The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-04
BEvERIDGE AND Dill
LINGHAM ARE BEING
CRITICISED
FORAKER REMAINS FIRM
Declares He Has Line Up 70
Defeat Conference Report

Leader Bureau, Washington. d. c.,
June 4.-senator Foraker said Sunday
with confidence that the conference re.
port as it hat been announced would
be rejected by the senate The con
lferees have decided to submit the
Foraker amendment Of last year,
which provides that the people of each
territory shall vote separately on the
proposed consultation. Senator For
aker, speaking for the Republicans
who opposed the admission OF New
Mexico and Arizona jointly against the
wishes Of the people Of Arizona, and
Senator Dubois and Senator Clay for
the Democrats, said that any such
proposition as had been agreed upon
would be defeated by positive vote in
the Senate and that the scheme to
make the Senate responsible for the
defeat Of statehood would fail because
the Senate would send. the Oklahoma
bill TO the House as rider on the ap,
preparation bill. The conference re-
port will have to be acted upon first
by the Senate because the request for
conference came from the House.
The House Satisfied.
/ II the Speaker. with the support Of
the administration, can muster a suf.
hcient number Of votes - have the
conference report accepted by the
Senate the statehood fight will be end
ed. for the House will take the report
with enthusiasm and alacrity. IT, on
the other hand, the Democrats to-
gether with the Republicans who op-
pose the jointure for New Mexico aud
Arizona succeed in sending the report
back 10 conference, statehood will be
delayed for several days. The Senate
insurgents have been informed and
believe that Speaker Cannon can not
control the House If the statehood bill
is once more submitted to the House,
Should tho Senate succeed in de-
feating the conference report it will
have no difficulty whatever in attach
ing statehood for oklahoma and New
Mexico as rider on the sundry civil
bill. Not less than a dozer senators
who will vote to sustain the report of
the conferees win, when they see that
statehood can not be accomplished by
this means, vote to put the bill on as a
rider The question under those cir
lcumstances is whether Speaker Can
non can hold the House. The Speaker
himself keeps up a bold front, but his
lieutenants or party whips, Watson Of
Indiana, and Curtis Of Kansas, have in
formed him that 1t will be impossible
for him to prevent an acceptance Of
statehood Tor Oklahoma and the In
dian Territory.
1t was announced In behalf of the
Speaker that If the Senate declined to
accept the conference report and tack
ed the bill on as rider to an appro-
Ipriation bill he would send the appro.
prlation bill back to committee and
there permit it to die, holding that the
Senate by this action had assumed
responsibility FOR defeating the meas.
lure. when informed Of this threat on
the part Of the Speaker the only reply
lof the insurgents was a merry laugh
That Charge Of Bad Faith
The question has been raised on the
Senate side whether Beveridge and
Dillingham; in agreeing to confer
ence report had not violated their nm
derstandlng with The Senate. They
win be charged with having broken a
binding agreement and the fight viii
be TO have the bin 60 back to confer
ence with the understanding that the
Senate viii stand for nothing except
the Burrows amendment which elimi.
mates New Mexico and Arizona from
statehood consideration The argu.
ment against the conference report Is
THAT 1t would be unfair and unwise to
lprt the people OF New Mexico and
Arizona to the trouble OF holding
constitutional convention when it is
certain that the people OF Arizona
would vote it down. II the proposition
for which Foraker stands should carry.
it will put the question to the people
lat the general election and before a
constitutional election is held: ~shan
New Mexico and Arizona be united to
form Q state?"
So determined are some OF the SEN
ators against attempting TO force joint
statehood on Arizona that they an.
nounee that If necessary they would
resort to hlibuster to beat it. SEN
ator Long Of Kansas. said that he did
net see how another fierce fight could
be avoided in the senate. II was Inn
possible for anybody TO tell. he said,
just how the Senate would line up on
the proposition.
INTERNATIONAL ARBtTRATtON.