Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-03-19
EYES Of NATION
ON STATEHOOD
Telegrams and Let
tiers by Hundreds
Urge Action.
NO LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Grade to Be Abolished After
Two Promotions---Other
Washington News.
Special to The New Mexican,

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, d. c., March 19.--Th'
fight for statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona is becoming national ant
will reopen Wednesday next Hun
dreds of kilograms from nearly every
state in the Union are being received
by Senators and members OF the House
of Representatives urging action or
the Hamilton joint statehood bill, anC
the sentiment seems to be about even
ly divided as to joint statehood fol
the two Territories or for separate
statehood for each.
House Railroad Rate Bill in Senate.
Washington D. c., March 19.-The
Senate today adopted resolution pre-
sented by Senator Hansbrough direct
ing the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish on the first Monday of DeCem'
ber, 1908, the names of persons, firms
or corporations who relinquished
United States land in the vicinity of
IOT6SL TeSeTNdllOIlS.
Senator McCreary was the first
speaker on the House railroad rate
bill. The measure was called up by
Senator Tillman at 1890 o'clock. No.
tice has been given by Senator Bailey
that he would speak on the bill follow
ing McCreary.
Delegate Andrews Busy.
Special to the New Mexican
Washington, D. c., March 19.--The
bill of Delegate w. H. Andrews, OF
New Mexico, providing for the grant
ing of pensions to soldiers, sailors,
widows, minor children and dependant
parents, was read twice and referred
TO the committee ON invalid pensions.
Delegate Andrews also presented to-
day petitions from church members in
the county of San Juan in the Terri
tory of New Mexico and from Other
counties against conducting illegal
business in New Mexico.
Grade Of Lieutenant General Abolished
Washington, March 19.--As result
of the parliamentary situation when
the House adjourned Friday, the roll
was Immediately called today on the
Grosvenor amendment to the Prince
bill, abolishing the grade of lieutenant
general in the United States army.
The amendment permits the promo
ton of Generals Corbin and MacAr-
thur before the grade is abolished. The
amendment was accepted and the bill
was passed without opposition The
vote on the amendment stood 13S to
l0l. Proceeding under the suspension
of the rules, a bill was passed author
izing the sale of timber on the Jicarilla
Apache Indian Reservation in New
Mexico.
May Get Statehood.
Chicago, March 19.-Y. Raymond
Patterson, Washington correspondent
for the Chicago Tribune, says in dis
patches 10 his paper that it begins
to look as if the House will compro-
mise on the statehood bill and admit
Indian Territory and Oklahoma as one
state and allow the Foraker amend
ment to apply to New Mexico and Ari-
zona. Mr.. Patterson says:
1T begins to look much like one
state and two territories. The House
caucus today was a nominal victory
for Speaker Cannon, but the moral ef-
feet surely will be such as to strength
en- the Senate In its position.
"The House sooner or later will back
down more or less, and the result
probably will be bill providing for
immediate joint statehood for Okla
homa and Indian Territory under the
name of Oklahoma, with referendum
for Arizona and New Mexico provid-
ing there shall be no joint statehood
for them unless each territory votes
for it at the special election.
Probably Accept Compromise.
In the long run the House is likely
to accept a compromise based on the
Foraker amendment, which provides
for a special election in the two south
west territories.
ITO maintain discipline and to dem
onstrate his actual control Of the
House Speaker Cannon has been put
in position where he has been forced
to insist on conflict, but after a de.
cent show of opposition the House will
agree to conference and will yield
for the sake of saving statehood for
Oklahoma, and will let the two south.
western territories alone for the time
being. The understanding is, however
that separate joint statehood bill
will be fought out for those two terri
tories in the next Congress If the Re.
publicans retain control of the
House,"
c. s. Francis for Ambassador.
Washington, d. c., March 19.-The
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