Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-12
LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED
NEW CONFERENCE REPoRT ON
STATEHOOD Bill.
Proposed That People Of New Mexico
and Arizona Vote on the Ones
ton Next November.

Senator Beverage asked permission ia the
Senate this afternOon to withdraw the con-
ference report on the statehood bill. the
object being to enable the conferees to
bring in substitute report which wIli be
more satisfactory to the Senate. After some
discussion upon technical parliamentary
grounds permission to withdraw the con-
ference report was granted. and tomorrow
the confsrees win come hack with propo-
sition which is likely to receive the APP
prevail OF the Senate.
Conferees on the statehood bill met tn
formally today and agreed upon the new
report to be made IN accordance with the
compromise plan in regard to Arizona and
New Mexico. In view Of some dissatisfac-
ton among the democrats in the Senate II
was thought best not to bring in report
until tomorrow. In the meantime efforts
are being made to placate the democrats
In order to avoid reopening discussion Of
the statehood question.
The proposed substitute provides for the
rejection of the Burrows amendment strik-
ing from the bill all reference to the admis-
sion of-Arixona and New Mexico. and the
adoption In lieu of section "a of the orig
inal bill an amendment providing the fol-
lowing.
That at the general election to be held
on the 9Th day of November. 1896, all the
electors of said territories respectively quail
lied to vote at such election are hereby
authorized to vote for and choose delegates
to form convention for said territories.
the aforesaid convention shall consist OF
ITO delegates, sixty-six of which delegates
shall be elected to said convention by the
people of the territory of New Mexico and
forty-four by the people of the territory OF
Arizona: and the governors. chief justices
and secretaries Of each of said territories.
respectively, shall apportion the delegates
TO be thus elected from their respective
territories. as nearly as may be. equitahly
among the several counties thereof In ac-
cordance with the population as shown by
the federal census of 1900
That at the said general election and
on the same ballots on which the names
OF candidates to the convention afore-.
said are printed there shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of each of said
territories question which shall be
stated on the ballot in substance and
form as follows:
Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united to form one slater"
Tnen follow instructions In detail for
marking the ballots and the transmits
sion OF the results to the Secretary Of
the Interior. after which 1t Is provided: :
II 1t appears from the returns that
majority of the electors in each OF the,
territories voted in favor of the union,
then, and not otherwise, the inhabitants
of Arizona and New Mexico, as at pres
ent described. may become the state Of
Arizona, but II In either of the territories
a majority Of the electors shall have
voted against the union, then provisions
of the bill for the assembling of the
constitutional convention shall become
null and void. excepting that the appro-
priation made shall be available for de-
frayfng all and every kind and char
acter of expense incurred on account
OF the election of delegates to the con-
yention and the submission of the ques-
ton of statehood.
Each territory will elect delegate
to Congress and vote for regular terri
torial officers at the same election. SO
that in case the joint statehood PROPOSE
tion Is rejected the affairs of the terri
tories will continue as heretofore"
Nothing now stands in the way of the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory state A