The Washington times., 1906-01-10
PUBLIC BUILDING
BILL THE BAIT
Cannon Method in Angling
for Statehood Votes.
Democrats and Insurgents Have Strong
Hopes of Upsetring Speakers
Calculations.

A. the price OF the rassage OF the
Hamilton Joint Statehood bill. there may
vet be a public building pork oarrel INf
the members of the House
This much has been intimated BY the
Sneakers whips. who are having d
strenuous time with their efforts TO Ine
nm the majority and 10 suppress the
tide Of insurgency.
The situation is not complex. out II
is strenuous. The Hamilton joint state
hood bin provides for admitting Two
states Oklahoma and Indian Territory
n make I'D one. and Arizona and New
A1exico the other. There is strong
feeling against the latter half OF the
pyoposition. on the general ground 'ha'i
tbe southwestern TerritSOries are not
rlpe for Statehood
Speakers Ultimatum.
But the Speaker and his lieutenah's
nronose that the proposition shal hoa
he divided. The insurgents ask ohlS
this. They are willing enough to iaNoI
admitting Oklahoma, but not the other
state The Speakers ulitmatum Is that
there shall be two States or none. anu
one of the best informed House members
Is quoted as having declared that ne
didn't believe there was one chance III
a thousand of any Statehood bill this
session.
The insurgents claim a following OF
about seventy-ftVe Republicans VINO VIII
oppose adopting rule Tor 49, - ~, ~,
The Democrats. would be enough 70
overthrow the Speaker
After the New Members.
Rnt the Speaker has some heavy shots
vet in his locker. He and his assistants.
headed by Whip Watson, have laoored
hard with new members, urging them
they could not afford 10 fall out with
the organization and the administrator.
MIR. Watson is also quoted as having
intimatcd that if the members lined up
and passed the bill. there would be
good chance of the Speaker permitting
public building bill 10 come out; and
there is a large element 70 when thls
undoubtedly appeals strongly
The Republican insurgents and the
Democrats who are working with thenl
are not united in motives. The Demo
Gratis oppose the joint statehoo9 m mnIil
new State of Arizona would be Repuo-
lican. Admitted as two states, one
would be Republican and one Denocfa-
tic and the Democrats want this much
out OF the Statehood deal.
If the insurgents should defeat rule
then they might be strong enough &c
carry out their own plans for handling
the Statehood proposal, provided they
could agree among themselves on the
next step In all probability they would
not be able to agree. and Statehood
would be dead for this session,
Another interesting possibility is that
If the Speakers rule should be over
thrown, Mr. Crumpacker OF Indiana
would take advantage of the situation
TO press his resolution for an enlarge
Committee on Rules, to be named DS
the House, and to restore TO the body
control of its own business. It is this
possibility that makes the situation 81
! significant.
A reorganization of rules would be {
revolution. The mutterings Of diseon-
tent with present methods of House
rule have grown 10 the volume of {
serious outcry, and with a few exeep-
tions the traditional supporters of {
policy of reorganizing House rules are
with the insurg
The Philippine tarin bill is not yet con
sidered to be il. grave danger. But 81
interesting Development in this come :
ton is that tl.Sfe is serious discussion D
an effort 10 amend the bill by strik i-t
out the differential on refined sugar
One of the House leaders, an active
supporter OF the Speaker, declared TO
day that he believed. after a good dea
of inVestiRatiCc of the sentiment of tht
! House. that sue an amendment Woiilo
carry.