous to action by the senate
 ne took issue with the statement
 MT Blackburn that the report is y Iolnt propeMy of both houses, say as that the >papers are all in the aa'e and the matter has not been 'ssehted 10 the house.
 Asssrs. Lodge and Foraker took the
 ,.. ,uon that upon objection to the naOrawal of a report such permis- N. M gan only be granted by vote of a,s ' beveridge thereupon moved that
 ~. IVY pc granted to withdraw the re- rs ~ and this was carried without di. s'0n He then formally withdrew
 'eport thus taking the bill back
 conference.
 Produce.
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