The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-24
MAKES UNCLE JOE CAN
NON VERY UN-
EASY
FORAKER ISSUES A Def
Statehood Bill Will Likely
Go on a "POrk' Bill

Washington, May "a The state
hood negotiations which gave such
good promise OF agreement took
turn which presages a disagreement.
Speaker Cannon is ready to compro-
mise, but the terms he offers are not
such as Mr.. Foraker vii accept.
Mr.. Aldrich, genius Of strategy
and diplomacy, undertook today to
reconcile Mr.. Foraker and Mr.. Cannon
as the leaders of the two conflicting
purposes. From Mr.. Cannon he car
ried to Mr.. Foraker a proposition to
compromise on the first Foraker
amendment, the one which provides
that after constitution has been
lin-de, an election shall be held at
which both the question of ratifying
the Constitution and of determining
whether the two Territories shall be
joined for statehood are to be sub
mitted.
quite absurd, Mr.. Foraker is re-
ported to have replied and doubtless
he did. for he had previously declared
in private conversations that no such
compromise was possible
Mr.. Aldrich was authorized to tell
Speaker Cannon, however, that Mr.
Foraker had no objection to have the
question Of the jointure of New Mex
leo and Arizona submitted at the gen
eral election next November.
Threat Of Rider.
This message Mr.. Aldrich took to
Speaker Cannon late this afternoon
The Speaker, who would have IL
thought that he personiies the senti
ment of the House. expressed the be
lief that he could not persuade his fol
lowers to assent to this course.
When this reply was brought to Mr.
Foraker, he shrugged his shoulders
land remarked: Very well, then; We
shall provide for oklahoma and Indian
Territory by means of rider on the
sundry civil appropriation bill.'
SO, in the vernacular OF the street
IT'S up to the Speaker"
What the Speaker is going to dc
about It is a matter for conjecture
What seems to be the best opinion is
that he will yield, since to hold in
line those Kansas and Missouri Re
Ipublicans when they were on the
verge OF insurrection, he gave them
personal assurances that congress
shall not adjourn without giving state
hood to Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory
There Is some difference OF opinion
as TO wnat would be the result Of an
effort to put the statehood bill on tC
the sundry civil bill as rider. II
would be, OF course, the statehood bill
as il passed the Senate with the Bur
rows amendment striking out all ref
erence to New Mexico and Arizona
This proposition had a majority of on
" two, and while there is some pre-
judice against legislating by means
OF riders, there is also in the Senate
a strong disposition to rebuke Mr.
Cannon for his arrogance. For thii
reason, it is believed that such I
course as Mr.. Foraker has suggested
would meet the approval OF the Sen
ate. notwithstanding it is ayerse T.
that method as a matter Of principle
odium on the Speaker
If the Senate should do that tn,
burden of responsibility, not to sa.
odium, that the Speaker is carrying
would be greatly increased since h
could crafty his vanity only at th'
sacrihce of one Of the great appropria
ton bills. But servile as the House 4
to his will, it is not believed It woul,
sustain him n thereby the sundry ciyi
bin should be jeopardized, for that 1
the measure which. among othe
things. carries appropriations 70
rivers and harbors projects already az
proved
The Speaker is now holding the pull
lie buildings bin back as an entics
ment to the Republicans Of the House
50 that il the Mndry civil biIl wer
thrown int the other pan of the scale
the statesmen Of the House would b
in sore perplexity.