Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
THE STATEHOOD BILL
Conference Report Presented
in the Senate.
Statement BY MAJORITY
Foraker Amendment Accepted With
out Change.
THE OHIO SENATOR'S NOTICE
viii Move to Disagree aud Instruct
Conferees to Insist on Senate
Amendments.
HE OHIO SENATOR'S NOTICE

AS foreseen in The Star Yesterday aftar-
noon. the conference report on the state
hood Dill. which had been previously agreed
upon' was presented in the Senate by Sem
ator Beverfdge. who asked that IL be print
cd and lie over for future consideration.
Inc report was unanimous save on what
senator Patterson, one of the democratic
cohlerees' termed the crucial point" which
Is the joint statehood provision for ..rizona
and New Mexico. On this point the minor
ity members disagreed They refused IN
acceqe to the terms of the House bill.
which they say provides elaborate ma.
chinery for the coming election, and '1s
statehood"
The democrats said there would be Wig
orous opposition to the conference rep6rt
In the Senate.
Statement by the Majority.
The following statement was made by the
majority members of the conference:
Ihe conference report gives ifty-fve del
egates to the Indian Territory. hfty-hve to
Oklahoma and one to the Usage Indian res
ervation.
1T strikes out the Warren amendment
Whlch permitted the mineral school lands
OF Oklahoma to he taken up by miners and
provides instead that the lands shall be
Kept by the state of Oklahoma for its
schools; that they shall not be sold until
l9lo and in the meantime the school board
OF the new state may lease the lands and
the proceeds thereof to go into the school
funds of the state
The capital is temporarily located at
Guthrie until 1913. after which the peoplo
at an election to be provided by tie leeis-
lature will fix the capital permanently, hut
the legislature Is not permitted to apppo-
pirate any money for any permanent cap
ital buildings at Guthrie in the meantime
New Mexico and Arizona are permitted
to vote separately as provided by the
q A1x} x}fr1pr ir7frS
last year and adopted by the Senate and
as reintroduced by Senator Foraker this
year. 1t simply provides that the consti-
tuition of the new state shall be submitted
to an election of the people November
y, and II majority OF the people of either
territory vote against the constitution It
fails
''The conference committee accepted the
FORAKER amendment without change"
Trying to Get Together.
The next two or three days will be de-
voted by the adherents OF the two factions
In the Senate to drumming up strength for
their respective contentious. Senator
Foraker will lead the fight for his subse-
quent amendment. which contempates CIV
ing Arizona the right by vote at a special
election. TO say whether she will hitch up
with New Mexico In joint statehood. He
will be supported by q number of demo.
Gratis. The outcome of the contest is in
doubt at this stage even Senator Beve-
ridge, while hopeful. admitting that there
Is no absolute surety of a majority in fa-
vor of the conference report.
There are two elements of doubt in the
situation. The first is what will the Sem
ate do with the agreement and the second
Is what will the House do IL the Senate re-
fuses to accede to the conference agree
ment? There are big politics in the game
for the republicans and the democrats 1t
is certain the statehood legislation will be
used in the coming congressional campaign.
The democrats are trying to make capital
and the republicans trying TO resolve their
differences of opinion without allowing the
democrats to make capital.
There Is considerable talk about friction
between the House and Senate and about
Senate, respectively. The republican poll
ticians however, know that the country
will hold the republican administra tion re-
sponsible for the outcome and can not diff
ferentiate between the petty squabbles of
the House and Senate So the managers
gether, while the democrats are endeavor-
ing to keep them apart.
What May Happen.
If the Senate refuses to concur in the
conference report the fight will shift to
the House again. II is threatened that IL
the conference report is rejected the SEN
ate will add an amendment to some ap-
preparation bill providing for the admission
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
emitting all reference to Arizona and New
Mexico. In that event there are threats
that the House would hold up the appro-
priation bill until the Senate accedes.
1t is considered quite probable that if
the Senate rejects the conference agree-N
ment a long and bitter contention will
arise between the two houses.