Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

Mr. Beveridge's expense, and in which he
Joined. He said he knew nothing about the
telegram. The kilograms were not read.
communication from Secretary Hitch
cock, recommending an extension of the
time for the opening of the shoshone In
dian reservation in Wyoming from June 10
to August Is was read.
statehood Bill Is Resumed.
Consideration OF the statehood bill was
then resumed. and Mr.. Foraker made the
first speech under the ten-minute rule He
pointed out that Arizona was not asking an
admission. and there had been an effort
to force statehood on an unwilling terrific
rial constituency.
Mr.. Dubois followed In support OF an
amendment offered by him prohibiting po-
lygamists and Mormons from voting in the
proposed state of Arizona, as was originally
provided by the Idaho test oath. He said
he had seen list of from fifty to 100 polyg-
amists living in Arizona and that there
also were many in New Mexico. There
was, he said, no power in Utah to punish
polygamy and Mormonism was so strong
in his own state of Idaho that notwith-
standing the leader of the sect in that
state had testified that he was the hus-
band of three wives, there was no posi-
bility OF bringing him to account because
OF the political power Of his church.
Wherever there is Mormonism there is
polygamy," he said, and added that the
only way TO prevent polygamy was to
strike at the organization that encour-
ages it.
Brief speeches also were made by Messrs.
Newlands, McCumber, Fulton Smoot. Tel
Ter, spooner, Nelson, Hopkins, Hepburn
Gallinger, Clarke Cwyo), Dillingham;,
Carter and Burrows. The Utah senator in
troduced an amendment annexing to his
state all that part OF Arizona lying north
of the Colorado river and spoke In support
OF it. He said the strip was unwatered and
without value
Burrows submits Amendment.
Mr.. Burrows advocated the elimination of
Arizona and New Mexico from the bill and
presented an amendment to that end. He
based his opposition on the ground that
there we're many polygamists in the two
territories and spoke Of polygamy as an
"offense against the civilization of the age"
He said the real offense was not in plural
marriages, but In polygamOus cohabitation
practiced after marriage elsewhere. He
quoted from letters to show that there
we're many Mormons living In polygamy in
Arizona ana new Mexico ana SAID tnat
Notwithstanding the difhculty of getting tes-
timony there had been some convictions
for polygamy
Mr. Dick spoke for the bill and Mr..
Clark (Mont) against it, and Mr.. Bever-
idge closed the debate in advocacy OF the
measure.
When promptly at 4 o'clock the gavel fell
at the end of NJ. Beveridge's final appeal
for the bill, the vote was begun, The
amendments suggested by the committee
were first read and to them no objection
was made until the proposition 10 increase
from 10000 to $4,000 the appropriation for
defraying the expenses OF preliminary cleo
tioas 70 be held in the proposed state OF
Oklahoma. The amendment was lost by a
vote OF 81 20 10. The increase OF the cleo
ton appropriation for Arizona from $50. GOO
10 $4,000 also Was disagreed 10.
The first test vote came on these money
proposals and the opponents Of joint state
hood scored a victory. The object Of strik-
ing out the increase was 10 avoid the ne
cessity OF having the bill sent TO a COM
mittee when returned TO the house Of rep
resentatives.
Under the rules OF the house, any bill
amended b. the senate carrying increased