Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24

make II the statehood bill were left
over until next fall. This indicated
to him the program of the speaker.
An authoritative denial that the
speaker had ever made such re-
mark was given. The speaker has
never at any time indicated that it
is his purpose or desire to postpone
the bill until the next session of con-
gress, but, in contradiction of that
report, also is an explicit promise,
said to have been given by the speak
er to members of the Missouri and
Kansas delegations in the house prior
to the time the bill was sent to con-
ference that it would not be buried
in conference committee but that
there would be statehood legislation.
Some of the Missouri and Kansas
members were baking on sending
the bill to conference fearing it would
be killed there, and on the promise of
Speaker Cannon they voted for the
motion to so commit the bill when it
came from the senate. Senator War
ner, of Missouri, is also said to have
had an understanding to the same eff
feet.
The situation, therefore, does not
seem to justify the exhibition of for
lorness being given by the statehood
contingent. The utterances of Senat-
or Beveridge have as much as any
thing, if not more. tended to this feel
ing of advance disappointment, but,
after all, careful inquiry develops the
fact that the chances of statehood at
least for Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory combined into one state are as
good as they have been at any time.
Friday, May 10.
Washington-The act of the Okla
homa legislature appropriating $4,000
for additional buildings for the North
western Normal at Alva will no doubt
be ratified by congress. A bill for
this purpose introduced in the house
by Delegate MCGUIRE has already
passed that branch and today the SEN
ate committee on territories reported
the bill faborably to the senate.
After the passage of the naval ap-
preparation bill the house went into
committee of the whole to consider
the so-called naturalization bill which
has been continuing order for two
months.
Naturalization is a farce in this
country" said Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa.
In fifty years, he said, he had known
of but one refusal on the part of a
judge to naturalize an alien. 1T is
a notorious fact" remarked Mr. Hep
burn. that courts admit men as a
matter of course. They are generally
advised that the applicant is not COM
petent for naturalization, but making
citizens goes on without hindrance.
The naturalization law is looked upon
as joke" He believed that natur-
alization should be looked upon as a
boon and that if sacrifices must be
made in getting to courts of compe-
tent jurisdiction for purposes of
naturalization that the object attain
ed was worth the sacrifice. Mr.. Hep
burn was of the opinion that frauds
in the issuance of naturalization pa
pers were perpetrated in state courts
and not in federal courts.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi called
the attention of the house to the Sec
ton making judges, justices, clerks
and officers of state courts, which
acting in naturalization matters, Off
GERS and agents of the United States
and after discussion the amendment
offered by Mr. Williams to strike out
the words objected to prevailed by a
vote of so to 35.
Mr. Campbell of Kansas led the
fight against the section empowering
the agents of the bureau of immigra-
ton and naturalization to examine in
to the methods employed in naturali-
zation proceedings by the court, on
the ground that it was clothing
bureau chief with too much power
and that it would be humiliating to a
judge or clerk of court to have some
clerk investigate him.
The amendment striking out section
four of the bill prevailed 60 to SO.
The bill was under discussion when
the house adjourned
STRIKE SEEMS TO BE ENDED.