The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-14
HOUSEINSURGENTS
HAVE BEEN ROUTED
NEW SITUATION DEVELOPED ON
STATEHOOD BILL PROVES TO
BE OlscoNcERTlNG.
WILL DEFEAT MEASURE
Claim Friends of Joint Statehood for
indian Territory and Oklahoma
Senate Wr stiles With the
Rate Bill.

Washington, March II. Before TAX.
ing mp the railroad question today the
senate passed a number Of bills. some
Of which were Of considerable I'M.
portauca One provides for the punish.
men Of government officials for tne
premaHra diyulgance Of secret infor-
nation OF The government bureaus in
such matters as crop reports; another
grants executive authority in the mat
ter of construct on Of bridges over
naysabie streams and III another
gives cong essional sanction 10 al
effort on the part Of Delaware ana
New jersey to aIiut their long pend
ing boundary dispute.
Simmons made the speech Of the
day on the railroad rate question. He
announced his support cf the house
measure, but said he would not op.
pose reasonable notifications
Tllman announced that after to.
morrow he would seek 10 have the
rare bin taken up for consideration
each day immed ately after disposlng
Of the routine busines Of the senate
instead Of waiting until o'clock
Washington Ma ch Ia. T1 hoaae
devoted Itself today 10 gea al {. }.l G.
on the legislative appropriation bill.
First there was di Gus ed he question
OF eliminating aged clerks from the
employ OF The government; then came
the d scussion Of free alcohol for alta
restriction Of Japane immigration
and finally defense of New York City
Littauer (Naw York; and Livingston
Georgia. representing Republican
ana Democratic views concured on
t8e question that something a4ast e5e
lone in the way of re.organiMng the
government service. Marshal fNorth
Dakota) gave his voice to the psopo.
sitlon for free alcohol: HAYES (Cali,
tornial spoke in behalf of restricting
Japanese ana Korean immiera ion and
Bennett tNew York; defended hls
city in relation to the ella of foreign
ors who mako New Yark City their
homes.
Thee are Indications that the state
hood hin may be referred By Speaker
Cannon to tho committee on terri
'ories This action. friends of tate
hood for the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma fear will entirely defeat
the measure. Tha committee can re
tain the bill indefinitely and should il
appear there axe "insurgent" votes
enough 20 concur with the senate the
bill would not. they say. be brought
into tn house. Under The rules of the
house a senate amendment to a house
bill which changes charge on the treas.
ury sends the bill to the committee
automatically. The amenlmen. in
question il on granting lien lands to
the new state for school purposes in
case OF sections l3 and 80 reserved
in each township prove 10 be mineral
lands
Althouea the bin ooos 70 rha oo-~.
mttee without a motion In the house
it is still on the speakers table. I'm.
le.s some member insists IN Il reier
onco be made AT once, the plan is TO
lefer reference until the return Satur
day of members who have gone south
on river and harbor inspec.lo tour
Agreement was made before they LEFT
whereby nothing was to be done with
The tateho0d bin until thei- return.
News that the bill was To go to the
eonmiuec, which leaked out today.
wa somewhat disconcerting to the
insurgents who have been bending
their energies 10 strengthen their
number in expectation Ct direct vote
IN the mo'lon 20 c5ncu. In The sena
II some way had not
'een discovered TO send the bill 70 the
ommittee thi. motion to concur would
iave been In order AMI would have
aiken precedence over TIE molten to
lisagrce and 50 in.o conference.
Just hog tse ia grgon's" afc TO
-,eet the new situation has not bcel
aRsd upon a., FAR "a. can DC ascc.
aliisi. ~saHts.s.
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