The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
CARTER COMPROMISE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS AGREE UP
 ON STATEHOOD.
Arizona ana New Mexico VIII Hold ElectiOns and Pass Upon Ques-
 tlon of Admission as

Washington. June 1.-The Carter compromise on the Statehood bill was agreed upon today by Republican lead CTS of the Senate and House. Nothing
 now stands in the way of the admis- sion of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
 as a State and choice by Arizona and
 New Mexico as to whether they desire
 to come in as another State. It is ex
 pected that ths pending conference bill will be reconnmitted or withdrawn when | it comes up tomorrow and an amended
 report returned to both houses embody- l ing the compromise. In this way the
 discussion of question that has been before Congress almost continuously for six years will be ended,
 | The compromise presented by Senator Carter provides for the rejection of the | Burrows amendment striking from the l bill all reference to the admission of Arizona and New Mexico and the adoption in lieu of Section 24 of the original bill of an amendment provid- | Ing the following:
 l That at The general election to be held November 6, 1906, all the elections
 of said territories respectively qualified l to vote at such election are hereby au- l therized to vote for and choose dele | gates to form a convention for said ter Iritories. The aforesaid convention shall consist of no delegates, sixty-six of | WnlCni Qei skdLCS Sndll De elcCtcQ to Sdiu | convention by the people of the Terri tory of New Mexico and forty-four by 1 the people of the, Territory of Arizona; and the Governors, Chief Justices and Secretaries of each of said territories.
 respectively. shall apportion the dele- gates to these thus elected from their respective territories as nearly as may
 be equitably among the several coun- ] ties thereof in accordancs with the pop la frv1 a n V fha Te eIara1 Can T . of 1900
 That at the said general election and on the same ballots on which the names of candidates to the convention afore- said are printed, there shall be sub mitted to the qualified electors of each of said territories a question which shall be stated On the ballot in sub stance and form as follows:
 Shall Arizona and New Mexico be united to form one State?"
 Then follows in the Instructions in detail for marking the ballots and the transmission of results to the Secretary
 of the Interior after which 1t is pro-
 vided:
 "Tf 1t appears from the returns that a majority of the electors in each of
 the territories voted in favor of the
 union. then and not otherwise, the in
 habitants of Arizona and New Mexico,
 as at present described, may become
 the State of Arizona, but if in neither
 of the territories a majority of the
 electors shall have voted against the
 union, then the provision of the bill for
 the assembling of the Constitutional
 Convention should be available for de-
 fraying all and every expense incurred
 on account of the election.
 Each territory will elect a delegate
 to Congress and vote for regular terri
 torial officers at the same election, so that in case the joint Statehood propo- sition is rejected, the affairs, of the ter ritories shall continue ass heretofore"