The oasis., 1906-01-13

UdHSc Witu tHt rue. Dub bHo III surgents" declare that by joining their seventy-fve votes with the 40 democratic they will have 215 votes against adoption of the rule, while the regular republicans will have only 175 votes for bringing in the rule Now that all looks very simple: With 215 votes to 1T5 the rule will fail of adoption, and the bill cannot get before the honse for consideration. But 1t is not so simple as it looks. Congressmen Tawney, Babcock, and the rest of the insurgents have all got legis- lation they want to get before the house. To do so a rule for consi- iteration must come from the com mittee on rules in each separate case. But the committee on rules consists of the speali,,ee.", e'@,n,ggsess- man Dalzell and Congressman
 Williams, The first two dominate the committee. No rule to con- sider bill wanted enacted by any of the insurgent congressman or their constituents will come out of that committee so long as they stand in opposition to the rule formed by the committee for con- sideration of the statehood bill. Congressman Babcock has already struck that snag. Before the ses- sion of Congress is over the in surgents" will he glad to get down off from their high horse and vote for a rule demanded by the over- whelming majority of their party conference, Speaker Cannon will show them q few things.
 One difficulty to a correct un- derstanding of the situation by the people of Arizona is that our own
 home newspapers publish nothing but what suits Mark Smith and
 Frank Murphy, sent from Wash ington The facts outlined in the foregoing statement TIE OASIS called from newspapers published outside of Arizona The following is from the Santa Fe New Mexican
 -an antl-lointure newspaper.
 Washington, D. O., Fec S.-The sit- uation on the joint statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona is becoming very interesting and the atmosphere is heated The Republicans who refused to 20 into caucus, acting with inc In- dependents and the Democrats, claim to have 2l5 votes against the Hamilton bill, while the regular Republican organiza- tion can only count on l75 votes. The Speaker and Representative Hamilton, who has charge of the Arizona state- hood bill, will not press a rule fixing the date for the consideration of any action upon the Hamilton bill unless assured they have the vote to carry, which, at this writing, they do not seem to have.
 In retaliation, Chairman Hamilton and the Republican members of the House who favor joint statehood, threaten the revision of the assessment values in Arizona on railroad proper ties, which itis claimed possess a real value of fifty-nine millions of dollars, but are assessed only at six million five hundred thousand dollars; the Tomb stone mines, which are capitalized at fifteen millions of dollars in stocks and have issued six millions of dollars in bonds, are assessed at only seventy-nine thousand dollars and these assessments will also be revised by Congressional legislation if necessary The United
 Verde mines in Yayapai County, which are the property of U. & Senator W. 4.
 Clark of Montana, and which are valued at one hundred and fifty millions cf dol 1 lars, the daily output being eighty
 thousand dollars, and producing over ten millions of dollars per year, are assessed at only one million dollars. l This property will also come under the
 revision of tax assessments if taken up by Congress and the assessments will
 be made near the real value of the min