Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-10
STATEHOOD SIT.
UAT|ON...lAT.
EST VIEWPOINT
Opinion Gro wing That New Mex
leo Nay Be Admit
ted Alone.
Majority Of las vss.M Satisfied With
Outcome..vote on Foraker and
Burrows Amendment.

The albuquerque papers failed To
get the news Of the elimination Of
New Mexico and Arizona from the
statehood bill reported to the Op.
tic and the New Mexican by their
special Washington correspondents
yesterday afternoon In time for put.
licati0n. The Optic was the only pa
per In the territory to publish Mon
day the information that, In all pro.
liability, the amendment striking out
New Mexico and Arizona would be
introduced and would prevail.
The news of the failure Of the
joint statehood bill as far as 1t re.
lated to New Mexico and Arizona
was almost the sole topic In the city
last night. There were expressions
Of disappointment from some who
prefer joint statehood 10 remaining
territory, and few pessimistically
remarked that 1t would be many years
before New Mexico could be admit
ted.
The general feeling. however, seem.
ed to be one Of satisfaction. Almost
every one realizes that the Foraker
amendment WAS perfectly fair and
just one, and 1t is generally agreed
that, accepting the Foraker amend
ment, the territories had no chance
of voting to accept constitution.
II is admitted on all sides that joint
statehood is dead forever, and there
is feeling that the people of New
Mexico should at once begin cam
paign looking to secure the admission
OF New Mexico az a separate state
within the pextstlys years
s6& Foraker amend.
ment yesterday was as follows:
Yeas--Alger, Bacon, Blackburn,
Buckley, Burrows. Carter Clark,
(Mont) Clark (Wyo), Clay, Culber-
son, Daniel, Dryden. Dubois, Flint,
Foraker. Foster Frazer, Full
ton, Gallinger, Gearin. Hansbrough,
Hepburn Lattimer, McCreary, Nc
Cumber, Mallory, Martin, Morgan
Newlands, Nixon. Patterson, Perkins,
Pettns, Rayner, Scott, Simmons.
Spooner, Stone. Sutherland, Tallafer-
70, Teller, Tfllman. AZ.
Nays--Allee. Allison, Ankeny, Bev-
eridge. Brandegee, Burnham, Clapp.
Crane, Cullom, Dick, Dillingham;, Dol
liver, Gamble, Hale, Hemenway, Hop
kins, Keah, Knox. LaFollette. Lodge,
Long. Millard. Nelson, Penrose, Piles
Proctor, Smoot. Warner, Wetmore:
70.
The pairs were as follows: Aldrich
with Berry, Elkins with Bailey. Bur
kett with McLaurin, Clark (Arkl
with Overman, Depew with McEnery,
Frye with German, Kittridge with
Platt, Warren with Money.
Following was the final vote on the
amendment to eliminate New Mexico
and Arizona:
Yeas--Alger. Bacon, Blackburn,
Bulkeley, Burrows. Carter, Clark
(Mont.) Clay. Culberson, Daniel. Dr.
bois. Flint, Foraker, Foster. Frazer,
Gallinger. Gearin, Hansbrough. Hey.
burn. Lattimer, McCreary, Mallory,
Martin, Morgan. Newlands, Overman,
Patterson, Perkins, Pettus, Rayner.
Scott. Simmons, Spooner. Stone, Tai
iaferro. Teller, Tillman: 81.
Nays-Allee. Allison, Ankeny. Bev.
eridge, Brandegee. Burnhan, Clapp,
Clark (Wyo). Crane. Cullum, Dick,
Dillingham, Dolliver, Dryden. Fulton,
Gamble, Hale. Hemenway. Hopkins,
Kean. Knox. Larollette, Lodge, Long.
McCumber, Millard. Nelson. Nixon,
Penrose. Piles. Proctor, Smoot, Suth'
erland. Warner. Wetmore: 30.
The changes from the first vote
were Scott, who voted aye, and Oves.
man. VIII transferred his pair with
Clark Of Arkansas to Carmack anc
voted in the affirmative.
The opinion is growing that
the house republicans will make
a determined effort TO amend the
bin to include New Mexico. leaving
Arizona out. This is founded on the
well known fact that the effort to
admit New Mexico and Arizona as
one state was political purley. the re-
pub,icans believing that the new
state Of Oklahoma would send dem
ocrat,c senators and wishing to ONSET
that BY republican senators from the
new state Of Arizona. Rather than
let two democratic senator's come
from Oklahoma with no Offset, II IS
believed the administration Will nov
seek to have New Mexico included IN
the bill and 1t is regarded as certaiv