The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-15
House Won't Stand For It.

The Statehood question will not be
taken up by the House until the re-
turn Of the members of the rivers and
harbOrs committee who are making
trip of inspection through the South.
These members will not return until
March 18th. Before they left an ag-
reemcnt was reached that nothing
should be done with statehood until
their return.
House leaders who represented the
administration view Of the statehood
problem are positive that the House
will not concur in the amendment OF
the Senate eliminating Arizona and
New Mexico from the bill. The posi-
tive assertion is made that the stall
warts" that the insurgents have
not gained a single vote since the bill
left the House and consequently will
be unable to carry motion to con-
cur in the Senate amendments to the
measure.
When the bill comes over from the
Senate the program contemplates
motion to diagree and ask for a con
| ference. This motion will be made by
| Mr.. Hamilton. 1t is thought that Mr..
| Babcock will interpose a motion to
concur in the Senate amendments. The
vote will come on this motion first and
the result of the vote will reveal the
strength of the respective sides.
Those opposing statehood for Arl-
zona and New Mexico i'll the House
have maintained all along that II op-
portunity was given for direct vote
on the specific question and not, as
was the case OH the necessity OF de-
feating a rule direct from the speak
er's room. that they had plenty OF
votes to defeat joint statehood.
"There is no change in the temper
of the House, so far as | can see.>
This was the statement made by
Speaker Cannon at the White House
regarding the statehood legislation.
Statehood legislation was discussed
| bv the President with several OF his
callers besides Speaker Cannon. KEEP
resentative Hamilton, OF Michigan
chairman of the House committee en-
territories. declared the House would
not accept the Senate amendments
Former Delegate Dodey, Of New Mexl-
co, who has been advocating JOINT
statehood for Arizona and New MeXl-
co expressed great disappoir tment at
the action of the Senate. Senator
| Beveridge, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on territories, talked to
the President about the statehood
legislation, but made no comments on
it.
It is learned that vigorous effort
will be made to induce the House to
concur in the Senate amendments
The movement will be supported by
the Oklahoma and Indian Territory
advocates of statehood.
The Fertilization Bill.
The Senate Committee on appro
priations, which has the fertilization:
hill under consideration. heard Gen
Crozier. chief of the ordinance bureau
Of the war department, and Robert 3
Waddell of the Peoria, ILL.,, concern
ING the advisibility of the construc
ton of a government powder plant
, Two bills providing for such a plan
, have been introduced In the house
, One is by Representative Hull OF low
5 appropriating 100000 for plan n
5 with minimum output OF i,lo
pounds of powder day, and the oth
er is by Representative Williams o
Mississippi, appropriating $75o,oot
o with no stated capacity. The senat
:, committee appears not to favor tn
construction Of plant which will en-
ter into competition with privat
! manufactures, but leans toward th
d erection of a small plant for the pun
: pose of instructing the ordinance dc
partment and officers of the army an
+ navy and in all the details OF poWde
q making. The committee has not ye
; determined what recommendation
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