Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
HOUSE PASSES
STATEHOOD BILL
THlRTY.THREE TNSUReENTS'
VOTE AGAINST 1T
One Condition Of the Measure Is Pro.
hibition OF the Sale Of Liquor
In the Territory in
Question


BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-The house
passed the statehood bill according t
schedule today. The Republican op.
position TO the measure spent its en-.
tire force yesterday and no effort was
made to defeat the bill on its final
passage, only thirty-three of the "in-
surgents" voting against the measure
The bill passed by the vote of 1914 to
$50.
The debate which preceded this vote
began at II o'clock and was practical
ly featureless so far as any hope was
entertained of changing the measure
in the slightest degree.
The bill as passed provides that
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
shall constitute one state under the
name of Oklahoma, and that Arizona
and New Mexico shall constitute one
state under the name of Arizona.
Should the terms of admission be rat
flied by the residents of the territory
in question, their respective state con-
situations must contain clauses pro-
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
and plural marriages.
The constitution of Arizona must
prohibit the sale of liquor to Indians
forever and that Of Oklahoma for Il
years.
There are many other stipulations
concerning schools, courts and political
subdivisions of the proposed new
states.
Little interest was manifested in
the davis proceedings. aside from the
actual vote on the bill.
With twenty members in their places,
the house at II o'clock today took up
it's special order on statehood.
Basing his prediction of the great
future development of New Mexico
and Arizona on the accomplishments
of his own state. Mr. Kahn of Cali
fornia depicted the wrong that waa
being done in joining these two terri
tories as one state.
Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming followed in
the same line. He predicted the time
when the representatives of the flour
ishing west would object to the rep
resentation accorded the dead and
dying east.
A brief speech in opposition was
made by Mr.. Lloyd of Arkansas also.
The debate shifted to the other side
at this point. Mr.. Cole of Ohio was
opposed to substituting hills for
homes or mountains for men. Mr..
Capron of Rhode Island began in favor
of the bill and then said he would
yield to Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa if he
would recount the experiences of the
territory of Iowa.
Mr.. Hepburn complied. Three times,
he said, the people of Iowa rejected
statehood and when she accepted 1t
was by the barest majority. -Four
times the territory of Maine refused
to come into the union, and her final
acceptance was barely carried. Should
the people of the territories now in
question vote against coming in, they
should not be dragged in.
Upon the assertion that 9S per cent
of the people of Arizona were opposed
to becoming a state with Mexico. Mr..
Webb of North Carolina based an argu-
ment against the bill
Mr.. Moon made an impassioned plea
for Arizona.
Mr.. Smith made a most emphatic
denial of charges that the railroad
and mining interests were working
against joint statehood.
Mr.. Lloyd of Missouri depicted the
injustice of uniting Arizona and New
Mexico and charged that only argu-
ment in favor of so doing was the fea1
of increased power in the west in the
senate The roll call on the bill was
begun promptly at O'Clock. In just
twenty-five minutes the result was an
nounced-197 ayes, $50 noes-and eight
answering present.
1.-The bill is passed" declared Speak
er Cannon.
At 4:35 p. m. the house adjourned un-
til tomorrow.